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<h1>Running Queries from a Java Application</h1>
<p>Saxon offers three different APIs allowing queries to be run from Java:</p>
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<p>The XQJ interface is an implementation of the
XQuery API for Java (XQJ) interface defined in JSR-225</p>
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<p>The s9api interface is a Saxon-specific interface allowing integrated access to all
Saxon's XML processing capabilities in a uniform way, taking advantage of the type safety
offered by generics in Java 5</p>
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<p>There is also a legacy interface retained from previous Saxon releases, which may
be appropriate if you need access to lower-level Saxon internals. This is described only in the JavaDoc:
start at <a class="bodylink" href="../javadoc/net/sf/saxon/query/StaticQueryContext.html"><code>StaticQueryContext</code></a>.</p>
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<p class="subhead">Links</p>
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<p><a class="bodylink" href="api-query/s9api-query.xml">Using s9api for XQuery</a></p>
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<p><a class="bodylink" href="api-query/xqj.xml">Invoking XQuery using the XQJ API</a></p>
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