.NET & XML: Understanding the Code and Markup Behind the Wizards

by Niel M. Bornstein

Overview

If you're seeking ways to build network-based applications or XML-based web services, Microsoft provides most of the tools you'll need. XML is integrated into the .NET Framework and Visual Studio .NET, but if you want to get a grasp on how .NET and XML actually work together, that's a different story. With .NET & XML, you can get under the hood to see how the .NET Framework implements XML, giving you the skills to write understandable XML-based code that interoperates with code written with other tools, and even other languages. .NET & XML starts by introducing XML and the .NET Framework, and then teaches you how to read and write XML before moving on to complex methods for manipulating, navigating, transforming, and constraining it. To demonstrate the power of XML in .NET, author Niel Bornstein builds a simple hardware store inventory system throughout the book. As you move from chapter to chapter, you'll absorb increasingly complex information until you have enough knowledge to successfully program your own XML-based applications. This tutorial also contains a quick reference to the API, plus appendices present additional .NET assemblies that you can use to work with XML, and how to work with the .NET XML configuration file format. One study puts the potential market for new software based on XML at or near $100 billion over the next five years. The .NET Framework gives you a way to become a part of it. But to use XML and .NET effectively, you need to understand how these two technologies work together. This book gives you the insight to take full advantage of the power the two provide.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780596003975
Publisher:	O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date:	12/01/2003
Pages:	472
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.19(h) x 1.13(d)

About the Author

Niel M. Bornstein, with over ten years' experience in software development, has worked in diverse areas such as corporate information systems, client-server application development, and web-hosted applications. Clear and engaging, Niel is a frequent contributor to xml.com, an affiliate site of the O'Reilly Network.

Table of Contents

Preface; Organization of This Book; Who Should Read This Book?; About XML and Web Services; About the Sample Code; Why C#?; Style Conventions; How to Contact Us; Acknowledgments; Processing XML with .NET; Chapter 1: Introduction to .NET and XML; 1.1 The .NET Framework; 1.2 The XML Family of Standards; 1.3 Introduction to XML in .NET; 1.4 Key Concepts; 1.5 Moving On; Chapter 2: Reading XML; 2.1 Reading Data; 2.2 XmlReader; 2.3 Moving On; Chapter 3: Writing XML; 3.1 Writing Data; 3.2 XmlWriter and Its Subclasses; 3.3 Moving On; Chapter 4: Reading and Writing Non-XML Formats; 4.1 Reading Non-XML Documents with XmlReader; 4.2 Writing an XmlPyxWriter; 4.3 Moving On; Chapter 5: Manipulating XML with DOM; 5.1 What Is the DOM?; 5.2 The .NET DOM Implementation; 5.3 Moving On; Chapter 6: Navigating XML with XPath; 6.1 What Is XPath?; 6.2 Using XPath; 6.3 Moving On; Chapter 7: Transforming XML with XSLT; 7.1 The Standards; 7.2 Introducing XSLT; 7.3 Using XSLT; 7.4 Moving On; Chapter 8: Constraining XML with Schemas; 8.1 Introducing W3C XML Schema; 8.2 Using the XSD Tool; 8.3 Working with Schemas; 8.4 Moving On; Chapter 9: SOAP and XML Serialization; 9.1 Defining Serialization; 9.2 Runtime Serialization; 9.3 XML Serialization; 9.4 SOAP Serialization; 9.5 Moving On; Chapter 10: XML and Web Services; 10.1 Defining Web Services; 10.2 Using Web Services; 10.3 Moving On; Chapter 11: XML and Databases; 11.1 Introduction to ADO.NET; 11.2 Manipulating Data Offline; 11.3 Reading XML from a Database; 11.4 Hierarchical XML; .NET XML Namespace Reference; Chapter 12: How to Use These Quick Reference Chapters; 12.1 Finding a Quick-Reference Entry; 12.2 Reading a Quick-Reference Entry; Chapter 13: The Microsoft.XmlDiffPatch Namespace; 13.1 Using the XmlDiffPatch Namespace; 13.2 Using the XmlDiff and XmlPatch Executables; 13.3 Microsoft.XmlDiffPatch Namespace Reference; Chapter 14: The Microsoft.XsdInference Namespace; 14.1 Using the XsdInference Namespace; 14.2 Using the Infer Executable; 14.3 Microsoft.XsdInference Namespace Reference; Chapter 15: The System.Configuration Namespace; 15.1 The Configuration Files; 15.2 Adding Your Own Configuration Settings; 15.3 System.Configuration Namespace Reference; Chapter 16: The System.Xml Namespace; Chapter 17: The System.Xml.Schema Namespace; Chapter 18: The System.Xml.Serialization Namespace; Chapter 19: The System.Xml.XPath Namespace; Chapter 20: The System.Xml.Xsl Namespace; Chapter 21: Type, Method, Property, and Field Index; Colophon;