Our previous tutorial discussed the basics of XML and demonstrated its potential to revolutionize the Web. In this tutorial, we’ll discuss how to use an XML parser to: • Process an XML document • Create an XML document • Manipulate an XML document We’ll also talk about some useful, lesser-known features of XML parsers. Best of all, every tool discussed here is freely available at IBM’s alphaWorks site () and other places on the Web. | Tutorial XML programming in Java Doug Tidwell Cyber Evangelist developerWorks XML Team September 1999 About this tutorial Our first tutorial Introduction to XML discussed the basics of XML and demonstrated its potential to revolutionize the Web. This tutorial shows you how to use an XML parser and other tools to create process and manipulate XML documents. Best of all every tool discussed here is freely available at IBM s alphaWorks site and other places on the Web. About the author Doug Tidwell is a Senior Programmer at IBM. He has well over a seventh of a century of programming experience and has been working with XML-like applications for several years. His job as a Cyber Evangelist is basically to look busy and to help customers evaluate and implement XML technology. Using a specially designed pair of zircon-encrusted tweezers he holds a Masters Degree in Computer Science from Vanderbilt University and a Bachelors Degree in English from the University of Georgia. 1 Section 1 - Introduction Tutorial - XML Programming in Java Section 1 - Introduction XML About this tutorial Our previous tutorial discussed the basics of XML and demonstrated its potential to revolutionize the Web. In this tutorial we ll discuss how to use an XML parser to Process an XML document Create an XML document Manipulate an XML document We ll also talk about some useful lesser-known features of XML parsers. Best of all every tool discussed here is freely available at IBM s alphaWorks site and other places on the Web. Original artwork drawn by Doug Tidwell. All rights reserved. What s not here There are several important programming topics not discussed here Using visual tools to build XML applications Transforming an XML document from one vocabulary to another Creating interfaces for end users or other processes and creating interfaces to back-end data stores All of these topics are important when you re building an .
