Yep I agree
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There is still quite a bit of useful info in here, even though the JAXB 1.0 release renders quite a bit of it obsolete. If nothing else, it's useful as to the theory of XML data binding, and the design of applications that could benefit from it. It also has some useful schema examples.
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Poor value for money and out-of-date
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It provides a useful coverage of the theory on data binding, but it is out of date with the current version of JAXB (1.0 beta as at the time of writing). There are some fundamental differences with the current version e.g. most of the examples on this book use DTD's instead of XML Schema which is the current standard that the JAXB RI uses. Also the java content tree in the current version of the JAXB provides interfaces and implementations, while in the book all the examples are assuming that the JAXB generates only concrete classes (and not interfaces); which was true for the previous version of JAXB.
Overall it is a good book but because XML-related technologies move so fast it has quickly become out-of-date. Most of the examples do not compile with the current version of JAXB and it is my opinion that anyone can learn much more from reading the "JAXB user guide" that comes with JAXB rather than buying and reading this book.
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