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<h1>Configuration using XQJ</h1>
<p>The root object in the XQJ (XQuery for Java) API is <code>javax.xml.query.XQDataSource</code>, and the Saxon
implementation class is <a class="bodylink" href="../../javadoc/net/sf/saxon/xqj/SaxonXQDataSource.html"><code>net.sf.saxon.xqj.SaxonXQDataSource</code></a>.
The <code>XQDataSource</code> provides
methods <code>getProperty(name)</code> and <code>setProperty(name, value)</code> which at first sight appear to map
cleanly to the methods <code>getConfigurationProperty(name)</code> and <code>setConfigurationProperty(name, value)</code>
in the underlying Saxon <a class="bodylink" href="../../javadoc/net/sf/saxon/Configuration.html"><code>Configuration</code></a>, and indeed they can be used in this way,
using either the URI value of the
property or the symbolic constant in class <a class="bodylink" href="../../javadoc/net/sf/saxon/lib/FeatureKeys.html"><code>net.sf.saxon.lib.FeatureKeys</code></a>.</p>
<p>There are some glitches, however. Firstly, the XQJ specifications mandate that the properties available through this
interface should also have explicit getters and setters: for example if a property named "lineNumbering" is available,
then there should be a pair of methods <code>setLineNumbering()</code> and <code>getLineNumbering()</code>. This does
not square well with the use of URIs for property names. Secondly, XQJ requires that the property values should be strings.
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<p>exposes a subset of commonly-used configuration properties using shortened names such as
<code>dtdValidation</code> and <code>retainLineNumbers</code>;</p>
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<p>provides getters and setters for these properties, as required by the XQJ specification;</p>
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<p>lists the names of the above properties (only) in the result of the method <code>getSupportedPropertyNames()</code></p>
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<p>makes all other configuration properties available using URIs as the name, without providing getters and setters,
and without listing the names in the result of <code>getSupportedPropertyNames</code>, provided that the value can be represented
as a string. Boolean values can be represented using any of the strings ("yes", "on", "true", or "1"), or ("no", "off", "false", or "0").</p>
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