Comprehensive XML

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Course Description

In this Comprehensive XML training course you will learn the fundamentals necessary to use XML on the Web or in data processing applications. Through lecture and hands-on lab exercises, you will learn the essentials of data interoperability using XML, write well-formed XML documents, enforce document validity and use XSLT and stylesheets to transform XML documents. You will use Java to implement XML web applications, as well as learn how to use XML to pass data between distributed Java applications. Emphasis is placed on writing well-formed and valid XML, parsing techniques and converting Legacy data with XML.

Course Outline

1. GETTING STARTED WITH XML

1.     Objectives
2.     Unstructured Text Document
3.     An Employee Document
4.     What is XML ?
5.     Why Study XML?
6.     Data and Document Structure
7.     Elements
8.     First XML
9.     Another Example of XML
10.     Well-formed vs. Valid XML Document
11.     Presentation Style
12.     Goals of XML 1/3
13.     Goals of XML 2/3
14.     Goals of XML 3/3
15.     Usage of XML
16.     Summary

2. XML SYNTAX

1.     Objectives
2.     XML Elements
3.     Empty and Non-Empty Elements
4.     XML Naming Rules
5.     Rules for XML Tags
6.     Nesting and Hierarchy of XML Elements
7.     Simple XML
8.     Sections of an XML Document
9.     XML Constructs
10.     XML Declaration
11.     Processing Instructions
12.     Is the XML Declaration a Processing Instruction ?
13.     XML Elements
14.     Tag Attributes
15.     Comment Tags
16.     CDATA Tags
17.     Entity References
18.     Character References
19.     Namespaces
20.     Namespace URLS
21.     Namespaces
22.     Using XML Namespaces
23.     Binary Data In XML
24.     Encoding Binary Data
25.     Specifying Content Type of Binary Data
26.     Summary

3. BASIC XML SCHEMAS

1.      What is XML Schema ?
2.     Goals of Schema
3.     Converting DTDs to Schema
4.     Recall: Namespaces
5.     The equivalent schema
6.     Sample instance document
7.     Documents Needed
8.     XML Schema Namespaces
9.     Link Documents to Schemas
10.     Inline element declarations
11.     XSchema Data Types
12.     XSchema Type Definitions
13.     XSchema Simple Data Types
14.     Primitive Data Types
15.     Simple Types
16.     Facet Restrictions on Element Content
17.     Using the Facet
18.     More Samples
19.     Define Simple Element Type
20.     Element Declaration
21.     Element Occurrence Indicators
22.     Complex Type
23.     Attribute Declaration
24.     Attribute Declarations
25.     Occurrence of Attributes
26.     Value Constraints on Attributes
27.     Sequence Element
28.     Element Choices
29.     Express any order
30.     Annotations

4. XPATH FUNDAMENTALS

1.     XPath
2.     Tree Structure
3.     Example
4.     XPath Examples
5.     XPath Core Definitions
6.     Wildcards and Multiple Matches
7.     Other Node Operators
8.     Path Operators
9.     Predicates
10.     Predicate Relationships and Attributes
11.     More Predicate Examples
12.     Predicates Chaining and Indexing
13.     XPath Expressions
14.     XPath Numbers
15.     XPath Strings
16.     XPath Booleans
17.     XPath Functions
18.     String Functions
19.     Boolean Functions
20.     Number Functions
21.     XSLT and XPath
22.     XPath and Content Based Routing
23.     Summary

5. INTRODUCTION TO XQUERY

1.     What Is XQuery?
2.     XQuery Uses
3.     XQuery Properties
4.     XPath and XSLT
5.     XQuery Flow
6.     XQuery Participants
7.     Sample XQuery Source
8.     Simple Example Queries
9.     FLWOR Queries
10.     F-WOR Explained
11.     L Explained
12.     Wrapping Output
13.     Converting Output
14.     Inline Output
15.     Data Rendering
16.     Functions
17.     Joins
18.     Join Example
19.     Summary

6. INTRODUCTION TO XSL

1.     Topics
2.     Formatting XML Documents
3.     XSL
4.     Three Parts of XSL
5.     XSLT XSL Transformation
6.     <xsl:stylesheet>
7.     <?xml-stylesheet>
8.     <xsl:template>
9.     <xsl:value-of>
10.     Navigating with XPath
11.     Navigating With XPath
12.     <xsl:for-each>
13.     <xsl:if>
14.     XPath Boolean expressions
15.     XPath Boolean Expressions
16.     <xsl:choose>
17.     <xsl:apply-templates>
18.     <xsl:sort>
19.     The Music Collection Example Introduction
20.     The Music Collection Example Sample XML file
21.     The Music Collection Example Retrieving owner details
22.     The Music Collection Example Retrieving the core data
23.     The Music Collection Example Current Output
24.     The Music Collection Example Retrieving canadianContent data
25.     The Music Collection Example Current Output
26.     The Music Collection Example Retrieving media data
27.     The Music Collection Example Final Output
28.     Formatting XML Documents

