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XQuery and Web Services

XQueryWebService is a framework that allows you to expose an XQuery as a Web service. In this section, you'll see how you can use DataDirect XQuery to build powerful data services that query, aggregate, and update multiple data sources using XQuery.

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This overview introduces you to the XQueryWebService framework and gets you started building XQueryWebService applications of your own. A sample application and code snippets help you understand how to set up a Java servlet container, specify data source connections, use SOAP and REST to access your Web services, and more.

In this section you'll find:

• Overview
• Specifying Database Connections
• Choosing an Interface for Web Service Access
• Tools for Testing Web Service Operations
• Generating WSDL Documents
• Using WSDL Service References

Eager to get your hands on a live demonstration of the XQueryWebService framework in action? Point your browser here and see for yourself how DataDirect XQuery and Web services are changing web applications as you know them. To learn more about how the photo search application was built (hint: it wasn't using static HTML!), read more here.

In this section you'll find:

• Overview
• Application Architecture
• The Development Toolbar
• Updating Relational Data
• Searching Flickr Photos
• Querying Relational Data