RDFBeans framework
RDFBeans is an object-RDF mapping library for the Java language, providing a framework for mapping an object-oriented domain model to RDF resource descriptions.
RDFBeans is built upon RDF2Go high-level abstract model layer to provide object persistence with a number of existing RDF triple stores.
RDFBeans framework supports two basic techniques for mapping the data from Java applications to RDF:
- Persistence functionality to store and retrieve the state of class instances to/from a RDF model
- Dynamic proxy mechanism to access RDF data via Java interfaces mapped directly to the model
RDFBeans uses Java Annotations mechanism for all framework-related sourcecode markup. No use of special interfaces and superclasses is required, that guarantees minimum modifications of existing codebase and compatibility with other JavaBean-oriented frameworks.
Features (version 2.0)
- Does not depend on specific triplestore implementation: any supported by RDF2Go API can be used
- Cascade databinding to reduce development time and ensure referential integrity of complex object data structures
- Modular RDFBeans annotations: can be inherited from superclasses and interfaces
- No predefined ontologies and RDF-schemas are required for RDF data.
- Transactions support (triplestore-specific)
- Extensible mechanism of mapping Java data types to RDF literals
- Support of basic Java Collections, optionally represented with RDF containers
- Support of indexed JavaBean properties
- Support of RDF namespaces
