Xml Programming: Web Applications and Web Services With Jsp and Asp

by Nakhimovsky, Alexander; Meyers, Tom

• ISBN13: 9781590590034
• ISBN10: 1590590031
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

XML Programming: Web Applications and Web Services with JSP and ASPprovides a fast-moving introduction to the XML family of technologies for programmers. Although written with a focus upon JSP- and ASP-based XML solutions, the book presents the material from a language-independent point of view that benefits all developers, whatever their language. The code is written to be readable by all.Chapters 1 through 3 cover the foundations of XMLwell-formed and valid documents, DTDs and namespacesbut XLink, XPointer, and elements of XSLT are introduced early so the examples can be interesting and useful. Chapters 4 through 6 cover XML processing using SAX, DOM, and XSLT, separately and in various combinations. Each chapter progresses from simple to advanced examples.Chapter 7 is devoted to the development of a real world project involving the use of various XML technologies to create an information repository. In the context of the project, the authors present RDF and the Dublin Core; revisit XPath, XLink, and XPointer; and show how XML data can live inside a relational database. Chapter 8 introduces the newer validation technologies (RELAX NG and XML Schema), in preparation for the final chapter on Web services. In the concluding chapter, the authors not only explain the specifications, but also build working examples: You're shown, step-by-step, how to convert a software module into a Web service, how to generate a WSDL description from code, how to use WSDL to generate stubs and skeletons for distributed language-independent applications, and how to register such applications with a UDDI repository, either local or on the Internet.XML Programming: Web Applications and Web Services with JSP and ASPis an indispensable resource for programmers who wish to become proficient in XML technologies and use them for solving large-scale, real-life problems.

Table of Contents

About the Author	ix
About the Technical Reviewer	x
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	xiii
Welcome to XML	1	(40)
What Is XML?	2	(13)
XML Examples	15	(5)
XSLT Programs and XPath Expressions	20	(10)
Stylesheet Languages and Browsers	30	(9)
Conclusion	39	(2)
Well-Formed Documents and Namespaces	41	(40)
HTML, XML, and XHTML	41	(7)
XML Documents Without a DTD	48	(4)
Names and Namespaces	52	(8)
XLink Attributes and XLink Graphs	60	(5)
An XLink Example	65	(9)
Namespace Controversies and RDDL	74	(5)
Conclusion	79	(2)
DTDs and Validation	81	(44)
DTDs and Validation	81	(7)
DTD Syntax and Examples	88	(5)
General and Parameter Entities	93	(9)
DTD Modification and Reuse	102	(5)
XHTML Modularization and XHTML Basic	107	(13)
What's Wrong with the DTD?	120	(1)
The DTD, the XML Document, and the Infoset	120	(3)
Conclusion	123	(2)
XML Parsing	125	(70)
Basic SAX Programming	126	(17)
SAX Filters	143	(14)
SAX Parsing for Non-XML Data	157	(12)
DOM Programming	169	(13)
Traversal Interfaces	182	(4)
Book Picker as DOM Builder	186	(7)
Conclusion	193	(2)
XPath, XSLT, and XLink Processing	195	(60)
An XLink Application: Creating and Using a Linkbase	196	(2)
The XPath Language and Data Model	198	(10)
XPath Data Model and the Node-Set Data Type	208	(6)
Path Expressions	214	(9)
XSLT Processing Model	223	(11)
Parameters, Variables, and Result Tree Fragments	234	(2)
Named Templates and Recursion	236	(6)
The Code of the XLink Application	242	(11)
Conclusion	253	(2)
More XSLT: Algorithms and Efficiency	255	(54)
Specific Patterns and Timing	256	(3)
Distinct Nodes and Keys	259	(4)
Grouping and Tables	263	(10)
Converting Flat to Hierarchical Structure	273	(7)
List Processing and Recursion Depth	280	(4)
Generating Large Data Sets	284	(9)
Extension Functions	293	(4)
The Longest Verse, Revisited	297	(10)
Conclusion	307	(2)
XML Repository	309	(52)
The Structure of XML Data	310	(9)
The Structure of the Database	319	(1)
The Structure of the Application	320	(11)
Driver, Database, Connection, and Statement	331	(8)
Query Implementations 1: UPDATE Queries	339	(14)
Query Implementations 2: Refset Actions	353	(5)
Conclusion	358	(3)
RELAX NG and XML Schema	361	(64)
RELAX NG History and Current Condition	362	(7)
RELAX NG Overview	369	(14)
Modularity and Reuse	383	(9)
The datatypeLibrary and XML Schema Data Types	392	(9)
XML Schema Part 1: Structures	401	(23)
Conclusion	424	(1)
Web Services	425	(66)
What's a Web Service?	425	(6)
An Example	431	(17)
Client Variations	448	(8)
Overview of SOAP 1.2	456	(6)
XML Encoding and RPC Conventions	462	(5)
The Office Equipment Web Service	467	(12)
Publish-Find-Bind with UDDI	479	(10)
Conclusion	489	(2)
Appendix A Installation Guide	491	(10)
Version Updates	492	(1)
The Java Framework	492	(3)
The Windows Framework	495	(3)
If Space Is at a Premium	498	(1)
Database Connectivity	498	(1)
Large Data Files	499	(1)
Web Services Examples (Chapter 9)	499	(1)
Additional Platforms	500	(1)
Appendix B Web Applications	501	(8)
General Framework	501	(1)
CGI	502	(1)
Improvements to Backend Processing	503	(1)
ASPs	503	(2)
Java Servlets and JSPs	505	(4)
Appendix C HTTP Protocol	509	(8)
URIs, URLs, and URNs	509	(1)
Overall Operation	510	(3)
Request Commands (Methods)	513	(1)
Server Response Codes	514	(3)
Appendix D Online Resources	517	(8)
Standards	517	(2)
Sources of Information	519	(3)
Sources of Software	522	(1)
Keep Looking	523	(2)
Appendix E Troubleshooting in JSP	525	(6)
Looking at Servlet Code for JSP	525	(2)
Error Pages	527	(2)
Writing Modular JSPs	529	(1)
Classpath Problems in Java/JSP	530	(1)
Index	531