Integrating oXygen

This tutorial is part of the Getting Started Section. It describes how to access BaseX from the oXygen XML Editor. Currently, there are two variants how to use BaseX in oXygen:

• Resources in databases can be opened and modified.
• XPath/XQuery expressions can be run by the query processor of BaseX.

Access Database Resources

• Start the WebDAV service first, which will allow you to access all resources via the client/server architecture.
• Choose File → Open URL....
  

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• Enter the corresponding user name and password (if needed), the URL of the BaseX WebDAV Server, and then click "Browse".
  

Perform Queries

Preparations

1. Download a BaseX distribution with libraries included (ZIP, EXE, WAR, DMG): http://basex.org/download
2. Start oXygen and go to Options → Preferences → Data Sources.

Data Source

1. Add a new Data Source with the New button.
2. Enter "BaseX" as name and choose XQuery API for Java (XQJ) as type.
3. Add the following three JAR files above with the Add Button: basex.jar, basex-api.jar, and xqj-api.jar. The JAR files might include version names.
4. Now press OK, and your Data Source is ready for use.

Connection

1. Now press New in the Connection Panel below.
2. Enter Name "BaseX" and select "BaseX" in the Data Source box.
3. Now press OK, and your connection is ready.

Usage

The query execution works as follows:

1. Configure a new transformation scenario in Window → Show View → Transformation Scenarios.
2. Choose the XQuery Transformation tree entry.
3. Press the plus sign to add a new scenario.
4. Enter a Name and an optional XML and XQuery URL (e.g. your query document/file).
5. Choose "BaseX" as Transformer from the combo box.
6. Press OK, and your scenario is ready. Now you can start the transformation, e.g. by clicking on the red Play button.
7. The results should immediately occur in the result panel.