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+Java Jinq demo application for CrateDB using PostgreSQL JDBC
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+Jinq - Simple Natural Queries with Java.
+
+
+*****
+About
+*****
+
+In a nutshell
+=============
+
+A demo application using `CrateDB`_ with `Jinq`_ and the `PostgreSQL
+JDBC driver`_.
+It is intended as a basic example to demonstrate what works, and what not.
+Currently, it is only a stub. Contributions are welcome.
+
+Introduction
+============
+
+`Jinq`_ and `jOOQ`_ are in a similar area like `LINQ`_. We've picked up and
+summarized a few quotes from blog posts and interviews by Dr. Ming-Yee Iu and
+Lukas Eder, the main authors of Jinq and jOOQ.
+
+Firstly, you may enjoy the guest post by Dr. Ming-Yee Iu `Java 8 Will
+Revolutionize Database Access`_, which outlines how adding functional-support
+to the Java language version 8 made a difference while aiming to write database
+inquiries more fluently at that time (2014).
+
+ Ever since Erik Meijer has introduced LINQ to the .NET ecosystem, us Java
+ folks have been wondering whether we could have the same.
+
+Two years later, Dr. Ming-Yee Iu gives an `insight into Language Integrated
+Querying`_ at the `jOOQ Tuesdays series`_.
+
+ LINQ makes a lot of sense for the C# ecosystem, but I think it is totally
+ inappropriate for Java.
+
+ Fortunately, Java programmers can use libraries such as Jinq and jOOQ
+ instead, which provide most of the benefits of LINQ but don’t require tight
+ language integration like LINQ.
+
+Details
+=======
+
+From the documentation at http://www.jinq.org/, about what Jinq actually is,
+and does.
+
+ Jinq provides developers an easy and natural way to write database queries
+ in Java. You can treat database data like normal Java objects stored in
+ collections. You can iterate over them and filter them using normal Java
+ commands, and all your code will be automatically translated into optimized
+ database queries. Finally, LINQ-style queries are available for Java!
+
+ With Jinq, you can write database queries using a simple, natural Java
+ syntax. Using Java 8's new support for functional programming, you can
+ filter and transform data in a database using the same code you would use
+ for normal Java data.
+
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+Synopsis
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+
+The idea of Jinq is to write database queries using a simple, natural Java
+syntax based on the functional programming support added with Java 8. Accessing
+a database table using the Jinq API looks like this:
+
+.. code-block:: java
+
+ // Fetch records, with filtering and sorting, result iteration and printing.
+ customers()
+ .where(c -> c.getCountry().equals("UK"))
+ .sortedDescendingBy(c -> c.getSalary())
+ .forEach(c -> out.println(c.getName() + " " + c.getSalary()));
+
+A few other concise `Jinq code examples`_ can be discovered at the Jinq code
+base.
+
+
+
+.. _CrateDB: https://github.com/crate/crate
+.. _Jinq code examples: https://github.com/my2iu/Jinq/blob/main/sample/src/com/example/jinq/sample/SampleMain.java
+.. _Insight into Language Integrated Querying: https://blog.jooq.org/jooq-tuesdays-ming-yee-iu-gives-insight-into-language-integrated-querying/
+.. _Java 8 Will Revolutionize Database Access: https://blog.jooq.org/java-8-friday-java-8-will-revolutionize-database-access/
+.. _Jinq: https://github.com/my2iu/Jinq
+.. _jOOQ: https://github.com/jOOQ/jOOQ
+.. _jOOQ Tuesdays series: https://www.jooq.org/tuesdays
+.. _LINQ: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_Integrated_Query
+.. _PostgreSQL JDBC Driver: https://github.com/pgjdbc/pgjdbc