This is really a good book for Java Developers who wish to develop XML based applications. Couple of chapters have good examples and explains concepts in a very clear format. Also the book is upto date with all the latest concepts in XML world.

I have been working with XML for a while now, and this book offered a great coverage of most aspects of what XML application developers need to know. I am not able to keep up with everything happening in this very broad part of the industry - and this book provided enough coverage of the areas I'm not able to focus on on a regular basis to help me stay current. I'd recommend it for anyone who's working with specific areas within XML and want to stay current with the broader scope of what is going on. I'd also recommend it for anyone who is new to XML and wants to know the various Java APIs out there.

This is surely one of the Best Books availale in Market for Java Developers. I have been waiting to read a Book which covers all the latest XML API and how use them using latest Java Tools. Thanks to Wrox Publications for bringing this book to us. It covers how to do XML programming using all the latest Java API line I/O Sockets, Developing Presentation Logic, Developing Configuration and Deployment logic, Using XML in B2B applications. In short no other book in Market provides such a clear understanding of how to develop Java Based XML Applications.

Also it clearly explains how to use the latest Java Based XML Parsers like Xerces, Xalan and more. Friends if you need to get upto date with all the latest Java Based Parsers and different XML API, then this Book is really the Best one.

This is a great book, if you are interested in self-enlightenment -- if you are searching to find out what life is all about and are interested in exploring the various traditions (in this case, the Islamic tradition), but it does not give one a very good idea of what Islam is all about. Of all the faiths of the world, Al-Islam is among the most dogmatic and narrow-minded in character. The text that Corlett uses exclusively in his interpretation of the Islamic tradition is the "Conference of the Birds", a Sufi text that most Mohammedans are unaware of. This is in keeping with the author's approach of using the more mystical interpretations of each and every major religion (this book is the last in a series of six such books), but also puts one at a distance form the faith and practice of most Moslems, and completely ignores nearly all of the commonly-held tenets and ignores the Al-Qur'an as well! So, if you pick up this book with the intention of learning anything new about Islam, you will be sorely dissapointed. The author seems to have no interest whatsoever in exploring the religion as it is understood by most of the Mussselmen in the world. many of the things he suggests will be considered heretical by the vast majority of Muslims, and the overall approach seems to be more in keeping with Vedanta. Still, since it is obviously not the author's purpose to explore the cultural fact of Islam, or any other religion, but to get to the gist of existence -- to explore the religions and ideas that casued all religions to come into being in the first place. If these are the questions that interest you, then this is one of the best books to read. Like the author says in the introduction, the book does not attempt to come to a definite conclusion or to be dogmatic or final in any way. It is just a guide of self-exploration that may allow one to get something of the wisdom from various of the world's major faiths, in this case, Islam. The words and style that the author's use gets a bit old if you read all of the books in the series . . . it can get a bit repetitive after a while and there seems to me more verbiage than is necessary . . . large parts of the book don't really say much. If you want a good idea of what Islam, as it is commonly practiced is all about, however, look elsewhere.