Java
To enable Java developers to leverage the scalability, connectivity, and reliability of the InterSystems IRIS® data platform, InterSystems IRIS supports several types of connections to and from Java applications.
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Connect a Java application to InterSystems IRIS
JDBC API for relational access
The JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) API enables you to perform operations on InterSystems IRIS® data using SQL.
InterSystems IRIS includes a high-performance Type 4 JDBC database driver that complies with the JDBC 4.2 specification. The driver accepts the following connection URL (or connection string):
jdbc:IRIS://ipAddress:superserverPort/namespace
where the variables represent the InterSystems IRIS instance host’s IP address, the instance’s superserver port, and a namespace on the instance
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InterSystems IRIS Basics: JDBC and InterSystems Databases
XEP API for high-speed object access
The XEP (Express Event Persistence) API provided by InterSystems enables Java applications to store and retrieve objects that adhere to simple or moderately complex schemas from InterSystems IRIS®. More specifically, XEP projects Java objects as persistent events, which are persistent database objects that store the state of Java objects.
XEP is optimized for applications that must handle high throughput, such as transaction processing applications.If you use XEP for object persistence, you can avoid the overheard of object-relational mapping.
Demo: XEP Object Persistence with InterSystems IRIS
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InterSystems Native SDK for Java
The InterSystems IRIS® Native SDK for Java is a lightweight interface that allows Java applications to access powerful InterSystems IRIS resources formerly available only through ObjectScript:
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Call ObjectScript and Embedded Python methods and functions
Call any embedded language classmethod from your application as easily as you can call native Java methods.
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Manipulate embedded language objects
Create proxy objects in your applications to control embedded language class instances. Call instance methods and get or set property values as if the instances were native Java objects.
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Perform transactions in the same session and context as server applications
Your applications can work together with embedded language applications, performing transactions in the same session and context, using the same connection. The connection is fully reentrant, so all applications can join or leave the session as necessary.
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Directly access globals, the tree-based sparse arrays used to implement the InterSystems multidimensional storage model.
To use the Native SDK for Java, you must download the Java connection package as described in Connection ToolsOpens in a new tab.
Native SDKs are also available for Python, .NET, and Node.js.
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Hibernate API for complex object data models
The Hibernate API is a third-party tool that maps complex Java data classes to InterSystems IRIS®. InterSystems IRIS includes a Hibernate dialect.
Connect InterSystems IRIS to an external application
Using InterSystems External Servers
For instantiating external Java objects and manipulating them like native objects in InterSystems IRIS
Using the InterSystems SQL Gateway
For connecting to external databases via JDBC
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