The MarkLogic Java Client makes it easy to write, read, delete, and find documents in a MarkLogic database. The client requires connecting to a MarkLogic REST API app server and is ideal for applications wishing to build upon the MarkLogic REST API.
The client supports the following core features of the MarkLogic database:
- Write and read binary, JSON, text, and XML documents.
- Query data structure trees, marked-up text, and all the hybrids in between those extremes.
- Project values, tuples, and triples from hierarchical documents and aggregate over them.
- Patch documents with partial updates.
- Use Optimistic Locking to detect contention without creating locks on the server.
- Execute ACID modifications so the change either succeeds or throws an exception.
- Execute multi-statement transactions so changes to multiple documents succeed or fail together.
- Call Data Services by means of a Java interface on the client for data functionality implemented by an endpoint on the server.
The client can be used in applications running on Java 8, 11, and 17. If you are using Java 11 or higher and intend to use JAXB, please see the section below for ensuring that the necessary dependencies are available in your application's classpath.
To use the client in your Maven project, include the following in your pom.xml file:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.marklogic</groupId>
<artifactId>marklogic-client-api</artifactId>
<version>6.4.1</version>
</dependency>
To use the client in your Gradle project, include the following in your build.gradle file:
dependencies {
implementation "com.marklogic:marklogic-client-api:6.4.1"
}
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As of the 7.0.0 release, the client now depends on the Jakarta XML Binding
API instead of the older JAXB API. If you are using Java 11 or
higher, you no longer need to declare additional dependencies in order to use Jakarta XML Binding. If you wish to use
the older JAXB APIs - i.e. those in the javax.xml.bind package instead of jakarta.xml.bind - you are free to
include those as dependencies in your application; they will not conflict with the 7.0.0 release of the Java Client.
If you are using Java Client 6.x or older and also Java 11 or higher, and you wish to use JAXB with the Java client, you will need to include JAXB API and implementation dependencies as those are no longer included in Java 11 and higher.
For Maven, include the following in your pom.xml file:
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
<artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
<version>2.3.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
<artifactId>jaxb-runtime</artifactId>
<version>2.3.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
<artifactId>jaxb-core</artifactId>
<version>2.3.0.1</version>
</dependency>
For Gradle, include the following in your build.gradle file (this can be included in the same dependencies block
as the one that includes the marklogic-client-api dependency):
dependencies {
implementation "javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api:2.3.1"
implementation "org.glassfish.jaxb:jaxb-runtime:2.3.2"
implementation "org.glassfish.jaxb:jaxb-core:2.3.0.1"
}
You are free to use any implementation of JAXB that you wish, but you need to ensure that you're using a JAXB
implementation that corresponds to the javax.xml.bind interfaces.
The MarkLogic Java Client is maintained by MarkLogic Engineering and is made available under the Apache 2.0 license. It is designed for use in production applications with MarkLogic Server. Everyone is encouraged to file bug reports, feature requests, and pull requests through GitHub. This input is critical and will be carefully considered. However, we can’t promise a specific resolution or timeframe for any request. In addition, MarkLogic provides technical support for release tags of the Java Client to licensed customers under the terms outlined in the MarkLogic Technical Support Handbook. Customers with an active maintenance contract can sign up for MarkLogic Technical Support on our support portal.