Subject:   Java & XML 2nd edition
Date:   2005-08-28 14:38:27
From:   Bob H.
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This book is dated, bad. It has a copyright of August, 2001. Much of the book references SAX 1.0, a dinosaur. Evidently, there has been a reprint in 2004 with a load of corrected mistakes. Unfortunately, the old books are still in the pipeline, because my purchase in August 2005 yielded the August 2001 version.


When compiling a crucial example in Chapter 3, a couple of screwy warnings occurred with the JFrame class. There is nothing in the errata referencing this problem. If you don't have a background with JFrame and Java Swing, you will not be able to shoot this bug. It is a shame that so many bugs get out in O'Reilly books, but that is what happens.


I have shot some in the past, but did not receive any acknowledgement from the O'Reilly crowd.