.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