Code Examples

NOTE: In the following examples, every calls to MyUri and MyConfig refer to a module-specific implementation of UriBuilder and Config.

Initialize a New Resource

The only code you need to initialize a resource is the same as in standard EMF. To ease the integration of NeoEMF (and avoid mistakes), it is recommended to use the UriBuilder associated to the database you want to use, findable in each module.

// Creates a new URI to locate a file-based resource.
URI uri = new MyUriFactory.createLocalUri("<db_path>");

// You can also use UriBuilder#fromServer(host, port, model) to locate a distributed resource, if supported.
//URI uri = new MyUriFactory().createRemoteUri("host", 10000, "model");

// Creates the resource
ResourceSet resourceSet = new ResourceSetImpl();
Resource resource = resourceSet.createResource(uri);

Save a Resource / Load an Existing Resource

NeoEMF is fully-integrated with EMF, the procedure is so the same.

// Creates a new configuration builder, used to easily configure the behavior of NeoEMF and the inner database.
// In addition to the options common to all backends, each builder has its own options.
ImmutableConfig config = new MyConfig()
  .autoSave(50000)              // A common option
  .log()                        // Another common option
  .withOption("key", "value");  // A custom option

// Load an existing resource (optional)
resource.load(config.asMap());

// Do something on the resource

// Save your modifications
resource.save(config.asMap());

// Don't forget to unload the resource when you're done with it
// It shutdown the inner database and clean the memory
resource.unload();

Modify an Existing Resource

ImmutableConfig config = new MyConfig()
  .cacheContainers()
  .cacheMetaclasses();

URI uri = new MyUriFactory().createLocalUri("<db_path>");

Resource resource = new ResourceSetImpl().createResource(uri);
resource.load(config.asMap());

// Perform modifications
MyClass myClass = (MyClass) resource.getContents().get(0);
myClass.setName("NewName");

resource.save(config.asMap());
resource.unload();