Index

X

XHTML (eXtensible HyperText Markup Language), 7, 251–252

XHTML Live Chat web site, 68

XLink (XML Linking Language), 164

XML (eXtensible Markup Language). See also DOM (Document Object Model)

browser support

cross-browser XML, 95–96

error handling, 90–91, 94–95

loading XML file, 83–84, 92, 97–98

retrieving XML data, 88, 93

serialization, 88, 93

extensibility, 104

JSON versus, 195–197

Microsoft XML Core Services Component, 82

namespace, 104–107, 109–110, 244

parsing, 90–91, 92, 94–95, 98–101

schema, 82, 162, 163

serialization, 88, 93

weather widget, 241, 244, 248

W3 resources, 82, 162, 164

XPath

context node, 103

node, selecting using, 103–104, 106, 108, 110–111

node set, iterating through using, 109, 110

XSLT XML declaration, 111

XML Linking Language (XLink), 164

XML Path Language. See XPath

xml.aspx file, 140

XmlDocument object, 144, 244

XmlDom object, 82

XMLHttp object

advantages/disadvantages, 43

AjaxMail use of, 282, 309, 325, 329–330

asynchronous, 35, 62

browser support, 33, 34, 35, 37, 43

comment notification, using in, 69, 72

creating, 33–35

existence, checking, 35

field validation, using in incremental, 66

form, using with, 33, 41, 61–62, 64

header, 37–38, 41

initializing, 35

introduced, 4

news ticker widget, using in, 234, 235

onreadystatechange handler, 35–36, 43, 53, 66, 133

origin policy, 44

readyState property, 83

request, 35–36, 38–43, 61–62, 133–134, 276

resetting, 53

response, 36

responseText property, 235

status, checking, 37

SuggestionProvider class, using with, 220, 221

synchronous, 38, 62

try…catch block, enclosing in, 33–34

URL encoding, 41, 43, 62

version, determining, 33

weather widget, 249, 250

web page preloading, using in, 55

web service using, 182–184

XMLHttpRequest class, 4, 35, 182, 348, 377

xmlns keyword, 105

XmlResolver object, 244

XML-RPC for PHP web site, 167

XMLSerializer class, 93, 120, 181

xmlsoap.org web site, 158

XParser class

bIsXml argument, 133

constructor, 133, 150

getAttribute method, 135

hierarchy, 130

load method, 133, 134

news ticker widget, 235, 236, 240

send method, 134

sFileName argument, 133

switch keyword, 133, 135

web search widget, 261, 265

XMLHttp request, 133–134

zXml library, using with, 131

XParserAttribute class, 130, 131

XParserElement class, 130, 133, 135

XParserItem class, 131–132, 136

XPath (XML Path Language)

browser support, 104, 107–109, 110–111

case sensitivity, 103

element text content, returning, 103

expression

evaluating, 108

syntax, 103

MSXML library support, 82

namespace, 104–107, 109–110

node

context node, 103

iterating through node set using XPath, 109, 110

selecting using XPath, 103–104, 106, 108, 110–111

schema, 82

selection pattern, 103

W3 resources, 82

XSLT template match value, as, 112

XPathEvaluator class, 107–109

XPathResult object, 107–108, 110

xsl namespace, 112, 113, 117, 118

XSL-FO (XSL Formatting Objects), 111

XSLProcessor object, 116, 117–118

XSLT (XSL Transformations)

browser support, 114–120

directive syntax, 113

DOM object

document fragment, appending to, 119

loading XSLT into, 114, 115–116, 119

element

document, 112

root, 111

value, returning, 117

entry point, 112

introduced, 111

MSXML library, using with, 114, 115

namespace, 112

node, applying to, 114

output of transformation, returning, 116

parameter, 118, 120

processor, 116, 117, 118–119

resetting, 118

string, returning transformation as, 120

stylesheet

caching, 115–116

DOM object, loading into, 115–116

importing, 119

JavaScript object, adding to, 116

parameter, passing to, 118, 120

specifying, 114

speed considerations, 118–119

template, 112, 115–116

variable, working with, 113

version, specifying, 112

weather widget, 243–244

XML declaration, 111

XSLTemplate class, 116

XSLTProcessor class, 119, 120

XslTransform object, 244

XSS (cross-site scripting), 184

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