XML and Java: Developing Web Applications is a tutorial that will teach Web developers, programmers, and system engineers how to create robust XML business applications for the Internet using the Java technology. The authors, a team of IBM XML experts, introduce the essentials of XML and Java development, from a review of basic concepts to thorough coverage of advanced techniques. Using a step-by-step approach, this book illustrates real-world implications of XML and Java technologies as they apply to Web applications. Readers should have a basic understanding of XML as well as experience in writing simple Java programs.

XML and Java enables you to:

* Develop Web business applications using XML and Java through real-world examples and code * Quickly obtain XML programming skills

* Become familiar with Document Object Models (DOM) and the Simple API for XML (SAX)

* Understand the Electronic Document Interchange (EDI) system design using XML and Document Type Definition (DTD), including

* coverage on automating business-to-business message exchange

* Leverage JavaBean components

* Learn a hands-on, practical orientation to XML and Java