IT Course Outline

XML Parsing Using C# or Visual Basic 2008

Prerequisites :

Course Length: 2 days

Course Description

This two-day course teaches the different types of XML parsing available in .NET. It covers the different parsing methodologies available from Microsoft. and gives an overview of XML technologies in the .NET Framework. Both the streaming model of XmlReader and XmlWriter and the Document Object Model (DOM) are covered in detail. Validation using DTD and XmlSchema is discussed. New features in System.Xml in .NET 2.0 are discussed in the context of where the topics are covered. Visual Studio 2005 is used as the development environment.

Course Topics

.NET Framework XML Overview XML in the .NET Framework .NET XML Namespaces and Classes How Does the MSXML Fit in .NET .NET XmlReader and XmlWriter .NET DOM Parser XML Serialization XML and ADO.NET XPath and XSLT XML and the Web Writing XML Streams in .NET The XmlWriter Class WriteXXX Methods XmlWriter States Writing Elements Writing Attributes Writing Namespaces Using XmlWriter with .NET 2.0 Reading XML Streams in .NET XML Document Streams The XmlReader Class Accessing Node Properties with the .NET XML Classes Accessing Attribute Values Traversing the XML Document Catching XmlExceptions The XmlNodeReader Class Using XmlReader with .NET 2.0 The Document Object Model in .NET Origins of the DOM DOM Levels DOM2 Structure The XmlDocument Class DOM Tree Model DOM Interfaces XmlDocument, XmlNode and XmlNodeList Classes XmlElement and XmlText Classes Finding Elements by Name Walking the Child List The XmlAttribute Class Validating XML Streams Specifying Valid Documents with XML Schema and DTD Using Visual Studio 2005 to Create Schemas Validating XML with XmlReader Manipulating XML Information with the DOM Creating and Modifying Documents Modifying Elements Error Handling Managing Children Cloning Splitting Text and Normalizing Modifying Attributes