Re: [Exist-open] Is it optional to close collection?

[Wolfgang <wol...@ex...>]

> I have just read across eXist developer guide document at 
> http://exist.sourceforge.net/devguide_xmldb.html
> I found that all the collection object showing in the code sample in 
> 'Writing Java Applications with the XML:DB API' section
> are NOT closed after the excution .
> It trouble me that whether I should close the collection after an 
> operation(XUpdate,XQuery,etc.)

Closing the collection is not really necessary, though it can help to 
save memory on the server if it is queried by many concurrent clients. 
Closing a collection causes cached query results to be released immediately.

Wolfgang