Chapter 9. Java Programming with XML and SQL

In which the TLAs come out in full force.

So far in this book, we've looked at XML and relational databases and some strategies for combining the two to create powerful applications. In Chapter 8, we looked at ways to build specific database structures in a real-world database. In this chapter, I discuss building your application code in Java with a J2EE-type application server.

Produced by Sun, the J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) specification gives application server vendors a baseline for how their software should behave in order to be J2EE-compliant. This means that a J2EE application should work in any J2EE-compliant application server.

I'm a big fan of server-side Java. which I've been using ...

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