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Carl Sjogreen
I'm pleased to announce the GA release of BEA's XMLBeans technology is
now available at: http://dev2dev.bea.com/technologies/xmlbeans/index.jsp.
What is XMLBeans?
At a high level XMLBeans is an XML-Java binding tool that uses XML
Schema as a basis for generating Java classes that you can use to
easily access XML instance data in a natural manner in your Java
programs. It was designed to provide both easy access to XML
information via convenient Java classes as well as complete access to
the underlying XML, combining the best of low-level APIs that provide
full access with the convenience of Java binding.
There are several factors that set XMLBeans apart from any other
XML-Java binding alternatives:
XML Schema Compliance - XMLBeans has achieved extremely high schema
compliance and is able to compile even the most complex schemas. This
is critical when adopting an XML-Java binding framework since you may
received schemas that are out of your control.
Access to the full underlying XML Infoset - The XML Cursor API allows
you to have a lower level, DOM-like access to the underlying XML
Infoset. You can get a "cursor" at any point while using the strongly
typed generated XMLBeans and begin navigating the underlying XML
instance. This is important if you need to work with aspects of XML
that do not translate well to Java, for example the order of elements,
or perhaps an "any" that you need to work with in an untyped manner.
Access to the schema type system - In some situations when working
with XMLBeans you may need to get access to the underlying schema type
system. For example, perhaps you want to show the different possible
enumerations for a particular attribute. The XMLBeans schema API
allows you to walk through the schema type system giving you full
access to a Java object representation of the XML Schema that was
compiled to generate the XMLBeans classes.
Speed - XMLBeans is optimized for performance at many levels. For
example, XMLBeans lazily constructs objects from XML, so that you do
not have the performance overhead of object creation when you only
access portions of an XML document. Several Fortune 500 customers have
adopted XMLBeans based on speed alone.
In advance of moving this technology to an open source community,
we've made XMLBeans available under an Apache-style license that
allows for unrestricted use of the technology. We've also made the
full source code available online as part of this download so you can
see how it works, debug into it, suggest changes or enhancements, etc.
Please send any comments my way.
-Carl
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Carl Sjogreen
Senior Product Manager
WebLogic Workshop
p 206.926.2931
c 206.447.8540
now available at: http://dev2dev.bea.com/technologies/xmlbeans/index.jsp.
What is XMLBeans?
At a high level XMLBeans is an XML-Java binding tool that uses XML
Schema as a basis for generating Java classes that you can use to
easily access XML instance data in a natural manner in your Java
programs. It was designed to provide both easy access to XML
information via convenient Java classes as well as complete access to
the underlying XML, combining the best of low-level APIs that provide
full access with the convenience of Java binding.
There are several factors that set XMLBeans apart from any other
XML-Java binding alternatives:
XML Schema Compliance - XMLBeans has achieved extremely high schema
compliance and is able to compile even the most complex schemas. This
is critical when adopting an XML-Java binding framework since you may
received schemas that are out of your control.
Access to the full underlying XML Infoset - The XML Cursor API allows
you to have a lower level, DOM-like access to the underlying XML
Infoset. You can get a "cursor" at any point while using the strongly
typed generated XMLBeans and begin navigating the underlying XML
instance. This is important if you need to work with aspects of XML
that do not translate well to Java, for example the order of elements,
or perhaps an "any" that you need to work with in an untyped manner.
Access to the schema type system - In some situations when working
with XMLBeans you may need to get access to the underlying schema type
system. For example, perhaps you want to show the different possible
enumerations for a particular attribute. The XMLBeans schema API
allows you to walk through the schema type system giving you full
access to a Java object representation of the XML Schema that was
compiled to generate the XMLBeans classes.
Speed - XMLBeans is optimized for performance at many levels. For
example, XMLBeans lazily constructs objects from XML, so that you do
not have the performance overhead of object creation when you only
access portions of an XML document. Several Fortune 500 customers have
adopted XMLBeans based on speed alone.
In advance of moving this technology to an open source community,
we've made XMLBeans available under an Apache-style license that
allows for unrestricted use of the technology. We've also made the
full source code available online as part of this download so you can
see how it works, debug into it, suggest changes or enhancements, etc.
Please send any comments my way.
-Carl
--
Carl Sjogreen
Senior Product Manager
WebLogic Workshop
p 206.926.2931
c 206.447.8540