IBM Domino Designer Basic User Guide and Reference
Basic product usage information and programming language reference information.
- Accessibility and keyboard shortcuts
  Accessibility features assist users who have a disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use information technology content successfully.
- Application Design
  Welcome to the Application Design section of Domino® Designer Help.
- Application Management
  Welcome to the Application Management section of Domino® Designer Help.
- Domino® Query Language
  Domino Query Language (DQL) is a facility running in Domino core allowing for a terse shorthand syntax for finding documents according to a wide variety of complexity of terms. It leverages existing design elements without the need to write detailed code to access them.
- Composite Applications - Design and Management
  Composite applications are a key element in a service-oriented architecture (SOA) and contextual collaboration strategy. The ability to create and edit composite applications lets you easily integrate different types of components and technologies.
- DB2® Access views
  Domino® Designer includes two types of design elements to assist you in managing data contained in DB2® enabled Notes® databases:
- Programming Overview and User Interface
  This section contains general guidelines and examples that show where to use Java, LotusScript, and the formula language.
- Formula Language
  This section documents the formula language.
- LotusScript® Language
  Welcome to the LotusScript® Language section of Domino® Designer Help.
- LotusScript/COM/OLE Classes
- Java/CORBA Classes
  This section documents the Java/CORBA classes.
  - Java™ Classes Coding Guidelines
    - Running a Java™ program
      You can call the Domino® Objects from a Java™ program by importing the lotus.domino package. The program can be coded as an application, a Domino agent, an applet, or a servlet. Local calls access run-time code on the local computer, which must have Domino installed. CORBA-based remote (IIOP) calls access run-time code from a remote Domino server; in this case, the local computer need not have Domino installed. Compilation must be on a computer with Domino Designer installed.
    - Accessing databases
    - Accessing views and folders using Java™
    - Accessing documents in Java™ classes
    - Accessing items in Java™ classes
      - Accessing item properties in Java™ classes
        You access item properties through the following methods:
      - Getting an item and its values in Java™ classes
      - Creating an item and assigning values in Java™ classes
      - Copying an item in Java™ classes
      - Removing an item in Java™ classes
      - Parsing and transforming an item in Java™ classes
      - Working with a MIME entity in Java™ classes
      - Working with an embedded object in Java™ classes
      - Working with custom data using Java™
        You can store data of your own format in items. Use the following methods in the Document and Item classes:
    - Accessing rich text items in Java™ classes
    - Accessing Domino® sessions
  - Java™ Classes A-Z
- Lotus® Connectors
  Lotus® Connectors provide native access to a wide variety of DBMS products, ODBC, the platform File system, Enterprise Resource Planning systems, and Transaction Processing systems.
- Javadoc™ for Domino® Designer related APIs
  As part of providing additional Java™ reference documentation, Domino® Designer ships with a help plugin that contains Javadoc™ for additional Domino Designer related APIs.

Parsing and transforming an item in Java™ classes

Use the parseXML method of Item to parse the contents of an item and create a DOM tree, using the validating or non-validating DOMParser. Use the transformXML method of Item to transform the contents of an item, using a Domino® Item, RichTextItem, EmbeddedObject, or MIMEEntity stylesheet, or any InputSource stylesheet.