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No it's not another JDBC/ODBC interface to dBase files. This is an xBase database engine written entirely in Java.

Features include:

• Navagational Access

  xBaseJ classes offer several methods to process dBase III and IV files and FoxPro files.

• Its Own Client/Server Package

  Yes, this copy offers its own client/server interface class to allow remote clients to access databases on your server machines. Method for method the client code is just a powerful as the server side code (with exceptions).

• Record Locking

  Using the latest version of Java 1.4 from Sun Microsystems. This release of xBaseJ provides for file and record locking at operating system level.

• High Capacity Channel Access

  Also new with Java 1.4 are advance Channel I/O methods and routines. Implementing these new classes into xBaseJ provides for faster I/O times.

• Database Browser

  xBaseJ has a class, dbfShow, that allows you to access local databases.

  
• Field level objects

  Each Field in the database is an object unto itself.

• Current dBase Format Supported

  dBase III - DBF, DBT, and NDX No support for expression or function indexes.
  dBase IV - DBF, DBT, MDX, and NDX No support for expression or function indexes.
  FoxPro - DBF, FPT no support for FoxPro indexes.