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Update: [05/14/99]
Fix now available for element selector problem

OVERVIEW
Beans in Suite:

DOMGenerator, XMLTokenizer, XMLSourceView,
XMLTreeView, XMLAttributeView, DTDSourceView,
XMLChildren

The XML Suite of Beans provides a comprehensive set of functionalities for manipulating XML content, such as viewing, searching, editing, or processing XML documents. These beans will help in browsing a well-formed XML file in various views. For instance, you can view the source of an XML document or the DTD. An XML file can be displayed as a set of nodes, arranged in a tree-like fashion.

Wiring Example

  1. Install the XML beans in your visual builder tool's palette.
  2. Drop the desired bean on the design surface.
  3. Customize bean properties via the property sheet to set whatever values you want (e.g., the background property to set the background color for the viewer beans).
  4. Connect the bean to other elements in your application. For example, to trigger processing to take place for a particular XML bean, wire an event in your application to the bean's triggerAction() method.

FAQ
  1. What is the IBM XML BeanMaker?

    The IBM XML BeanMaker generates Bean interfaces from XML schema (DTD) documents.

  2. What platform does the BeanMaker run on?

    The BeanMaker has been tested on jdk 1.1.6, NT 4.0. It should work on any standard Java platform.

  3. What other software packages are required?

    The IBM     JXML4j (available from Alphaworks) version 1.0.4 or greater.

REQUIREMENTS
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XML Beans Platform Requirements
Development System Any platform that supports JDK 1.1
Java Tools Any tool that supports JavaBeans
Additional Requirements Swing 1.0 package.This may be obtained from http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/index.html


XML Beans Installation Procedures

  1. Download and unpack the ZIP file for this package.
    A Few directory will be created containing the bean
    jar file, documentation on how to use the beans and
    a demo illustrating their use in an application.

  2. Import the jar file into your visual builder tool.

  3. See the readme file included with this package
    for any additional information.

DOWNLOADS
File Size Comments  
xml_201.zip 1986 KB ZIP file containing XML Bean Suite and installation instructions