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Berkeley DB Java Edition
Installation Notes

1.5.1, July 27, 2004

These installation notes describe:

Installing JE

JE requires J2SE JDK version 1.4.2 or later. You can download this from:

J2SE 1.4.2

JE may also be used with BEA's JRockit JVM. Version 1.4.1_01-b01 has been tested. Note that you must pass -Xmx parameter to JRockit when using JE.

To install JE, use unzip or tar to unpack the JE distribution. If you are using unzip, be sure to use the -U option to preserve case in file names. For example:

unzip -U je-M.N.P.zip

or

gunzip je-M.N.P.tar.gz
tar xvf je-M.N.P.tar

Unpacking the distribution creates a je-M.N.P directory on disk, where M.N.P is the release's version number. This directory contains the following contents:

bin/
docs/
examples/
lib/
src/
test/

The remainder of this document refers to the je-M.N.P/ directory created in this step as JE_HOME.

Using JE

To compile and run a program using JE, you only need the je.jar file in your class path. This file can be found at:

JE_HOME/lib/je.jar

Uninstalling JE

To uninstall, just remove the directory that you unzipped into.

Examples

The JE distribution comes with examples that illustrate the basic database engine, the collections API, and scenarios from the Getting Started Guide.

Building and Running SimpleExample and BindingExample

SimpleExample and BindingExample programs do basic data insertion and retrieval. SimpleExample illustrates the base DatabaseEntry api while BindingExample shows the use of the object to DatabaseEntry mapping support. These examples can also serve as a sanity check of the installation. You can find the source for these examples at:

JE_HOME/examples/com/sleepycat/examples/je

Assuming you have installed the J2SE JDK and have verified that you have a working Java compiler, you can build SimpleExample as follows.

  1. Change to the
    JE_HOME/examples
    directory.

  2. Set your CLASSPATH to include both
    JE_HOME/lib/je.jar
    and the
    JE_HOME/examples
    directory.

  3. Compile SimpleExample.java with the following command:
    javac com/sleepycat/examples/je/SimpleExample.java
    or on Windows:
    javac com\sleepycat\examples\je\SimpleExample.java

SimpleExample can either add records to or retrieve records from a database. To insert records into a database, use the following command, specifying an environment directory for the data generated by the example:

java com.sleepycat.examples.je.SimpleExample <environment directory> insert 10 0
For example, using "." for the first parameter will write the database files into the current directory. You'll notice that a 00000000.jdb file and and je.lck file are created. This is the first log file in the environment and a lock file. If you need to delete the environment for running a different example, simply delete these two files.

This command above inserted 10 records starting with key "0". To insert more records, specify a count and a key value starting point. For example:

java com.sleepycat.examples.je.SimpleExample <environment directory> insert 10 10
and so on. To retrieve and print all records:
java com.sleepycat.examples.je.SimpleExample <environment directory> retrieve
While this is not a very entertaining program, it is enough to test that you have installed JE correctly. BindingExample in the same directory is a similar example that shows how to use the Java object-to-database record support supplied in the com.sleepycat.bind package. SecondaryExample in the same directory shows how to use secondary indices.

Running the Java Collections Examples

Accessing data in a JE database may be performed using the com.sleepycat.je classes directly, or indirectly using the standard Java Collections API. A number of examples in the examples/com/sleepycat/examples/collections directory show how to use Java collections with JE.

The collections examples can be compiled in the same way as is described for SimpleExample above. However, by default these collections examples use "./tmp" as the environment home directory. You should create the tmp directory before running the example. To compile and run the HelloDatabaseWorld example:

javac com/sleepycat/examples/collections/helloworld/HelloDatabaseWorld.java
java com.sleepycat.examples.collections.helloworld.HelloDatabaseWorld
The first time this example is run it will print:
Writing data
Reading data
0 Hello
1 Database
2 World
If run again, it will not print "Writing data" since the data will already exist.

A series of examples based on a shipment database can be found in the examples/com/sleepycat/examples/collections/shipment directory. Each of these examples is compiled and run in the same way. They build on each other to illustrate the use of different types of object-to-database bindings.

As with the prior example, the home directory is "./tmp" so that directory must exist prior to running the example. To compile and run the basic example:
javac com/sleepycat/examples/collections/shipment/basic/Sample.java
java com.sleepycat.examples.collections.shipment.basic.Sample
The sample will add shipment records to the database and print their contents.

The other shipment examples are compiled and run in the same way. However, all shipment examples use the same database name, and therefore the database must be cleared in between running different examples. Clear the database by deleting the contents of the "./tmp" directory.

Running the Getting Started Examples

As described in the Berkeley DB Java Edition Getting Started Guide, the final examples in every chapter exist on disk. You can build and run these examples as follows:

  • Change to the
    JE_HOME/examples
    directory.

  • Set your CLASSPATH to include both
    JE_HOME/lib/je.jar
    and the
    JE_HOME/examples
    directories.

  • Compile the Getting Started examples with the following commands:
    javac com/sleepycat/examples/je/gettingStarted/*.java
    or on Windows:
    javac com\sleepycat\examples\je\gettingStarted\*.java
  • Make a directory to contain your database environment:
    mkdir gsgEnv
  • Load your sample database:
    java com.sleepycat.examples.je.gettingStarted.ExampleDatabasePut -h gsgEnv -i com/sleepycat/examples/je/gettingStarted/inventory.txt  -v com/sleepycat/examples/je/gettingStarted/vendors.txt
  • Perform queries against your database. To see everything in the database, use:
    java com.sleepycat.examples.je.gettingStarted.ExampleInventoryRead -h gsgEnv
    To perform a query based on an inventory item's name, use:
    java com.sleepycat.examples.je.gettingStarted.ExampleInventoryRead -h gsgEnv -s Upo
  • Building JE

    To build JE from the provided source, you need to download and install ant:

    Apache Ant

    Once ant is installed, you can build JE using the following command:

    cd JE_HOME
    ant clean compile-src
    

    Building and Running the Unit Tests

    If you want to build and run the included unit tests, you must download JUnit:

    JUnit/SourceForge

    Once junit is installed on your system, you must make sure that ant knows about it. The simplest way to do this is to copy the junit.jar file into your ant's lib dir. You then must build JE as follows:

    cd JE_HOME
    ant clean compile

    Once it is compiled, you can run the unit tests using the command: "ant test". The unit tests usually take between 20 to 50 minutes to run, depending on platform. On some platforms, notably Windows, you may see OutOfMemoryErrors while running the unit tests. To avoid this, increase the JVM maximum memory size by setting the ANT_OPTS environment variable so that it includes -Xmx256M.

    If you are running the unit tests with JRockit, the DatabaseConfigTest.testComparator() test will fail with a NullPointerException. This is due to a known problem in JRockit that has been fixed in JRockit version 1.4.2_04 and later. You will also need to pass a -Xmx value to JRockit. In the build.xml, uncomment the -Xmx256M "jvmarg".

    Build Options

    You can use the following build options when building JE:

    OptionDescription
    clean Removes any previously built classes and jar files.
    compile Compiles JE and the included unit tests. This requires junit be downloaded and installed on your system. See Building and Running the Unit Tests for more information.
    compile-src Compiles JE. The unit tests are not compiled.
    test Runs unit tests.
    install Unix systems only. Causes the JE bin, lib, and docs directories to be installed to:
       /usr/lib/JE.<major>.<minor>
    where <major> is the JE major release number, and <minor> is the JE minor release number.

    If you do not want JE installed into /usr/lib, then you can change the base installation directory using -Dinstalldir. For example:
      ant install -Dinstalldir=/usr/local

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