Course description: Programming XML with Java 1.4

This course provides students with the working knowledge required to program Java applications using Extensible Markup Language (XML). Through lectures and hands-on labs, students develop both conceptual and practical knowledge that enables them to use XML and related technologies in the context of building e-business applications.

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Training Paths that reference this course are:

• Application Developer skills for XML

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This is an intermediate course designed for information technology professionals, including enterprise application architects, analysts, designers, developers, administrators, and content modelers and creators.

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Before taking this course, students should complete course XM302, Introduction to XML and Related Technologies, or have equivalent experience. Students should also have a working knowledge of development using the Java language. Some experience with a  Java Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is helpful, but not necessary.

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• Describe the underlying architecture of XML application development
• Describe the role of parsers in XML-based applications
• Develop Java and XML-based applications using IBM Rational Application Developer V6
• Develop Java-based XML applications utilizing the Simple API for XML (SAX)
• Develop Java-based XML applications utilizing the Document Object Model (DOM) API
• Develop programs that create XML documents from Java objects
• Develop programs that use XML Stylesheet Language (XSL) transformations to convert XML source documents to different formats

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• XML architectures
• Using IBM Rational Application Developer V6
• Exercise: Using IBM Rational Application Developer
• XML parsers
• The SAX parser
• Exercise: A SAX parser
• The DOM parser
• Exercise: A DOM parser
• Generating XML from Java objects
• Exercise: Generating XML from Java objects
• Java programming with XSLT
• Exercise: XSLT and Java

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