Kevin Krouse XMLBeans CommitterNov. 17, 2004.ppt

Kevin Krouse XMLBeans Committer Nov. 17, 2004 Agenda XmlBeans Overview What’s new in Version 2 What’s under development for Version 2 What’s in the future for XmlBeans XMLBeans Overview Take Advantage of the full power of XML in Java Underlying XML Store allows full access to the entire XML infoset whenever needed Generated Java Classes allow Java-friendly access to XML 100% XML Schema Support 100% XML Infoset Access Open technology (Apache Open Source) Target Enterprise Standard XML Technology Make XMLSchema easy to use XMLBeans Quick History and Status Originally written by BEA for use within BEA technologies and for Weblogic Platform users (Weblogic Platform 8.1) Submitted to Apache Open Source in Sep 2003 Became a top-level project in June 2004 Continued support and commitment from BEA 6 BEA Apache committers (of 13 total committers) Released version 1.0.3 in June 2004 A Beta release of XMLBeans Version 2 very soon XMLBeans Architecture XMLBeans Compile Time XMLBeans Generated Classes (1) Schema’s targetNamespace becomes package name Global elements and types become top-level classes Anonymous types become inner classes Local elements and attributes become properties Simple type properties have both Java and XML set/get XMLBeans Generated Classes (2) XMLBeans Generated Classes (3) XMLBeans Generated methods Multiple Occurrence Methods: XMLBeans Type Hierarchy XmlCursor, the whys and wherefores A different way to work with XML A location in an XML Instance not a Node Lighter weight than Node based model Fewer Objects = Less Memory, Less Garbage Collection Access to full XML infoset (comments, PIs, whitespace) Programming model is different than many are used to Think of moving a cursor through a text document PurchaseOrderCustomerDave/Customer/PurchaseOrder XmlCursor’s programming model is token based (similar to StAX) You can work at the character level if needed. Understanding XML Tokens XMLStore Architecture Using XmlCursor to navigate/read Using XmlCur