Cocoon 2 Programming: Web Publishing with XML and Java -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Amazing Cocoon Project -- Support for the Book -- Contacting the Authors -- Chapter 1: The Cocoon 2 Architecture -- The Challenges of Web Publishing -- The Challenges of Web Content Management -- Content Management Systems to the Rescue -- The Original Cocoon Project -- Architecture of the Cocoon 2 Framework -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Uses of Cocoon -- Setting Up Cocoon for Application Development -- Two Simple Applications -- Interfacing with a Database -- Site Serving Mobile Devices -- A Menu-Driven Site -- Rendering Scalable Vector Graphics -- Summary -- Chapter 3: A Review of the Essential Technologies -- Developing Content -- Developing Logic -- Developing Presentation -- Summary -- Chapter 4: The Cocoon Serializers -- Simple Serializers -- More-Complex Serializers -- Output of MS Office Formats -- How to Build a Serializer -- Looking at Serializer Examples -- Internationalization -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Logic Control: The Sitemap -- Sitemap Design Principles -- The Contents of a Sitemap -- The Components in Detail -- The Resources Element -- The Views Element -- The Action-Sets Element -- Pipelines -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Introducing XSP Usage -- A Minimal XSP Page -- How XSP Works -- Creating Dynamic Pages -- Managing User Sessions -- A SQL Example -- Summary -- Chapter 7: XSP Logicsheets -- How a Logicsheet Works -- Built-In XSP Logicsheets -- Building a Custom Logicsheet -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Content Generators -- Generators As Cocoon Components -- Creating a Custom Generator -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Configuration for Debugging and Optimization -- Tips for Debugging -- Optimizing the Cocoon 2 System -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Patterns of Presentation -- Patterns in Web Programming.

Moving Simple Sites to Cocoon -- The Portal Pattern -- The Forms Problem -- The Wiki and Blog Phenomena -- Client Capability -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Patterns of Content Generation -- Cocoon and J2EE -- Cocoon and Loosely Coupled Systems -- Web Services and SOAP -- Data Sources -- Business Logic -- Summary -- Appendix A: Resources -- Standards -- Apache Projects -- Tutorials, FAQs, and Other Goodies -- Appendix B: Sitemap Tag References -- Glossary -- Index.