eXist XQJ API

• Passes over 99% of the TCK.
• Inbuilt connection pooling mechanism.

Quick Start

1. Download and install the eXist XML Database.
2. Start eXist via either $EXIST/bin/startup.sh or %EXIST%/bin/startup.bat
3. Download the eXist XQJ API (exist-xqj-api-1.0.1.zip).
4. Compile and run the following code.

import javax.xml.xquery.*;
import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
import net.xqj.exist.ExistXQDataSource;

public class QuickStart
{
  public static void main(String[] args) throws XQException
  {
    XQDataSource xqs = new ExistXQDataSource();
    xqs.setProperty("serverName", "localhost");
    xqs.setProperty("port", "8080");

    XQConnection conn = xqs.getConnection();

    XQPreparedExpression xqpe =
      conn.prepareExpression("declare variable $x as xs:string external; $x");

    xqpe.bindString(new QName("x"), "Hello World!", null);

    XQResultSequence rs = xqpe.executeQuery();

    while(rs.next())
      System.out.println(rs.getItemAsString(null));

    conn.close();
  }
}