Java XML and JSON - Softcover

Friesen, Jeff

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1484219155 ISBN 13: 9781484219157

Publisher: Apress, 2016

Synopsis

Java XML and JSON is your one-stop guide to mastering the XML metalanguage and JSON data format along with significant Java APIs for parsing and creating XML/JSON documents (and more). The first six chapters focus on XML along with the SAX, DOM, StAX, XPath, and XSLT APIs. The remaining four chapters focus on JSON along with the mJson, GSON, and JsonPath APIs.
Each chapter ends with select exercises designed to challenge your grasp of the chapter's content. An appendix provides the answers to these exercises.
What You'll Learn

• Master the XML language
  
• Learn how to validate XML documents
  
• Learn how to parse XML documents with the SAX, DOM, and StAX APIs
  
• Learn how to create XML documents with the DOM and StAX APIs
  
• Learn how to extract values from XML documents with the XPath API
  
• Learn how to transform XML documents with the XSLT API
  
• Master the JSON format
  
• Learn how to validate JSON documents
  
• Learn how to parse and create JSON documents with the mJson and Gson APIs
  
• Learn how to extract values from JSON documents with the JsonPath API
  

Who This Book Is For
Intermediate or advanced Java programmers/developers.

About this title

About the Author

Jeff Friesen is a freelance tutor and software developer with an emphasis on Java (and now Android). In addition to writing Learn Java for Android Development and co-writing Android Recipes -- Jeff has written numerous articles on Java and other technologies for JavaWorld, informIT, Java.net, DevSource and more.

From the Back Cover

Java XML and JSON describes the popular XML and JSON data-interchange languages. You explore each language and learn how to parse/create XML-based documents and parse JSON-based documents via various Java APIs. You also learn how XML and JSON are used in AJAX (and AJAJ), Android, Big Data, and Web Services contexts, all from the Java perspective.
What you'll learn

• How to use Java, JSON and XML together to build services, big data
  
• How to use XML; parse XML documents with SAX, DOM, StAX; selecting nodes with XPath; and transform XML documents with XSLT
  
• What is JSON and how to explore parsing JSON content with Google GSON, Jackson, Quick JSON
  
• How to roll your own JSON APIs
  
• How to use XML and JSON with Ajax, Android, big data and web services

Edition details

• Publisher: Apress
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1484219155
• ISBN 13: 9781484219157
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 308