- Eve Maler, XML Standards Architect, Sun Microsystems Businesses running legacy applications that do not support XML can face a difficult choice: Either keep their legacy applications or switch to newer, XML-enhanced applications. What if you could enable legacy applications to support XML? Using XML with Legacy Business Applications, e-commerce expert Michael C. Using easy to understand approach to cooking, Rawlins shows you how to build XML support into legacy business applications using Java and C + +. Convert CSV files, flat files, and X12 EDI to and from XML will never be easier! Inside you'll find: * A brief tutorial to learn to read the W3C XML schema * Introduction to using XSLT to transform between different XML format * Simple, pragmatic advice on the safe transport of XML documents via the Internet for developers working well with Visual C + MSXML + or Java and Xerces: * See Chapter 3 for a step-by-step to enabling existing business applications to export an XML document * See Chapter 2 for a step-by-step to enabling existing business applications to import XML documents * View Chapter 5 for sample code and tips to validate XML documents against schema * See Chapter 12 for general tips on building commerce support to an application for end users who need simple and powerful conversion tool: * See Chapter 7 for converting CSV files to and from XML * See Chapter 8 for converting flat files to and from XML * See Chapter 9 for converting EDI X12 to and from XML * See Chapter 11 for tips on how to use these techniques together to form complex conversion companion resource-filled Web site (www.rawlinsecconsulting.com / booksupplement) includes executable versions of the utilities described in this book, full source code in C + + and Java, XSLT stylesheet, bug fixes, sample input and output files, and more.