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XQuery API for Java
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<p>XQuery API for Java (XQJ) refers to the common <a href="/facts/Java_API/nRY3qexv">Java API</a> for the <a href="/facts/W3C/lGWmhF6M">W3C</a> <a href="/facts/XQuery/47Ep0fSS">XQuery</a> 1.0 specification. </p><p>The XQJ API enables Java programmers to execute <a href="/facts/XQuery/47Ep0fSS">XQuery</a> against an <a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a> data source (e.g. an <a href="/facts/XML_database/PerYsNou">XML database</a>) while reducing or eliminating <a href="/facts/Vendor_lock-in/BLndHDVl">vendor lock in</a>. </p><p>The XQJ API provides Java developers with an interface to the XQuery Data Model. Its design is similar to the <a href="/facts/Java_Database_Connectivity/uUVYg2sB">JDBC API</a> which has a client/server feel and as such lends itself well to Server-based <a href="/facts/XML_database/PerYsNou">XML Databases</a> and less well to client-side <a href="/facts/XQuery/47Ep0fSS">XQuery</a> processors, although the "<a href="/facts/Database_connection/k4Co1rVw">connection</a>" part is a very minor part of the entire API. Users of the XQJ API can bind <a href="/facts/Java_(programming_language)/9ScgFyAL">Java</a> values to <a href="/facts/XQuery/47Ep0fSS">XQuery</a> expressions, preventing <a href="/facts/Code_injection/6gPRDpd1">code injection attacks</a>. Also, multiple <a href="/facts/XQuery/47Ep0fSS">XQuery</a> expressions can be executed as part of an <a href="/facts/Atomic_transaction/A356GsoW">atomic transaction</a>. </p>