Special Edition Using Java™ 2 Enterprise Edition

The Example XML and Java Bean Files

Assume you have an XML file that looks like the one shown in Listing 24.1.

Code Listing 24.1. Source Code for people.dtd

<!ELEMENT people (person*)> <!ELEMENT person (first-name|middle-name|last-name)+> <!ELEMENT first-name (#PCDATA)> <!ELEMENT middle-name (#PCDATA)> <!ELEMENT last-name (#PCDATA)>

Furthermore, you have two Java bean classes, People and Person, shown in Listings 24.2 and 24.3.

Code Listing 24.2. Source Code for People.java

package usingj2ee.xml; import java.util.Vector; public class People implements java.io.Serializable { protected Vector personVec; public People() { personVec = new Vector(); } public Person[] getPerson() { Person[] retval = new Person[personVec.size()]; personVec.copyInto(retval); ...