The Neo4j Java Developer Reference v3.5

License: Creative Commons 4.0

This document contains information on advanced Java-centric usage of Neo4j. Among the topics covered are embedding Neo4j in your own software and writing extensions.

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This reference covers the following areas:

Chapter 1, Extending Neo4j — How to build unmanaged extensions and procedures.
Chapter 2, Setup for remote debugging — How to configure the Neo4j server for remote debugging sessions.
Chapter 3, Using Neo4j embedded in Java applications — Instructions on embedding Neo4j in an application.
Chapter 4, The traversal framework — A walkthrough of the traversal framework.
Chapter 5, Transaction management — Details on transaction semantics in Neo4j.
Chapter 6, Online Backup from Java — How to perform an online backup in Java.
Chapter 7, JMX metrics — How to monitor Neo4j with JMX and a reference of available metrics.
Appendix A, Explicit indexing — How to use explicit indexes.
Appendix B, REST API authorization rules — How to use the REST API for restricting access to Neo4j.

Who should read this?

This reference is written for the advanced Java developer who is extending Neo4j’s functionality, or embedding Neo4j in their own software.