Berkeley DB

Programmatic APIs

The Berkeley DB subsystems can be accessed through interfaces from multiple languages. The standard library interface is ANSI C. Applications can also use Berkeley DB via C++ or Java, as well as from scripting languages. Environments can be shared among applications written by using any of these APIs. For example, you might have a local server written in C or C++, a script for an administrator written in Perl or Tcl, and a Web-based user interface written in Java—all sharing a single database environment.

C

The Berkeley DB library is written entirely in ANSI C. C applications use a single include file:

#include <db.h> 

C++

The C++ classes provide a thin wrapper around the C API, with the major advantages being improved encapsulation ...