What this book covers

Chapter 1: We discuss creating an XML document using Oracle's XML Developer Kit (XDK) 11g in Oracle JDeveloper. We also discuss parsing an XML document using SAX and DOM Java APIs, which are also included in XDK 11g.

Chapter 2: We create an XML schema in the XML schema editor of Oracle JDeveloper. An XML schema represents the structure of an XML document. Subsequently, we instantiate an XML document from the XML schema.

Chapter 3: We discuss validating an XML document with an XML schema using the built-in feature to validate the schema and the XDK 11g schema validation APIs. We discuss three different APIs for schema validation: the XSDValidator, the SAX parser, and the DOM parser.

Chapter 4: We discuss XPath, which is used to address nodes in an XML document. We use XPath in the XPath Search GUI tool in Oracle JDeveloper 11g. We also use the XPath Java API in XDK 11g.

Chapter 5: We transform an XML document using the Transformation API for XML (TrAX), which is included in XDK 11g. We also discuss the XSLT extension functions.

Chapter 6: We parse and transform XML using the JSTL XML tag library in JDeveloper 11g.

Chapter 7: We load, save, and filter an XML document using the DOM 3.0 Load and Save APIs, which are provided in XDK 11g.

Chapter 8: We construct and validate an XML document using the DOM 3.0 Validation API, which is also included in XDK 11g.

Chapter 9: We discuss another built-in feature of JDeveloper 11g, the JAXB 2.0 compiler. We bind an XML schema to Java classes using the JAXB 2.0 compiler. Subsequently, we unmarshal an XML document and marshal an XML document using the compiled Java classes.

Chapter 10: We compare XML documents using the XMLDiff Java API included in XDK 11g.

Chapter 11: We convert an XML document to a PDF document using the Apache FOP Java API in JDeveloper.

Chapter 12: We create an MS Excel spreadsheet from an XML document in JDeveloper using the Apache POI Java API.

Chapter 13: We store an XML document in Oracle Berkeley DB XML, and subsequently query and update the XML document using both the Berkeley DB XML command shell and the Berkeley DB XML Java API. The Berkeley DB XML API is used in JDeveloper 11g.

Chapter 14: We create PDF reports in JDeveloper 11g using the Oracle XML Publisher Java API. We also merge PDF documents. We also create an XML report from a database table using the Data Engine API.