IBM Programming XML and Related Technologies Part 2: Using XML

This course firstly provides a general overview of how to generate XML documents from Java objects. It introduces Java programming with XSL Transforamtions (XSLT). It covers architectural implications of incorporating XML into business applications. Lastly this course shows how to use the DB2 XML Extender to import and export XML from a DB2 database.

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Duration: flexible Training Presented in: English

Audience

The target audience is enterprise application architects. designers developers content modellers and creators and other IT professionals. Course Prerequisites: Students should have knowledge of Internet technologies. Experience using Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is an advantage but not essential.

Objective

Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:

• identify considerations for generating XML from Java objects.
• identify considerations for generating XML from Java objects manually.
• identify the stages for serializing a Document Object Model (DOM) using the Xerces Java Serializer API.
• identify features of Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT).
• identify features of the Transformation API for XML (TrAX) API.
• identify the syntax for transforming XML.
• identify uses of XML in application and system architecture.
• identify reasons for using XML architecture in a content management system (CMS).
• identify potential benefits of using XML for intelligent searching of information.
• differentiate between functions of the XML Column and XML Collection storage methods.
• identify consequences of enabling a database using DB2 XML Extender.
• identify situations where the XML Collection method should be used to store an XML document.

Topics Include

Unit 1: Generating XML from Java Objects

• Identify considerations for generating XML from Java objects.
• Identify considerations for generating XML from Java objects manually.
• Identify the stages for serializing a Document Object Model (DOM) using the Xerces Java Serializer API.
• Identify features of the Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) 1.4 XMLEncoder/XMLDecoder.
• Differentiate between the syntax for encoding and decoding a JavaBean using the Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) 1.4 XMLEncoder/XMLDecoder.

Unit 2: XSLT

• Identify features of Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT).
• Identify features of the Transformation API for XML (TrAX) API.
• Identify the syntax for transforming XML.
• Identify the stages for performing Simple API for XML (SAX) transformations.
• Identify the steps for performing Document Object Model (DOM) transformations.
• Match transformation errors with their descriptions.
• Identify features of chaining with XML filters.
• Identify features of Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation Compiler (XSLTC) translets.
• Identify features of Xalan extensions.
• Identify features of the ApplyXSLT servlet.

Unit 3: XML Architecture

• Identify uses of XML in application and system architecture.
• Identify functions of Web Services.
• Identify reasons for using XML architecture in a content management system (CMS).
• Identify potential benefits of using XML for intelligent searching of information.
• Identify features of transcoding.
• Identify features of WebSphere Transcoding Publisher (WTP).
• Identify benefits of using XML for application integration.
Match components of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) with their functions.

Unit 4: DB2 XML Extender

• Differentiate between functions of the XML Column and XML Collection storage methods.
• Identify consequences of enabling a database using DB2 XML Extender.
• Identify situations where the XML Collection method should be used to store an XML document.
• Identify the steps for creating a new Relational Database (RDB) to XML mapping session by using the New RDB to XML Mapping wizard.
• Identify features of the Document Type Definition (DTD).
• Identify guidelines for creating an SQL statement for the Document Access Definition (DAD) file.
• Identify guidelines for creating a Document Access Definition (DAD) file with Relational Database (RDB) nodes.
• Differentiate between the dxxGenXML and dxxRetrieveXML composition methods.
• Identify features of decomposition.
• Differentiate between the dxxShredXML and dxxInsertXML methods used for decomposition.
• Identify situations where the XML Column method should be used to store an XML document in a DB2 colun.
• Match XML Extender column types with their descriptions.
• Identify requirements for creating a data file that will be stored in an XML column.
• Identify the syntax for creating a Document Access Definition (DAD) file that uses the XML Column method.
• Identify the results of enabling an XML column.
• Match user-defined functions (UDFs) for inserting XML documents into columns with their descriptions.
• Identify methods for extracting elements of an XML column from a database.
• Identify ways of updating XML column documents.
• Identify ways of retrieving an XML document from an XML column.

Duration

8 Hours

Minimum Requirements

The CDROM version of this course requires:

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
• At least a double speed CDROM drive.
• An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently only the CDROM version supports audio).

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

Media

• IBM Programming XML and Related Technologies Part 1: XML Parsing