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okram edited this page Sep 14, 2010 · 24 revisions

Rexster is a web service that is queried using HTTP and returns JSON formatted responses. Stored traversals in a Rexster deployment are identified by URIs and are parametrized by the query parameter component of the URI. Rexster can work as a standalone web server or as a servlet through Tomcat. The general system architecture is as described in the diagram below.

Rexster is constrained to a core set of functionality. The following list helps to identify what Rexster is and what Rexster is not.

  • [+] A special-purpose web service for ranking and scoring elements (i.e. vertices and edges) in a graph database.
  • [+] A simple web front-end to allow users to trigger stored traversals and retrieve JSON formatted results.
  • [-] A general-purpose web service front-end for graph databases.
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