7. XML IN APPLICATIONS

1.     Topics
2.     Needs for Using XML in Applications
3.     Basic Functionalities Required for XML Applications
4.     XML Parser
5.     Obtaining a Parser
6.     SAX
7.     How it Works
8.     DOM
9.     DOM Parsing
10.     Applying XML Across System Boundaries
11.     Using XML on the Client Side
12.     Using XML on the Server Side
13.     Using XML in Non-Networked Systems
14.     Using XML in RDBMS
15.     The J2EE Blueprint
16.     A Typical Architecture Using XML in J2EE Applications
17.     Using XML in Applets
18.     Using XML Parser in Applets
19.     Using XML in Servlets
20.     Creating XML Middleware for Accessing Databases
21.     Transforming RDBMS Data to XML Data
22.     Transforming XML Data to RDBMS Data
23.     Storing XML Data in DB2

8. SCHEMA CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

1.     Objectives
2.     Evolving Schema
3.     Managing XML Schema
4.     Management Techniques
5.     Internal Techniques
6.     Schema Version Attribute
7.     Adding An Attribute
8.     Namespace Change
9.     File-Based Mechanisms
10.     External
11.     Which To Use?
12.     Summary

9. INTRODUCTION TO WEB SERVICES

1.     Objectives
2.     A Conceptual Look at Services
3.     Defining Services
4.     Service Communication Analogy
5.     Three Key Service Questions
6.     Connecting the Dots
7.     SOA: Runtime Implementation
8.     What Is a Web Service?
9.     Enterprise Assets as Services
10.     Typical Development Workflow
11.     Advantages of Web Services
12.     Web Service Business Models
13.     Example: Internal System Integration
14.     Example: Business Process Externalization
15.     Binding via SOAP
16.     SOAP in Protocol Stack
17.     SOAP Structure
18.     SOAP Message Architecture
19.     Applying SOAP
20.     Interface via WSDL
21.     WSDL Structure
22.     Applying WSDL
23.     Locating a Service
24.     UDDI Overview
25.     UDDI Terminology
26.     UDDI Structure
27.     Applying UDDI
28.     WS-I Overview
29.     WS-I Deliverables
30.     Summary

10. CASCADING STYLE SHEETS

1.     Cascading Style Sheets
2.     The xml-stylesheet processing instruction
3.     CSS details
4.     An example
5.     Common CSS tags display
6.     Common CSS tags Colors and Backgrounds
7.     Common CSS tags Fonts

11. PARSING XML WITH SAX

1.     Obtaining a Parser
2.     SAX
3.     How it Works
4.     Core SAX2 Handler Classes
5.     SAX2 DefaultHandler
6.     SAX Events
7.     Ignorable Whitespace
8.     XML Reader Interface
9.     XMLReader Features
10.     XMLReader Factory
11.     Prepare SAX Parser Object
12.     Parse XML with SAX Steps
13.     Define an Event Handler
14.     Prepare SAX Parser Object
15.     Define an Event Handler startElement()
16.     Define an Event Handler Element Attributes
17.     Define an Event Handler Get Number of Attributes
18.     Define an Event Handler Get Name of Attributes
19.     Define an Event Handler Get Attribute Values
20.     Define an Event Handler Get Attribute Types
21.     Define an Event Handler An Example
22.     Define an Event Handler characters()
23.     Using characters()
24.     Define an Event Handler Error Handling
25.     Define an Event Handler ErrorHandler interface
26.     Parse XML Document
27.     Simple SAX Parser
28.     Run the SAX Application
29.     EntityResolver
30.     Locator
31.     Document Locator

12. PARSING XML WITH DOM

1.     Topics
2.     DOM
3.     Limitations of SAX
4.     XML as an Object Model
5.     Nodes
6.     The Basic Node Types
7.     Less Common Node Types
8.     Node Interface
9.     Node Interface
10.     Document Interface
11.     NodeList Interface
12.     Element Interface
13.     Attr Interface
14.     Text Interface
15.     DOM Parsing
16.     Parse XML with DOM Steps
17.     Prepare DOM Parser Object
18.     Parse XML Document
19.     Parse Exceptions
20.     Example SimpleDOMParser

13. ACCESSING AND GENERATING XML DOCUMENTS WITH DOM

1.     Topics
2.     Hierarchy of Major DOM Objects
3.     Use DOM API to Access DOM Objects
4.     Collection of Nodes NodeList and NamedNodeMap
5.     Example 1 Traverse and Manipulate DOM Object
6.     Example 2 Extract DOM Data
7.     Build a DOM Tree
8.     Create an Empty Document Object
9.     Creating New Node Objects
10.     Build a DOM Tree
11.     Example 3 Build a DOM Tree
12.     Import DOM Nodes
13.     Example 4 Combine Two DOM Trees
14.     Using DocumentFragment
15.     Output DOM to XML
16.     Example 5 Print a DOM Tree
17.     XML Generation with DOM
18.     Modify XML Input File
19.     Modify XML Output File
20.     Modify XML Code
21.     Things to Remember
22.     Sorting nodes in a DOM Tree
23.     SAX vs. DOM

