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Inside the DDbE Command-Line Tool

The DDbE command-line tool is a simple Java application that comes with the DDbE installation set. This tool comes with source code, which is surprisingly simple. For now, it's important for you to understand how the tool is used to generate DTDs from XML documents. Because DDbE is implemented as a Java application, you must run it within a Java runtime system such as the one included with the Java Development Kit (JDK). The DDbE command-line application is named DDbECommandLine and is stored in the file DDbECommandLine.class. (In case you aren't too familiar with Java, executable Java code is stored in files using the .class extension.)

The DDbE command-line tool supports several command-line options that are ...