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Java & XML, 2nd Edition: Solutions to Real-World Problems
Format: Paperback
Author: Brett McLaughlin
ReleaseDate: September, 2001
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Rating:
A book worth owning 
The book is set out so you can read the parts that are relevant to getting a particular piece of technology working quickly. The author covers some background, but mainly sticks to the business end of dealing with XML using java.
Before reading this book I had never written an XML parser, but within a couple of days I was able to rework a parser to make it work both faster and with a smaller memory footprint by following the guidelines in this book. The details are not covered in great depth, but enough to get a job done, and make this a portabe reference.
Another book worth owning from the O'Reilly press.
Good but could be more.
However, I find that I dont like all of the API reference in the book. Second editions are always great. I would rather look at APIs electronically and talk concepts in the book.
Good introduction, a little diffuse
NET and XML this book tends to wander and rat hole a little. Compared with . 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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