Chapter 4. Advanced XML
"Readers and users be forewarned, however; if you thought Java was a rush of wave on wave of new standards, APIs, and tools—surf's up! XML is incoming."
—Jacques Surveyer, "XML Meets Java," Java Pro, April 1999
IN THIS CHAPTER
In Chapter 1, "An XML Primer," you learned just enough XML to begin experimenting with programming it using SAX and DOM. In this chapter, I will cover areas that we previously glossed over and advanced topics not yet discussed. Due to this "fill-in-the-blanks" approach, this chapter will sometimes skip from topic to topic with little cohesion between the topics. However, in the end, what you learn in this chapter combined with your knowledge acquired in the previous chapters will give you a thorough understanding of XML.