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Install and configure the Xerces2 Java parser

Parse XML from Java code

Nicholas Chase, Author

Nicholas Chase has been involved in Web site development for companies such as Lucent Technologies, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Nick has been a high school physics teacher, a low-level radioactive waste facility manager, an online science fiction magazine editor, a multimedia engineer, and an Oracle instructor. More recently, he was the Chief Technology Officer of Site Dynamics Interactive Communications in Clearwater, Florida, USA, and is the author of three books on Web development, including XML Primer Plus (Sams). He loves to hear from readers and can be reached at nicholas@nicholaschase.com.

Summary: This tutorial is for developers who need to parse XML documents from within their Java applications. It describes the process of installing, configuring, and testing the Xerces2 Java parser, version 2.2.1. This tutorial addresses only the installation and configuration details for Xerces2, not its use.

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Date: 20 Nov 2002
Level: Introductory
PDF: A4 and Letter (43 KB | 12 pages)Get Adobe® Reader®

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Introduction

Should I take this tutorial?

This tutorial is for developers who need to parse XML documents from within their Java applications. It describes the process of installing, configuring, and testing the Xerces2 Java parser, version 2.2.1.

This tutorial addresses only the installation and configuration details for Xerces2, not its use. The reader need not be familiar with Java, or even XML, to benefit from the material discussed.

What is this tutorial about?

This tutorial describes the process necessary for installing, configuring, and testing the Xerces2 Java parser, which is maintained by the Apache Project. To install Xerces-J you need to prepare the environment by obtaining an appropriate Java Virtual Machine (JVM), setting environment variables, and installing the files. After installation, you may set other environment variables such as the CLASSPATH.

Tools

The tools necessary for this tutorial depend greatly on the platform and originally installed tools.

A JVM, such as the IBM Java machine or Sun's JDK must be installed and working on the target machine. Links to JVMs for various platforms are listed in Resources.
The Xerces2 Java 2.2.1 binary files: Apache provides pre-compiled files, so you don't need the source files. Download the binaries from http://apache.osuosl.org/xml/xalan-j/.

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