Introduction to the Dynamic News Application

It uses Oracle XML platform components together with the Oracle8i database to build a web-based news service.

The combination of Java, XML, XSL, HTML, and Oracle8i makes Dynamic News flexible and robust.

• With news items in the database, you can personalize content by executing queries based on user input.

• XML, XSL, and HTML allow you to customize the presentation for multiple platforms.

• The Dynamic News application pregenerates XML documents when possible to improve performance.

  Problem: To customize news received at a browser according to user user requests. Solution: The solution uses Oracle XML Components, Oracle8i database, and custom servlets. The solution is described in this chapter. Oracle XML Components Used: XML Parser for Java, XML-SQL Utility (XSU) for Java