While I agree that using the SQlite format does introduce a heavy dependency on the SQLite library, I want to point out that there is at least one independent i

While I agree that using the SQlite format does introduce a heavy dependency on the SQLite library, I want to point out that there is at least one independent implementation, a pure java library named SqlJet [0]. It didn't work too well when I tried it a few years back, but it proves that it is possible to reimplemented support for the file format itself. Doing it as well as the original SQLITE library, well, that's different. [0] https://sqljet.com https://sqljet.com