| Course Description | |
| This comprehensive and practical four-day course builds skills in .NET’s XML processing APIs—chiefly parsing using XmlReader and the Document Object Model (DOM), writing XML streams using XmlWriter, transformations using XPath and XSLT, and the new LINQ to XML, all using the .NET Framework XML classes and the C# language. It also covers XML serialization according to XML Schema and the tight coupling between XML and ADO.NET. The course is intended for students with a working knowledge of XML who want to build XML Web applications or components using .NET and the C# language. Everything in the course adheres to W3C and .NET standards for highly portable code. Visual Studio 2008 with .NET 3.5 is used as the development environment. The course includes extensive programming examples, a progressively developed case study, and several tools for manipulating XML documents. All source code is in C# and is provided with the course. A separate Lab Manual provides detailed instructions for laboratory exercises with console and ASP.NET Web Forms client programs. Upon completion of this course the student will be equipped to program XML applications in .NET and understand which XML and .NET technologies to apply for the problem domain.
Course Length: 4 Days Course Tuition: $1590 (US) |
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| Prerequisites | |
| Ability to read and to write well-formed XML. A working knowledge of programming the .NET Framework using C#. A working knowledge of ADO.NET is recommended for the portion of the course dealing with ADO.NET and XML. | |
| Course Outline |
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• .NET Framework XML Overview XML Parsing XML Using XML in .NET Applications The .NET XML Classes Parsing Techniques .NET Parsing Techniques .NET DOM Parser Features Other XML Features in .NET LINQ to XML XML and the Web Internet Explorer and XML • Reading XML Streams in .NET XmlReader and XmlReaderSettings The XmlReader Properties Accessing Nodes Reading Attributes MoveToNextAttribute XmlReader.Create() Catching the Exceptions Moving Around the Document Handling Whitespace Parsing a Specific Document Parsing the Top-Level Elements Subroutines Looping for Children Text via Brute Force ReadElementString() Zenith Courseware Case Study Handling Namespaces Data Access Application Front-ends • Validating XML Streams Valid XML The Trouble with Well-Formed XML Formal Type Information DTDs and XML Schema XML Schema for a Stereo System DTD and XML Schema Comparison Invalid XML A Validation Tool Creating Schema with Visual Studio Editing Schemas Validating XML Streams Validation Settings Validation Flags .NET Validation Code Validation Events Schema Object Model Validate Schema Tool Validation Code • Writing XML Streams in .NET Writing XML in .NET The XmlWriter Class The XmlTextWriter Class Using XmlWriter The State of Writer Writing Elements Writing Nested Elements Writing Attributes • The Document Object Model in .NET The Document Object Model (DOM) Origins of the DOM DOM2 Structure DOM Tree Model .NET DOM Classes The XmlDocument Class The XmlNode Class – Basic Parsing Node Types The XmlNode Class – Node Types Basic Parsing The XmlElement Class The XmlAttribute Class The XmlAttributeCollection Class The XmlText Class The XmlNodeList Class Using a foreach Loop Validation • Manipulating XML Information with the DOM Modifying Documents The XmlNode Class – Modifications Legal and Illegal Modifications Managing Children Cloning Modifying Elements Splitting Text and Normalizing Modifying Attributes • XML Serialization Serialization in .NET CLR Serialization Circular List and XML Serialization XML Serialization Infrastructure What Will Not Be Serialized XML Schema XSD Tool The XML Designer A More Complex Schema A Car Dealership Deserializing According to a Schema Type Infidelity Customizing XML Serialization XML Serialization and Web Services |
• XML and ADO.NET ADO.NET ADO.NET Architecture .NET Data Providers DataSet Architecture Why DataSet? DataSet Components DataAdapter Data Access Class Retrieving the Data Filling a DataSet Accessing a DataSet ADO.NET and XML Rendering XML from a DataSet XmlWriteMode Reading XML into a DataSet DataSets and XML Schema CourseSchema.xsd Reading XML Schema XmlReadMode XML Data in DataTables Typed DataSets Table Adapter Using a Typed DataSet Synchronizing DataSets and XML Using XmlDataDocument Windows Client Code Web Client Code • XPath Addressing XML Content XPath The XSLT/XPath Console Using the XPath Console The XML InfoSet XPath Tree Structure Document Order XPath Expressions Context XPath Grammar, From the Top Decomposing an Expression Location Paths Axis, Node Test, and Predicate The Axis The Node Test The Predicate Abbreviations Using Abbreviations XPath Functions XPath and .NET XPath and XmlNode XPathNavigator Evaluate Method XPathNodeIterator XPathNavigator Edit Capability • Introduction to XSLT The Strange Ancestry of XSLT Input and Output Rule-Based Transformation Stylesheets and Transforms Applying a Transform to a Document Referencing a Stylesheet Templates XSLT Tools and Setup Using the XSLT Console XSLT and XPath Style Sheets in the Browser A Style Sheet for Browser Display Browser Display XSLT in the .NET Framework New XSLT Processor • LINQ to XML Language Integrated Query (LINQ) LINQ Queries LINQ Data Stored LINQ to Objects LINQ to XML Creating an XML Document Parsing an XML Document XElement XML Axes Basic LINQ Query Operators Obtaining a Data Source Books.xml Filtering Ordering Aggregation Obtaining Lists and Arrays Deferred Execution Modifying a Data Source Performing Inserts via LINQ to XML Performing Deletes via LINQ to XML Performing Updates via LINQ to XML A Sorted Summary A Transformation • Appendix A - Zenith Courseware Case Study Contact us for course schedules or more information. |
