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Using XML with Legacy Business Applications

ISBN: 0321154940
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2003
Pages: 181

Authors: Michael C. Rawlins

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• Main Page
• Table of content
• Copyright
• Advance Praise for Using XML with Legacy Business Applications
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• The Problem
• What Do We Need in a Solution?
• The Overview of a Solution
• Architecture
• How to Use This Book
• What You Need to Use This Book
• For Developers
• How You Can Use the Utilities and Code
• References
• Resources
• Chapter 2. Converting XML to CSV
• Requirements
• Running the Utility
• Sample Input and Output
• Design
• Java Implementation
• C Implementation
• Comparing the Java and C Implementations
• Enhancements and Alternatives
• Resources
• Chapter 3. Converting CSV to XML
• Requirements
• Running the Utility
• Sample Input and Output
• Design
• Java Implementation
• C Implementation
• Comparing the Java and C Implementations
• Enhancements and Alternatives
• Resources
• Chapter 4. Learning to Read XML Schemas
• Rope, Anyone?
• A Few Different Document Approaches
• DTD Refresher
• Foundation Concepts and Terminology
• General Features
• Simple Content Elements
• Complex Content Elements
• Understanding Namespaces
• Structuring Schemas
• Less Commonly Used W3C XML Schema Language Features
• Is There Data or Not?
• Reference
• Resources
• Chapter 5. Validating against Schemas
• Requirements
• Running the Utilities
• Design
• Java Implementation
• C Implementation
• Examples of Input Validation Failures
• Resources
• Chapter 6. Refining the Design
• Why Refine the Design?
• Making XML the Common Format
• Analyzing the Legacy Non-XML Grammars
• Describing the Legacy Non-XML Grammars
• Representing the Legacy Non-XML Grammars in XML
• Additional DOM Processing Considerations and Strategies
• Multilingual Issues
• Error Handling Strategy
• High-Level Design
• Detail Design
• Java Implementation
• C Implementation
• References
• Resources
• Chapter 7. Converting CSV Files to and from XML, Revisited
• CSV to XML: Functionality and Operation
• XML to CSV: Functionality and Operation
• Describing the File Formats
• Schema Examples
• High-Level Design Considerations
• CSV to XML: Detail Design
• XML to CSV: Detail Design
• New DataCell Methods and Derived Classes
• Java Implementation
• C Implementation
• Enhancements and Alternatives
• Resources
• Chapter 8. Converting Flat Files to and from XML
• Flat File to XML: Functionality and Operation
• XML to Flat File: Functionality and Operation
• Describing the File Formats
• Schema Examples
• High-Level Design Considerations
• Flat File to XML: Detail Design
• XML to Flat File: Detail Design
• New DataCell Methods and Derived Classes
• Java Implementation
• C Implementation
• Enhancements and Alternatives
• Resources
• Chapter 9. Converting EDI to and from XML
• Overview of the X12 EDI Syntax and Standards
• X12 to XML: Functionality and Operation
• XML to X12: Functionality and Operation
• Describing the File Formats
• Schema Examples
• Supplemental Data Store for Control Numbers
• High-Level Design Considerations
• X12 to XML: Detail Design
• XML to X12: Detail Design
• New DataCell Methods and Derived Classes
• Java Implementation
• C Implementation
• Enhancements and Alternatives
• Reference
• Resources
• Chapter 10. Converting from One XML Format to Another with XSLT
• Why XSLT Is Important
• XSLT Overview
• A General Approach to Using XSLT
• XPath Basics
• Structuring Stylesheets
• A Bit of Housekeeping
• Manipulating Content
• Solving Typical Navigation Problems
• Advanced Techniques for Processing Content
• Handling Namespaces
• Calling Non-XSLT Procedures
• References
• Resources
• Chapter 11. Using the Conversion Techniques Together
• Pipe and Filter Revisited
• Sample Conversion Scenarios and Scripts
• Building a System: Babel Blaster
• Resources
• Chapter 12. Building XML Support into a Business Application
• What Should Be XMLized ?
• Devising an Architecture
• Selecting the XML Format
• Changing Your Code
• What about Databases?
• Other Approaches and APIs
• Non-XML Issues
• Resources
• Chapter 13. Security, Transport, Packaging, and Other Issues
• Some General Observations about Security
• Dealing with Security
• Transport
• Packaging
• Common Combinations for Security, Transport, and Packaging
• Emerging Technologies
• What This Means for You
• Reference
• Appendix A. GNU General Public License
• Preamble
• Terms and Conditions for Copying, Distribution and Modification
• How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
• Appendix B. Pseudocode Conventions
• Assignment Operator
• Mathematical Operators
• Equality and Relational Operators
• IF Selection Structures
• Repetition Structure
• Case Selection Structure
• Appendix C. COM Essentials for the Non-COM Programmer
• import and Smart Pointers
• Initialization and Resource Management
• Exceptions and Errors
• COM Classes and Data Types for C
• Bibliography
• References
• Resources
• Credits
• Chapter 1
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9
• Chapter 12