This readme is for anyone who wants to dive in and hack on the Java driver. If you want to learn to use the Java driver, checkout out the documentation at java-api-docs

The Java driver is built using gradle. To build the driver from source, you need gradle, Java, and python installed:

$ gradle build

The build process runs a python script (metajava.py) that automatically generates the required Java classes for reql terms. The process looks like this:

metajava.py creates:

ql2.proto -> proto_basic.json ---+
        |                        |
        |                        v
        +--> term_info.json -> templates/ -> ast/gen/{Term}.java
                                       |
                                       +---> proto/{ProtocolType}.java
                                       +---> response/Response.java
                                       +--->