XML Programming Using Java training

Course Number: JAV-500
GSA/Previous Course Number: 205
Duration: 4 days
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XML Using Java Training Overview

Accelebrate's XML Programming Using Java™ class builds skills in Java's XML processing APIs – chiefly parsing using SAX and DOM and transformations using XSLT, all using the Java API for XML Processing, or JAXP. It also covers the newer Java API for XML Binding, or JAXB, which standardizes serialization according to XML Schema. The course is intended for students with a working knowledge of XML – and possibly DTDs or XML Schema – who want to build XML applications or components using the Java language. Everything in the course adheres to W3C and Java standards for completely portable code.

Location and Pricing

Most Accelebrate courses are taught on-site at our clients' locations worldwide for groups of 3 or more attendees and are customized to their specific needs. Please visit our client list to see organizations for whom we have recently delivered training. These courses can also be delivered as live, private online classes for groups that are geographically dispersed or wish to save on the instructor's or students' travel expenses. To receive a customized proposal and price quote private training at your site or online, please contact us.

In addition, some courses are available as live, online classes for individuals. To see a schedule of online courses, please visit http://www.accelebrate.com/online_training/?action=categorygroup&page=java.

XML Using Java Training Prerequisites

Experience in Java Programming, including object-oriented Java and the Java streams model, is essential.
Basic understanding of XML is required.
XML Schema is used peripherally in the course, and knowledge of this technology will be helpful, but is not required.

Hands-on/Lecture Ratio

This class is 70% hands-on, 30% lecture, with the longest lecture segments lasting for 20 minutes.

XML Using Java Training Materials

All students receive a copy of Addison-Wesley Professional's Processing XML with Java: A Guide to SAX, DOM, JDOM, JAXP, and TrAX, which is used as the instructional guide for the course, as well as related courseware.

Software Needed on Each PC

Java SE SDK 1.6.0 or later (a version of this course for Java SE SDK 1.4.2 or later is available upon request)
The Java tool the students are likely to use after the class (if no tool has been selected, a good free tool is Eclipse, downloadable from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/).
If desired, a third-party XML editor such as XMLSpy.

XML Using Java Training Objectives

Understand the use of SAX and DOM APIs for XML parsing.
Understand the need for JAXP as an additional layer to the standard contract between applications and parsers.
Parse element and attribute content, processing instructions, and other document information using SAX.
Parse documents using the DOM.
Modify, create and delete information in an XML document using the DOM.
Write simple and complex queries into XML document content using XPath.
Use XSLT for XML-to-XML, XML-to-HTML, or XML-to-text transformations.
Build standalone and web applications that build on XSLT transformation logic.
Use JAXB to generate persistent Java object models based on XML Schema.
Implement XML persistence using the JAXB.

XML Using Java Training Outline

The Java API for XML Processing (JAXP)

Parsing XML
SAX and DOM
What the W3C Says
What the W3C Doesn't Say
Sun and Apache
JAXP
Parser Factories
Pluggable Parsers
Parser Features and Properties

The Simple API for XML (SAX)

Origins of SAX
The SAX Parser
The SAX Event Model
Reading Document Content
Handling Namespaces
SAX Features for Namespaces
Parsing Attributes
Error Handling
DTD Validation
Schema Validation
Handling Processing Instructions

The Document Object Model (DOM)

Origins of the DOM
DOM Levels
DOM2 Structure
The Document Builder
DOM Tree Model
DOM Interfaces
Document, Node and NodeList Interfaces
Element and Text Interfaces
Finding Elements By Name
Walking the Child List
The Attribute Interface
Traversing Associations
The JAXP Transformer Class
Sources and Results
Combining SAX and DOM Processing
Namespaces and the DOM

Manipulating XML Information with the DOM

Modifying Documents
Modifying Elements
Modifying Attributes
Managing Children
Seeking a Document Location
The ProcessingInstruction Interface
Creating New Documents

Using the JAXP for Transformations

XPath, XSLT and Java
The Transformer Class
The TransformerFactory Class
Sources and Results
Identity Transformations
Creating Transformations from Stylesheets
Template Parameters
Output Methods and Properties
Evaluating XPath Expressions

XPath

Use of XPath in Other XML Technologies
XPath Expressions
The Axis
The Node Test
The Predicate
XPath Types
XPath Functions
Implied Content
Querying with XPath
XPath and the DOM

Templates and Production

XPath, XSLT and Java
The Transformer Class
The TransformerFactory Class
Sources and Results
Identity Transformations
Creating Transformations from Stylesheets
Template Parameters
Output Methods and Properties

XPath

Use of XPath in Other XML Technologies
XPath Expressions
The Axis
The Node Test
The Predicate
XPath Types
XPath Functions
Implied Context
Querying with XPath
XPath and the DOM

Templates and Production

Rule-Based Transformations
Templates and Template Matching
Built-In Template Rules
Recursion Through Templates
Template Context
Output Methods
Controlling Whitespace
Literal Replacement Elements
Formalizing Text, Elements and Attributes
Defining Target Vocabulary
Generating Processing Instructions

XSLT: Dynamic Content and Flow Control

Web Applications Using XSLT
J2EE and JAXP
Deriving Source Content
Getting Source Values
Attribute Value Templates
Copying Source Elements and Trees
Looping
Conditionals

The Java API for XML Binding

The Need for Data Binding
XML Schema
Two Paths
JAXB Compilation
Mapping Schema Types to Java
Java-to-XML Mapping Using Annotations
Marshaling and Unmarshaling
Working with JAXB Object Models

Conclusion