Questions re Database and Indexing

[DavidHB]

(20-12-2013 11:20)LinAdmin Wrote:  I have the following questions
a) Why did you not use a standard database library like sqllite?

As Simon makes clear in the documentation, MinimServer is built using standard (that is both cross-platform and standards compliant) modules, and is written in Java, which is a cross-platform language. Your reference to SQLite suggests that you are thinking of MinimServer as a database; actually, as its name implies, it is a server. It is not a data repository, and has no data recording or editing functions, but provides access to the (pre-existing) music files where the actual data resides. The key function of the server is to implement the standard protocol (UPnP AV) through which compliant devices (control points and renderers) can be given this access.

David