Chapter 1: XML for Data Description.

What Is XML?

Rules of XML.

Creating Style Sheets with XSL.

Using XML in Applications.

Programming with SAX.

XML at a Glance.

Chapter 2: A Catalog in XML.

What You Want from a Web Site.

Why Choose XML?

The Product Catalog and DTDs.

DTD Design Principles.

Moving toward DTD Standardization.

Chapter 3: Presenting an XML Catalog Online.

Presentation Technologies.

Organizing the Catalog.

Information Flow for Presentation Generation.

Chapter 4: Filling a Shopping Cart.

The Shopping Cart Problem.

The Shopping Cart in Java.

The CatalogServ Class.

The CatalogBean Class.

The ProductFormatter Class.

Chapter 5: Billing and Order Confirmation.

The Payment Process.

Security.

Customer Confidence.

Gathering Checkout Information.

Updating Shipping Information.

Chapter 6: Online Catalog Upkeep.

Solution Overview.

Data Objects.

Presentation Code.

Chapter 7: Using Surveys to Know Your Customer.

Customer Privacy Concerns.

The Survey Administering Servlet.

Chapter 8: And Now for the News.

Designing a News System.

The News System.

Web Page Presentation.

Adding the Latest News.

Chapter 9: Keep Them Coming Back.

News Sources and Standards.

An XML File Grabber.

Introducing the NewsModel Class.

A Supervising Class.

Classes to Display Headlines.

Possible Improvements.

Chapter 10: Java Web Applications.

Specifications In The Servlet API.

The Next Generation.

Problems Of Scaling Up.

Appendix A: The Servlet and JSP APIs.

Setting Parameters for Applications.

Getting Request Information.

Setting Response Information.

Errors and Exceptions.

HTTP Status and Error Codes.

The JavaServer Pages API.

The PageContext Class.

The javax.servlet.jsp.tagext Package.

Glossary.

Index.