Using XML Tools

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Using XML Tools

• CS551 Fall 2001

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Tools available

• XML Notepad
• Jcreator
• IBM XML4J
• Xalan

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XML Notepad

• Editor to create well-formed xml documents, xml
  schema, xsl stylesheets.
• Available http//msdn.microsoft.com/library/defau
  lt.asp?url/library/en-us/dnxml/html/xmlpaddownloa
  d.asp
• Can insert element, child element, attributes,
  comment, and text nodes.
• Does not create DTDs or insert PI, CDATA (use
  regular notepad or Peters XML editor 1.1).

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• Open XML Notepad in your Start Bar.
• Enter the information below

• Save as simple.xml
• Open simple.xml in Internet Explorer.

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Jcreator 1.5

• Fully-functional Java IDE.
• Available http//download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10
  085-100-2729088.html?tagst.dl.10001-103-1.lst-7-1
  .2729088
• Set classpath to c\jdk1.3.1
• Configure -gt Options -gt JDK Profiles -gt select
  JDK version 1.3.1 -gt Edit -gt Home path () -gt
  select path c\jdk1.3.1
• To run/execute project with command-line
  arguments
• Project -gt Project Settings -gt JDK Tools -gt
  Select tool type Run Application -gt select
  ltDefaultgt -gt Edit -gt Parameters -gt set Prompt
  for main function argument checkbox to True.

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IBM XML4J 3.2.1

• A validating XML parser written in 100 pure Java
  that contains classes and methods for parsing,
  generating, manipulating, and validating XML
  documents.
• Available http//www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/xml4
  j
• Current version supports up to DOM level 2, SAX
  2.0, xml schema recommendation, and JAXP 1.1.
• Includes Xerces Jv.1.4.1 .jar file.
• To use the classes in XML4J, you must set your
  Java CLASSPATH variable so that Java can locate
  the xerces.jar and xercesSamples.jar files
• (in Jcreator) Configure -gt Options -gt JDK
  Profiles -gt select JDK version -gt Edit -gt Add
  Package -gt add c/xml4j-j-bin.3.2.1/xerces.jar
  and c/xml4j-j-bin.3.2.1/xercesSamples.jar

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Running the TreeViewer sample

• (in Jcreator) File -gt New gt Empty Project -gt
  Project name treeviewer
• In Workspace window (top left) -gt select
  treeviewer project -gt right click -gt Add Files
  -gt add the following files from
  c\xml4j-j-bin.3.2.1\samples\ui\ (TreeView.java,
  TreeViewer.java, DOMTree.java, and
  DefaultImages.java).
• Build -gt Compile Project
• Copy your file simple.xml into your treeviewer
  project directory.
• Build -gt Execute Project -gt Set Run Configuration
  -gt Ok -gt Set main function argument -gt type
  simple.xml -gt Ok
• See more samples at c\xml4j-j-bin.3.2.1\docs\htm
  l\samples.html

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Apache Xalan 1.5

• Xalan is an XSLT processor for transforming XML
  documents into HTML, text, or other XML document
  types.
• Available http//xml.apache.org/xalan-j/index.htm
  l
• Current version supports W3C XSLT 1.0 and Xpath
  1.0 recommendations.
• Includes Xerces Jv.1.4.3 .jar file.
• To set the classpath in Jcreator
• Configure -gt Options -gt JDK Profiles -gt select
  JDK version -gt Edit -gt Delete -gt
  c\xml4j-j-bin.3.2.1\xerces.jar
• Add -gt c\xalan-j_2_2_D10\bin\xalan.jar
• Add -gt c\xalan-j_2_2_D10\bin\xerces.jar

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Running a XSL transformation

• Download my sample xsl stylesheet from
  http//www.cstp.umkc.edu/qchong/simple.xsl
• (in Jcreator) File -gt New gt Empty Project -gt
  Project name transform
• In Workspace window (top left) -gt select
  transform project -gt right click -gt Add Files
  -gt add c\xalan-j-2_2_D10\samples\SimpleTransform\
  SimpleTranform.java
• Build -gt Compile Project
• Copy your file simple.xml and simple.xsl into
  your transform project directory.
• Build -gt Execute Project -gt Set Run Configuration
  -gt Ok -gt Set main function argument -gt type
  simple.xsl simple.xml simple.html -gt Ok
• See more samples at c\xalan-j-2_2_D10\samples\