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    <author email="javajedi@users.sf.net">Tim McCune</author>
    <title>Java Library for MS Access</title>
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    <section name="Jackcess">
      <p>
        Jackcess is a pure Java library for reading from and writing to MS
        Access databases (currently supporting versions 2000-2019).  It is not
        an application.  There is no GUI.  It's a library, intended for other
        developers to use to build Java applications.  Jackcess is licensed
        under the <a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt">Apache License</a>
        (as of version 2.1.0) and currently requires Java 8+ (as of the 3.0.0
        release) Take a look at our <a href="faq.html">Frequently Asked
        Questions</a> for more info.
      </p>

      <subsection name="Java 9+ Compatibility (2021-01-20)">
        <p>
          While Jackcess <i>still only requires Java 8+</i>, as of the 4.0.0
          release it now includes an Automatic-Module-Name of
          <code>com.healthmarketscience.jackcess</code> in its manifest.  This
          allows it to be used safely in the module path for Java 9+ projects.
        </p>
        <p>
          This release is binary compatible with the 3.x release series.
        </p>
      </subsection>

      <subsection name="Java 8+ Support (2019-02-08)">
        <p>
          Jackcess now requires Java 8+ as of the 3.0.0 release.  All third
          party dependencies have been updated to the latest versions.
          Jackcess now supports Java 8+ data types like
          <code>LocalDateTime</code> and <code>Path</code>.  Databases can now
          optionally return <code>Date</code> values (legacy, backwards
          compatible) or <code>LocalDateTime</code> values.  See <a href="apidocs/com/healthmarketscience/jackcess/DateTimeType.html">DateTimeType</a>
          and the <a href="jackcess-3.html">Upgrade Guide</a> for more details
        </p>
      </subsection>

      <subsection name="Expression Evaluation (2018-09-08)">
        <p>
          Have you ever wished that Jackcess could handle field "default
          values" (or other expressions)?  Wish no longer!  Expression
          evaluation is now enabled by default as of the 3.5.0 release.  See
          the <a href="apidocs/com/healthmarketscience/jackcess/expr/package-summary.html#package_description">expression package</a> javadocs for more details.
        </p>
      </subsection>

      <subsection name="Brand New License! (2015-04-16)">
        <p>
          Due to the generosity of Health Market Science and the efforts of
          the <a href="https://tika.apache.org/">Apache Tika project</a>, the
          OpenHMS projects have been relicensed under the <b>Apache License,
          Version 2.0</b> (Jackcess versions 2.1.0 and higher).
        </p>
      </subsection>

    </section>

    <section name="Sample code">
        <p>
          Here are a few snippets of code to whet your appetite.  For more
          extensive examples, checkout the <a href="cookbook.html">cookbook</a>.  And, since Jackcess is heavily
          unit tested, you can find even more example code in the <a href="xref-test/index.html">unit tests</a>.
        </p>
        <ul>
          <li>Iterating through the rows of a table:
            <source>Table table = DatabaseBuilder.open(new File("my.mdb")).getTable("MyTable");
for(Row row : table) {
  System.out.println("Column 'a' has value: " + row.get("a"));
}
</source>
          </li>
          <li>Searching for a row with a specific column value:
            <source>Row row = CursorBuilder.findRow(table, Collections.singletonMap("a", "foo"));
if(row != null) {
  System.out.println("Found row where 'a' == 'foo': " + row);
} else {
  System.out.println("Could not find row where 'a' == 'foo'");
}
</source>
          </li>
          <li>Creating a new table and writing data into it:
            <source>Database db = DatabaseBuilder.create(Database.FileFormat.V2000, new File("new.mdb"));
Table newTable = new TableBuilder("NewTable")
  .addColumn(new ColumnBuilder("a", DataType.LONG))
  .addColumn(new ColumnBuilder("b", DataType.TEXT))
  .toTable(db);
newTable.addRow(1, "foo");
</source>
          </li>

          <li>Copying the contents of a JDBC ResultSet (e.g. from an
external database) into a new table:
            <source>Database db = DatabaseBuilder.open(new File("my.mdb"));
new ImportUtil.Builder(db, "Imported").importResultSet(resultSet);
db.close();</source>
          </li>
          <li>Copying the contents of a CSV file into a new table:
            <source>Database db = DatabaseBuilder.open(new File("my.mdb"));
new ImportUtil.Builder(db, "Imported2").setDelimiter(",").importFile(new File("my.csv"));
db.close();</source>
          </li>
        </ul>
    </section>

    <section name="Other Resources">
      <p>
        Some other jackcess related projects:
      </p>
      <ul>
        <li>
          <a href="https://github.com/brianb/mdbtools">mdbtools</a> - Open Source project
          for reading Access files, written in C.
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="https://jackcessencrypt.sourceforge.io/">Jackcess
          Encrypt</a> - Extension library for Jackcess which implements
          support for some forms of Microsoft Access and Microsoft Money
          encryption.
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="http://ucanaccess.sourceforge.net/site.html">UCanAccess</a>
          - Open Source pure Java JDBC Driver implementation.
        </li>
      </ul>
    </section>
  </body>
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