The Bottom Line
Buy this book for the reference materials and you won't be sorry.
Pros
- Quickly create your first SAX application
- Complete, well-documented SAX reference
- Good step-by-step intro to SAX
Cons
- Not a book for XML beginners
- It also helps if you know Java
Description
- Full reference manual of SAX 2.0 API.
- Includes reference information on deprecated SAX 1.0.
- Complete chapter detailing the differences between SAX 1.0 and SAX 2.0.
- Clear explanation of how to use DTD information.
- Details on how SAX 2.0 supports namespaces.
- Explanation of SAX parsers by showing how one might be built from scratch.
Guide Review - The Book of SAX
This informative guide offers all you could want if you are interested in learning SAX. It has a short introduction to the Simple API, helps you to build your first SAX application, covers handling errors and the DTD plus more. But the real meat of the book is in chapter 10. This is the SAX 2.0 API reference. This reference takes up the vast majority of the book, and is what you should buy it for. It is easy to read and understand and covers the entire API. There is even a chapter on the deprecated SAX 1.0 for reference.
