Chapter 4. XML Processing

Web service applications often pass information using XML documents. Application developers whose applications accept XML documents must understand how best to extract information from these XML documents and use that information in their business processing. They must also understand how to assemble XML documents from the results of this business processing.

This chapter provides an extensive coverage of XML document handling. To make it more manageable, you may want to concentrate on the sections of particular interest to you. These sections are as follows:

  • XML Overview” on page 122— Provides an overview of basic XML concepts. If you are not familiar with XML, this section provides a concise summary of key XML concepts ...

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