Pro XML Development with Java Technology

XSDのValidationや、JAXB、XmlBeansとかいうと、 某ベンダさんの俺様APIのようなイメージがありますが、 この本でそのようなXML操作APIは、かなり標準化されて フリーで使えるメジャーな物になったと認識させられます。 XMLをアプリ開発で効率的に活用するには、 非常に良い入門書だと思います。 また、新しいXml構文仕様StAXと、SAXの違いについて書かれていて、 この本は、JavaSE6, JavaEE5のアプリ開発の基本技術書の一つとして、良いと思います。

the book is in good condition

The title is misleading. It is not yet another book on Java and XML. While some of the topics have been covered elsewhere this book deals with JAXB 2.0, DOM 3, XPath in Java SE 5. Also the authors provide the source as Eclipse projects. A very useful and concise book.

This book is already outdated ... but was OK at the time

It's a decent book for people that want to get a quick summary of the different technologies that exist to combine Java with XML. But it mostly fails as both a learning book and a reference: it simply doesn't explain things in enough detail for people to really learn the ins and outs of a technology. That being said, the basis is solid and the book does contain useful informations. The early chapters are informative and fairly elaborate, and the chapter on web services gives a very good and useful overview. Unfortunately, the book is brought down by chapters that are very lacking in detail (JAXB, XSL:FO) and/or don't add anything. The chapter on translating XML to XLS is a low; It's basically a very long and very trivial Apache POI tutorial that has next to nothing to do with XML. Also, many pages are wasted on examples that explain how to set up Eclipse to run certain example projects. These examples go on forever, are mostly trivial, are unlikely to of much use(since they are not base on Maven) and most importantly, have nothing to do with XML. Since there aren't that many good books on this subject, I guess this one is worth a look. Just don't expect too much