Parsing algebraic expressions is always a pain. If you need to compute, say, 2+4*2, the answer should be the same as (2 + (4 *2)), not ((2 + 4) * 2) — in other words, the right answer is 10, not 12.

There are few rites of programmer passage as iconic as writing your first parser. You might want to interpret or compile a scripting language, or you might want to accept natural-language-like ...

The eXtensible Markup Language (XML) has gained tremendous popularity over recent years because of its ease of use and portability. When coupled with the Java programming language, the end result is a ...