/**
* This method performs an XPath query to the database and returns the results as a Vector of
* Strings.
*
* @param collection The name of the collection to look for the document.
* @param query A string containing an XPath expression which shall act as a query against the
* database.
* @param username The identifier of the user calling the method used for authentication.
* @param password The password of the user calling the method used for authentication.
* @return A Vector containing the answers to the query as Strings.
*/
public Vector query(String collection, String query, String username, String password) {
Vector response = new Vector();
try {
Class cl = Class.forName(_driver);
Database database = (Database) cl.newInstance();
DatabaseManager.registerDatabase(database);
Collection col = DatabaseManager.getCollection(_URI + collection, username, password);
XPathQueryService service = (XPathQueryService) col.getService("XPathQueryService", "1.0");
service.setProperty("indent", "yes");
ResourceSet result = service.query(query);
ResourceIterator i = result.getIterator();
while (i.hasMoreResources()) {
Resource r = i.nextResource();
response.add((String) r.getContent());
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return response;
}
public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
String driver = "org.exist.xmldb.DatabaseImpl";
Class cl = Class.forName(driver);
Database database = (Database) cl.newInstance();
DatabaseManager.registerDatabase(database);
Collection col = DatabaseManager.getCollection("xmldb:exist:///db", "admin", "");
XPathQueryService service = (XPathQueryService) col.getService("XPathQueryService", "1.0");
service.setProperty("indent", "yes");
ResourceSet result =
service.query(
"for $s in //intervention/(speaker|writer)/affiliation[@EPparty ='PSE'] return data($s/../../(speech|writing)/@ref)");
ResourceIterator i = result.getIterator();
while (i.hasMoreResources()) {
Resource r = i.nextResource();
System.out.println((String) r.getContent());
}
// shut down the database
DatabaseInstanceManager manager =
(DatabaseInstanceManager) col.getService("DatabaseInstanceManager", "1.0");
manager.shutdown();
}
