XML Development with Java™ 2

Chapter 9. Servlets and XML

"Server-side XML is clearly destined to support countless practical solutions and innovations over the coming years."

—Claude Duguay, "XML Filtering with Servlets," Java Pro Guide to Middleware, Winter 1999/2000

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Servlet Basics

• The Aphorisms Web Site

• Generating XML from an HTML Form

• Transforming XML to HTML

In this chapter we will examine how servlets can generate and process XML. For those java programmers new to servlets we begin with a servlet primer. In the primer, the life cycle and API of servlets are examined in detail. After the primer, we walk through a real-world sample Web site called the Aphorisms Web site. The Aphorisms Web site processes form data, stores the result as XML, and transforms ...