Accessing a Domino server from Java (by alaric)

For a project, I'm having to write some Java code to talk to a Domino server.

Finding any references on how to do this is a BIG pain, so for posterity, here is what I've found.

1. Get the NCSO.jar file from a copy of Notes or the Domino server itself - but make sure that it's the NCSO.jar from the version of Domino you'll be talking to, or a copy of Notes that is the same version as it, since different versions have different NCSO.jar files. Shove it in yer classpath.
2. Read this documentation - it explains how to use the classes in the jar to get a Session object, from which you can open a Database, then open a View (which is like an SQL table), then get the column names and Documents (rows) out of it.
3. Make sure the server has the HTTP server and DIIOP server tasks started. The HTTP server is needed because the client, when given a hostname/username/password triplet, fetches http://HOSTNAME/diiop_ior.txt to get the IOR of the server's CORBA interface.

Oooh, another reference: Java access to the Domino Objects, Part 1 and Java access to the Domino Objects, Part 2

1 Comment

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  By Alex B, Fri 8th Sep 2006 @ 1:56 am

  Oh, happy days as a Notes/Java programmer!

  Bonus: the Java API is based on the LotusScrpit API, so you're getting the jump on writing LotusScript agents in Domino.

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