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Brett McLaughlin's Java and XML is a well-informed guide to the partnership between two key technologies. For this 2nd edition, the author has slimmed down the introductory material on XML, making room for expanded coverage of fast-moving topics such as JAXP, SOAP and Web Services. There is plenty of new material, so this is a book worth buying even if you have the earlier edition. The author is a co-founder of JDOM, an XML document API, and is a well-known contributor to various other open-source projects. It is no surprise to find a focus on open-source tools and resources in this book.

This title does not aim to teach either Java or XML from scratch, although the first two chapters do offer an XML crash course. The following chapters cover SAX 2.0, a standard API for parsing XML, and after that there is a detailed look at the DOM (Document Object Model). JDOM gets extensive coverage, as you would expect from the author's involvement, and there is a strong chapter on JAXP, the official API for XML parsing from Sun Microsystems, explaining why it is widely misunderstood and how it complements other standards such as SAX. The second half of the book offers a chapter each on more advanced topics. One covers Web publishing frameworks, with a particular focus on Apache Cocoon. After that the author covers XML-RPC, SOAP and Web services. A chapter on content syndication shows how to use XSL and RSS (Rich Site Summary) to publish and consume information. Next comes data binding using the Castor or Zeus frameworks, or Sun's official JAXB API. Finally there is a brief look at up-and-coming APIs, and a concise reference for SAX, DOM, JDOM and JAXP.

Practical, informative and well-written, this book is ideal for professionals who are either working with Java and XML, or considering doing so. --Tim Anderson

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Good book on Java and XML. Well written, covers lots of things and use cases for XML. The author is one of the authors of JDOM and has excellent XML knowledge. -- Stephen Schmidt, java-channel.org

This book contains an enormous wealth of info about Java's tying with essentials of XML. One book that your Java programming bookcase should not be without. -- Columbia Java User Group

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3.0 out of 5 stars Overall, an Okay book, July 22 2002

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Gus Safary "Pana User" (Wood-Ridge, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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Sometimes you come across a technical book that you can't put down, the language is clear, the examples are useful and the author keeps you focused. Well, this is NOT an example of such book.

The author covers the subject, but it was a hard book to read and stay interested in.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good but could be more., May 6 2004

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Robert Simmons Jr. "kraythe" (Broomfield, CO) - See all my reviews
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Second editions are always great. However, I find that I dont like all of the API reference in the book. I would rather look at APIs electronically and talk concepts in the book.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction, a little diffuse, Mar 13 2004

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Jack D. Herrington "engineer and author" (Silicon Valley, CA) - See all my reviews
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Compared with .NET and XML this book tends to wander and rat hole a little. The book covers the basics. The SAX and DOM approaches. It also covers XSLT and serving XML. It also covers advanced topics like Castor, JDOM, and web services. But most of the subjects are covered at a cursory level and do not serve as a complete introduction.

There is a small reference at the end of the book which is not as easy to read as the APIs described in the Nutshell style.

I gave this book four stars because, while it does lack focus, it is a good introduction to the XML APIs for Java. In the third release they should concentrate a little harder editing in some focus and a better reference section at the end.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Like the title says Java & XML
Requires moderate knowledge of both subjects. Does a really nice job discussing the uses of Java and XML combined.

Published on May 16 2003 by F. Pizzi

3.0 out of 5 stars No XML Security
This book doesn't have anything I couldn't find by just looking at samples on Sun's site.

Most of all, it's missing security like XML Signatures, and XML encryption.