| Course Description | |
| The course includes extensive programming examples, a progressively developed case study, and several tools for manipulating XML documents. All source code is in Visual Basic and is provided with the course. The main lab track uses console and Windows Forms client programs, and an optional Web lab track is available that provides ASP.NET client programs.
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 Visual Basic. 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 XmlReader and XmlWriter Features .NET DOM Parser Features Location of .EXE File Other XML Features in .NET XML and the Web Internet Explorer and XML • Reading XML Streams in .NET The .NET XmlReader Classes The XmlReader Properties Accessing Nodes Reading Attributes MoveToNextAttribute Using Streams with XmlTextReader 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 Miscellaneous Reading Methods Handling Namespaces The XmlNodeReader Class Creating XmlReaders in .NET 2.0 Benefits of Using XmlReader.Create() • 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 Using the Schema Graphical Editor Validating XML Streams Validation Settings Validation Flags .NET Validation Code Validation Events • Writing XML Streams in .NET Writing XML in .NET The XmlWriter Class The XmlTextWriter Class The State of Writer Creating XmlWriters in .NET 2.0 Writing Out 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 Polymorphic 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 For Each 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 • Using XML Schema Validating XML Documents Limitations of DTDs What is an XML Schema? The XML Schema Recommendation Schema vs. DTDs Schema and Namespaces The Schema Namespaces Structure of a Schema Schema Documents Associating Documents with Schema Developing a Content Model Types of Types XML Schema Tools Defining Elements Defining Complex Types Attributes Multiple Cardinality DTD versus XML Schema Constraining Value Ranges Anonymous Types Schema Object Model Validate Schema Tool Validation Code |
• 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 Filling a DataSet Accessing a DataSet ADO.NET and XML Rendering XML from a DataSet XmlWriteMode Writing Data as Attributes Reading XML into a DataSet DataSets and XML Schema CourseSchema.xsd Reading XML Schema XmlReadMode XML Data in DataTables Typed DataSets Table Adapter Synchronizing DataSets and XML Using XmlDataDocument • 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 Class in .NET 2.0 • 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 • XML Performance Tradeoffs XML Performance Performance Measurements Instrumenting an Application Instrumentation Walkthrough Implementation Code XmlWriter versus the DOM Validating vs. Non-Validating Readers XSLT Performance • Appendix A - Zenith Courseware Case Study Contact us for course schedules or more information. |
