Processing XML with Java: A Guide to SAX, DOM, JDOM, JAXP, and TrAX

Java & XML, 2nd Edition: Solutions to Real-World Problems

Xml

XML and Java: Developing Web Applications, Second Edition

Format: Paperback
Author: Hiroshi Maruyama
ReleaseDate: 13 May, 2002
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Rating:

One of the best Java/XML books on the market
The authors provide plenty of well written, relevant code examples, almost to a level of a cookbook. Even if 9 different authors wrote this book, the logical flow remains intact and the writing style is consistent, clear and concise, without any redundancy. I was very pleased to see some pretty advanced topics covered in details and, while the focus is on Xerces, JAXP get a good coverage too. In my opinion one of the best Java/XML books on the market.

Excellent overview of advanced XML for Java developer

Especially enjoyed coverage of advantages and disadvantages
of different techniques. I found this book very useful, covers a lot of unique topics
in advanced XML processing, practical and to the point.

Would be nice to cover these topics a bit deeper,
little more on architecture.
How about making 3rd edition 1000 pages,
maybe without CD-ROM, put code online
(any XML/Java developer has Internet access now).
And Websphere and DB2 getting outdated very quickly.

Get started fast with excellent code
Why? It's well written. This is the best XML/Java book I've seen to date. For example, unlike most books written by more than one or two authors, this book does *not* repeat a lot of material that an author previously addressed. The code contained in the book and on CD is well formatted and doesn't contain a lot of needless fat surrounding the meat; it get's right to the concept they're trying to relate.
I especially liked the chapters written by the lead author (Maruyama) and especially his XML Security chapters. Worth the money - just for the code.
Additionally, the code is well written - example, the import statements list each class; they don't use ". *;".