Technical Documentation

K2 is implemented in pure Java™, under JDK 1.2. It is provided as a .jar file, about 850 K, and requires ORO's Perl module for doing regular expression matching, and JGL for handling collections. Its OQL/ODL implementation is based on the ODMG 2.0 specification, with some additions, and a few portions that are not yet implemented.

The following technical documents are (or will be) available:

• Building a Mediator

• Building a K2 Client

• Connecting Drivers to K2

• Connecting to a Data Source Using an IDD

• Connecting to a Data Source Using a DDD

• Connecting to a JDBC Database

• Connecting to a Website

• Distributed Processing in K2

• OQL Extensions

• Starting up K2

• Writing a New K2 Function

If you're connecting to the K2 server intallation at GlaxoSmithKline, some additional technical documents are available.

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