Chapter 12. XML and SOAP

IN THIS CHAPTER

• What Is XML? A Quick Refresher

• Xml Server Control

• XmlDocument and XslTransform

• Working with XML Elements

• Reading and Writing XML Files with the DataSet

• SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)

• Summary

XML (Extensible Markup Language) and SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) are among the latest buzzwords in the Internet world. Unlike some buzzwords of the past, XML and SOAP actually are useful and valuable, and used heavily in the .NET Framework.

It is out of the scope of this book to explain XML and SOAP from the ground up…there are entire books on both XML and SOAP. Rather, in this chapter, you will learn how you can use XML and SOAP in your ASP.NET applications. This chapter will introduce you to the Xml server control, and related classes in the System.Xml namespace. There is much more to using XML and SOAP than what we will cover in this chapter.

In this chapter you will learn about

• Xml server control

• XmlDocument and XmlDataDocument

• Working with XML elements

• Reading and writing XML files with the DataSet

• SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)