14. VALIDATING XML WITH SCHEMA

1.     Topics
2.     What is XML Schema ?
3.     Goals of Schema
4.     Minimal Schema
5.     Structure of XML Schema Document
6.     Element Declarations
7.     Common XML Schema Data Types
8.     Element Declaration
9.     Schema Data Types
10.     Simple Types
11.     Restrictions in the Elements
12.     Using the Facet
13.     Attribute Declarations
14.     More Samples
15.     Complex Type
16.     Sequence Element
17.     Element Choices
18.     Express any order
19.     Validating XML with Schema
20.     Annotations
21.     Naming Conflicts
22.     XML Validation with Schema
23.     Linking Documents to Schema

15. DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS WITH XML

1.     Topics
2.     Needs for Using XML in Distributed Applications
3.     Basic Functionalities Required for XML Applications
4.     Applying XML Across System Boundaries
5.     Using XML in Client Side
6.     Using XML in Server Side
7.     Passing XML Data over TCP/IP
8.     Using XML in Non Networked Systems
9.     Using XML in RDBMS
10.     The J2EE Blueprint
11.     A Typical Architecture of using XML in J2EE Applications
12.     Using XML in Applets
13.     Using XML Parsers in Applets
14.     An Example of using a SAX Parser in Applets
15.     Using XML in Servlets
16.     An Example of using a DOM Parser in a DB Query Servlet
17.     Creating XML Middleware for Accessing Databases
18.     Transforming RDBMS data to XML data
19.     Transforming XML data to RDBMS data
20.     An Example of Using SAX for Loading XML Data to Database

16. INTRODUCTION TO XSL

1.     Topics
2.     Formatting XML Documents
3.     XSL
4.     Three Parts of XSL
5.     XSLT XSL Transformation
6.     <xsl:stylesheet>
7.     <xsl:template>
8.     <xsl:value-of>
9.     <xsl:for-each>
10.     <xsl:if>
11.     <xsl:choose>
12.     <xsl:sort>
13.     The Music Collection Example Introduction
14.     The Music Collection Example Sample XML file
15.     The Music Collection Example Retrieving Media Data
16.     The Music Collection Example Final Output
17.     Formatting XML Documents
18.     Transformation with Java
19.     Reading an XML
20.     Transforming to HTML
21.     Transforming to System.out

17. JAXB

1.     Overview of JAXB
2.     Advantages of JAXB
3.     XML Parsing APIs
4.     Validation using Schemas
5.     Java Binding
6.     Using JAXB
7.     Binding compiler
8.     Interfaces and Classes
9.     Implementing Classes
10.     Compiling
11.     Unmarshal
12.     To Unmarshal
13.     Retrieving data
14.     Validation
15.     Unmarshalling Other Sources
16.     ObjectFactory
17.     Generating XML from JAXB
18.     Bind the schema
19.     Create the content tree from ObjectFactory
20.     Marshall the content tree
21.     Validation
22.     Marshalling to other sources
23.     Updating an XML
24.     Customizing your application
25.     Advantages

18. SOAP

1.     Why SOAP ?
2.     SOAP
3.     Waves of the Internet
4.     Motivations
5.     Need
6.     SOAP 1.1 Overview
7.     SOAP XML Namespaces
8.     SOAP Message
9.     SOAP Envelope
10.     SOAP Header
11.     SOAP Body
12.     SOAP Application
13.     SOAP Over HTTP
14.     SOAP HTTP Request and Response
15.     SOAP HTTP Request
16.     SOAP HTTP Request Example
17.     SOAP HTTP Response
18.     SOAP HTTP Response Example
19.     SOAP Faults
20.     SOAP Fault
21.     Fault Example
22.     What Does SOAP Define?
23.     Scope
24.     SOAP-related specs:
25.     SOAP Encoding
26.     SOAP Types and Structures
27.     Values and References
28.     Arrays
29.     SOAP Encoding Rules
30.     SOAP with Attachment
31.     Constructing a SOAP Message Package
32.     RPC Remote Procedure Call Overview
33.     RPC Architecture
34.     RPC Programs and Procedures
35.     SOAP-based RPC
36.     RPC Method Calls and Responses
37.     Sun s Java API for RPC and Messaging-based Web Services

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19. WRITING DTDS

1.     DTD
2.     DOCTYPE Declaration
3.     Types of DTDs
4.     DOCTYPE
5.     Internal DTDs
6.     External DTDs
7.     Basic DTD Markup
8.     Element Type Declaration
9.     Elements Declarations
10.     Declaring Children
11.     Declaring Multiple Children
12.     Declaring Optional Children
13.     Declaring Zero or More Children
14.     Declaring One or More Children
15.     Combination of Children
16.     Putting It All Together DTD
17.     Putting It All Together XML
18.     Mixed Content
19.     Mixed Content An Example
20.     Attributes Declaration
21.     Attribute Default Values
22.     Attribute Types
23.     String Attribute Type
24.     Tokenized Attribute Type
25.     Enumerated Attribute Type
26.     ENTITY Declaration
27.     Parsed General Entities
28.     Parsed Parameter Entities

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