How can I run an XQuery on an XML file using javax.xml.xpath?

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How can I execute the following XQuery on an XML file using javax.xml.xpath?

for $com in //RepoStatistics/Commits/Commit
  return 
    for $file in $com//File
      return element tuple {
        element path {
          string($file/Path)
        },
        element action {
          string($file/@action)
        },
        element date {
          string($com/@date)
        },
        element developer {
          string($com/@author)
        },
        element locAdd{
          if (not(empty($file/LocAdd)))
            then string($file/LocAdd)
            else 0
        },
        element locRem{
          if (not(empty($file/LocRem)))
            then string($file/LocRem)
            else 0
        }
      }

Excuse me if the question is stupid, but I am a very beginner.

Try the javax.xml.xquery package.

toniedzwiedz
– toniedzwiedz

2012-11-15 18:09:21 +00:00
Commented Nov 15, 2012 at 18:09 — toniedzwiedz
– toniedzwiedz, Commented Nov 15, 2012 at 18:09

Michael Kay · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-16 08:47:45Z

XPath is a subset of XQuery. The JDK comes with a built-in implementation of XPath, which can be used via the javax.xml.path API (the same API can also be used for other XPath implementations, such as Saxon and Jaxen). There is no XQuery engine delivered with the JDK, but a number are available from third parties; there are some lists of products on the W3C XQuery page, but an easy one to try out is Saxon. There is a "standard" API for accessing XQuery from Java called XQJ (package javax.xml.xquery), which Saxon and most other Java-based XQuery implementations support.

(Saxon also has another interface called s9api, designed partly to get around the limitations of XQJ, and partly to provide a single integrated API that handles XSLT, XPath, XQuery, and XML Schema in a coherent way, allowing you to build applications that use all these technologies together.)

Martin Honnen · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-15 18:29:30Z

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I don't think the Oracle JRE comes with XQuery support so you will need to install a third party library like Saxon 9 to perform XQuery with Java. Then you have the options outlined in http://www.saxonica.com/documentation/using-xquery/api-query.xml.

answered Nov 15, 2012 at 18:29

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