SnappyDB

SnappyDB is a key-value database for Android it's an alternative for SQLite if you want to use a NoSQL approach.

It allows you to store and get primitive types, but also a Serializable object or array in a type-safe way.

SnappyDB can outperform SQLite in read/write operations.

SnappyDB is based on leveldb and use snappy compression algorithm, on redundant content you could achieve a good compression ratio

Usage

try {
   DB snappydb = DBFactory.open(context); //create or open an existing databse using the default name
   
   snappydb.put("name", "Jack Reacher"); 
   snappydb.putInt("age", 42);  
   snappydb.putBoolean("single", true);
   snappydb.put("books", new String[]{"One Shot", "Tripwire", "61 Hours"}); 
   
   String 	 name   =  snappydb.get("name");
   int 	 age    =  snappydb.getInt("age");
   boolean  single =  snappydb.getBoolean("single");
   String[] books  =  snappydb.getArray("books", String.class);// get array of string
   	
   snappydb.close();
   
   } catch (SnappydbException e) {
   }

For more recipes please take a look at the Cookbook.

With SnappyDB you could seamlessly store and retrieve your object/array, it use Kryo serialization which it faster than regular Java serialization.

Installation

SnappyDB uses native code for performance, it's available for the three main architecture of Android: ARM, x86 and mips.

Gradle

To download & install correctly the native lib (.so) you have to use the android-native-dependencies Gradle plugin.

buildscript {
  repositories {
    mavenCentral()
  }
  dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.10.+'
    classpath 'com.nabilhachicha:android-native-dependencies:0.1+'
  }
}

apply plugin: 'android'
apply plugin: 'android-native-dependencies'

native_dependencies {
    artifact 'com.snappydb:snappydb-native:0.2.+'
}

dependencies {
    //regular Jar dependencies ...
    compile 'com.snappydb:snappydb-api:0.2.+'
}

Maven

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.snappydb</groupId>
  <artifactId>snappydb-api</artifactId>
  <version>0.2.0</version>
</dependency>

<!-- ARM libraries  -->
<dependency>
  <groupId>com.snappydb</groupId>
  <artifactId>snappydb-native</artifactId>
  <version>0.2.0</version>
  <classifier>armeabi</classifier>
  <type>so</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>com.snappydb</groupId>
  <artifactId>snappydb-native</artifactId>
  <version>0.2.0</version>
  <classifier>armeabi-v7a</classifier>
  <type>so</type>
</dependency>

<!-- x86 library  -->            
<dependency>
  <groupId>com.snappydb</groupId>
  <artifactId>snappydb-native</artifactId>
  <version>0.2.0</version>
  <classifier>x86</classifier>
  <type>so</type>
</dependency>

<!-- MIPS library  -->            
<dependency>
  <groupId>com.snappydb</groupId>
  <artifactId>snappydb-native</artifactId>
  <version>0.2.0</version>
  <classifier>mips</classifier>
  <type>so</type>
</dependency>

Manual

You need to download the zip containing the native libraries (.so) and the api.

• Eclipse ADT
  • Copy them under libs directory.

• Android Studio
  • Copy the native (.so) under jniLibs directory & snappydb-api-0.2.0.jar under libs.

Cookbook

Common tasks snippets

• Create database
• Open database
• Close database
• Destroy database
• Insert primitive types
• Read primitive types
• Insert Serializable
• Read Serializable
• Insert Array
• Read Array
• Check key
• Delete key

Create database

Create using the default name

     DB snappydb = DBFactory.open(context);

Create with a given name

     DB snappydb = DBFactory.open(context, "books");

SnappyDB use the internal storage to create your database. It creates a directory containing all the necessary files Ex: /data/data/com.snappydb/files/mydatabse

Open database

Open using the default name

     DB snappydb = DBFactory.open(context);

Open using a given name

     DB snappydb = DBFactory.open(context, "books");

Close database

     snappydb.close();

Destroy database

     snappydb.destroy();

Insert primitive types

     snappyDB.put("quote", "bazinga!");
     
     snappyDB.putShort("myshort", (short)32768);
     
     snappyDB.putInt("max_int", Integer.MAX_VALUE);
     
     snappyDB.putLong("max_long", Long.MAX_VALUE);
     
     snappyDB.putDouble("max_double", Double.MAX_VALUE);
     
     snappyDB.putFloat("myfloat", 10.30f);
     
     snappyDB.putBoolean("myboolean", true);

Read primitive types

     String quote      = snappyDB.get("quote");
     
     short myshort     = snappyDB.getShort("myshort");
     
     int maxInt        = snappyDB.getInt("max_int");
     
     long maxLong      = snappyDB.getLong("max_long");
     
     double maxDouble  = snappyDB.getDouble("max_double");
     
     float myFloat     = snappyDB.getFloat("myfloat");
     
     boolean myBoolean = snappyDB.getBoolean("myboolean");

Insert Serializable

     AtomicInteger objAtomicInt = new AtomicInteger (42);
     snappyDB.put("atomic integer", objAtomicInt);

Read Serializable

     AtomicInteger myObject = snappyDB.get("atomic integer", AtomicInteger.class);

Insert Array

     Number[] array = {new AtomicInteger (42), new BigDecimal("10E8"), Double.valueOf(Math.PI)};
     
     snappyDB.put("array", array);

Read Array

     Number [] numbers = snappyDB.getArray("array", Number.class);

Check Key

     boolean isKeyExists = snappyDB.exists("key");

Delete Key

     snappyDB.del("key");

License

SnappyDB is opensource, contribution and feedback are welcomed

Copyright 2013 Nabil HACHICHA.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

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