Client / Server Data Access with Java and XML Book

This exciting tour of emerging Web technologies explains what Java and XML offer for the future of the Internet. Early chapters discuss the current state of the Internet, including HTTP, followed by a quick tour of Java technologies. The authors look at database standards such as SQL (for relational databases) and the ODMG 2.0 standard (for object databases). The most hands-on part of this title examines how to implement a Web-based database using three different technologies: JDBC for programming relational databases in Java; the emerging SQLJ standard for creating "embedded" SQL within Java code; and the ODMG Java binding for manipulating object-oriented databases directly in Java. Next, the authors look at providing HTML pages on the fly using CGI and Java Servlets. Further sections introduce additional Java-based technologies, such as RMI, Java ORBs, JavaBeans, and Enterprise JavaBeans. Later in the book, the authors explore the intricacies of the XML standard for structuring content within Web browsers. They also detail the Java classes that permit developers to program with XML today. The final chapter concentrates once more on the future tense, with a tour of other emerging standards and technologies. --Richard Dragan, Amazon.comRead More