JSP™ and XML Integrating XML and Web Services in Your JSP™ Application

When to Use XML with Reports

XML is not always the proper choice in reporting systems. It must be understood that its use includes an extra layer of processing beyond just programmatically converting a database ResultSet into the output desired. The difference resides in the speed at which these systems can be built because, if carefully created, the stylesheets are reusable across datasets, and fewer stored procedures have to be created.

DOM document models consume memory proportional to the size and complexity of the datasets being modeled. Database data will maintain the same complexity across ResultSets, but can be extremely large. The size of the data sets being used to create JDOMs must be considered when creating these systems, or some ...