XML API Internals

XML gurus define 5 styles of XML APIs:

• event-based API or streaming API:
  • push model: SAX, Xerces Native Interface (XNI);
  • pull model: XPP3, StAX;
• tree-based API: DOM, JDOM, dom4j;
• data-binding API;
• query API: XSLT, XPath;

More details could be found here.

Analysis illustrating how XML APIs relate to each other could be found here.

Estimated timeline of Java XML APIs could be found here.

Optimize Queries in MySQL

List of resources about MySQL query optimization:

• 10 Tips for Optimizing MySQL Queries
• MySQL Performance Blog

Interview Questions

Below is the list of Interview Questions by Jesse Farmer:

• Database Indexes
  
• Loops in Linked Lists
  
• When It’s Your Turn
  
• Shuffling an Array
  
• Two Bowling Balls
  
• Counting Bits