Development And Research On An Integrated XML Editor And Parser

As e-Business is developing very fast, business departments need to share and exchange information with other systems automatically. At first, people used all sorts of methods to exchange data, such as text file or FTP etc. No standard method exists. But the coming of XML (extensible Markup Language) has changed all these.Like HTML, XML is a common language on the Internet. XML was born to describe information precisely through tags. It's easy to be transported, expanded, and processed by programs named as "parser", which makes XML a standard language for reading and writing by almost all systems. It has become the new carrier for data exchanging and computing. The important role, which XML plays in data exchanging, couldn't be replaced. This page is combined with the project of "Universal technologies on data exchanging in e-Business environment", in which we made researches on XML editing and parsing, the transforming between XML and some popular file types and the transforming between XML and EDI. The project aims at the creation of a data exchanging software, independent of platform and based on XML.This page specially focuses on technologies of XML editing and parsing. It starts at introducing the basic theory of XML, describing the structured characteristic of XML and its main appliances in real business, trying to prove the value of XML-enabled web applications; then, discusses two of the most important technologies in XML parsing (DOM and SAX) and the advantages of combining Java and XML in developing programs. It realized a visual XML Editor and Parser, independent of platform and coded in Java. It has great academic and practical value on developing XML-enabled applications.Chapter 1, introduction, focuses on the background of XML and related researches on XML parser and XML editor.Chapter 2, the document types and usages of XML, focuses on the characteristic and typical usages of XML, discusses the document types and usages of XML.Chapter 3, Java and XML, focuses on the characteristic of Java and the advantages of combining Java and XML in developing programs.Chapter 4, XML parser, focuses on the two of the most important methods of XML parsing: DOM and SAX, and the usage of XML parser.Chapter 5, the implementation of "Integrated XML Parser and Editor". This chapter discusses the partition, design and implementation of system modules and develops an integrated XML parser and editor.Chapter 6, summarize of research work. This chapter summarizes the development of the system, points out the defects, and describes the bright future of XML.Detailed research and analysis are made in this paper on XML parsing. The system of "Integrated XML Editor and Parser " has a common and practical usage. It's an attempt of exploring the development of XML applications.