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Fcrepo Component

The fcrepo: component provides access to an external Fedora4 Object API for use with Apache Camel.

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URI format

fcrepo:hostname[:port][/resourceUrl][?options]

By default this endpoint connects to fedora repositories on port 80.

FcrepoEndpoint options

Name Default Value Description
contentType null Set the Content-Type header
accept null Set the Accept header for content negotiation
metadata true Whether GET requests should retrieve RDF descriptions of non-RDF content
transform null If set, this defines the transform used for the given object. This should be used in the context of GET or POST. For GET requests, the value should be the name of the transform (e.g. default). For POST requests, the value can simply be true. Using this causes the Accept header to be set as application/json.
throwExceptionOnFailure true Option to disable throwing the HttpOperationFailedException in case of failed responses from the remote server. This allows you to get all responses regardless of the HTTP status code.

Examples

A simple example for sending messages to an external Solr service:

XPathBuilder xpath = new XPathBuilder("/rdf:RDF/rdf:Description/rdf:type[@rdf:resource='http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#Indexable']");
xpath.namespace("rdf", "http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#");

from("activemq:topic:fedora")
  .to("fcrepo:localhost:8080/rest")
  .filter(xpath)
  .to("fcrepo:localhost:8080/rest?transform=mytransform")
  .to("http4:solr-host:8080/solr/core/update")

Or, using the Spring DSL:

<route id="solr-indexer">
  <from uri="activemq:topic:fedora"/>
  <to uri="fcrepo:localhost:8080/rest"/>
  <filter>
    <xpath>/rdf:RDF/rdf:Description/rdf:type[@rdf:resource='http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#Indexable']</xpath>
    <to uri="fcrepo:localhost:8080/rest?transform=mytransform"/>
    <to uri="http4:solr-host:8080/solr/core/update"/>
  </filter>
</route>

Setting basic authentication

Name Default Value Description
authUsername null Username for authentication
authPassword null Password for authentication
authHost null The host name for authentication

Message headers

Name Type Description
Exchange.HTTP_METHOD String The HTTP method to use
Exchange.CONTENT_TYPE String The ContentType of the resource. This sets the Content-Type header, but this value can be overridden directly on the endpoint.
Exchange.ACCEPT_CONTENT_TYPE String This sets the Accept header, but this value can be overridden directly on the endpoint.
FCREPO_IDENTIFIER String The resource path, appended to the endpoint uri.
FCREPO_BASE_URL String The base url used for accessing Fedora.
FCREPO_TRANSFORM String The named fcr:transform method to use. This value overrides any value set explicitly on the endpoint.

The fcrepo component will also accept message headers produced directly by fedora, particularly the org.fcrepo.jms.identifier header. It will use that header only when FEDORA_IDENTIFIER is not defined.

Message body

Camel will store the HTTP response from the Fedora4 server on the OUT body. All headers from the IN message will be copied to the OUT message, so headers are preserved during routing. Additionally, Camel will add the HTTP response headers to the OUT message headers.

Response code

Camel will handle the HTTP response code in the following ways:

  • Response code in the range 100..299 is a success.
  • Response code in the range 300..399 is a redirection and will throw a HttpOperationFailedException with the relevant information.
  • Response code is 400+ is regarded as an external server error and will throw an HttpOperationFailedException with the relevant information.

Resource path

The path for fcrepo resources can be set in several different ways. If the FCREPO_IDENTIFIER header is set, that value will be appended to the endpoint URI. If the FCREPO_IDENTIFIER is not set, the path will be populated by the org.fcrepo.jms.identifier header and appended to the endpoint URI. If neither header is set, only the endpoint URI will be used.

It is generally a good idea to set the endpoint URI to fedora's REST API endpoint and then use the appropriate header to set the path of the intended resource.

For example, each of these routes will request the resource at http://localhost:8080/rest/a/b/c/abcdef:

from("direct:start")
  .setHeader("FCREPO_IDENTIFIER", "/a/b/c/abcdef")
  .to("fcrepo:localhost:8080/rest");

// org.fcrepo.jms.identifier and FCREPO_IDENTIFIER headers are undefined
from("direct:start")
  .to("fcrepo:localhost:8080/rest/a/b/c/abcdef");

// org.fcrepo.jms.identifier is set as '/a/b/c/abcdef'
// and FCREPO_IDENTIFIER is not defined
from("direct:start")
  .to("fcrepo:localhost:8080/rest")

HttpOperationFailedException

This exception contains the following information:

  • The HTTP status code
  • The HTTP status line (text of the status code)
  • Redirect location, if the server returned a redirect
  • Response body as a java.lang.String, if server provided a body as response

How to set the HTTP method

The endpoint will always use the GET method unless explicitly set in the Exchange.HTTP_METHOD header. Other methods, such as PUT, PATCH, POST, and DELETE are available and will be passed through to the Fedora server. Here is an example:

from("direct:start")
    .setHeader(Exchange.HTTP_HEADER, constant("POST"))
    .to("fcrepo:localhost:8080/fcrepo4/rest")
    .to("mock:results");

And the equivalent Spring sample:

<camelContext xmlns="http://activemq.apache.org/camel/schema/spring">
  <route>
    <from uri="direct:start"/>
    <setHeader headerName="Exchange.HTTP_HEADER">
        <constant>POST</constant>
    </setHeader>
    <to uri="fcrepo:localhost:8080/fcrepo4/rest"/>
    <to uri="mock:results"/>
  </route>
</camelContext>

Getting the response code

You can get the HTTP response code from the fcrepo component by getting the value from the Out message header with Exchange.HTTP_RESPONSE_CODE.

Building the component

The fcrepo-camel compnent can be built with Maven:

mvn clean install

Fcrepo messaging

Fedora4 uses an internal ActiveMQ message broker to send messages about any updates to the repository content. By default, all events are published to a topic called fedora on the local broker. Each message contains an empty body and five different header values:

  • org.fcrepo.jms.identifier
  • org.fcrepo.jms.eventType
  • org.fcrepo.jms.properties
  • org.fcrepo.jms.timestamp
  • org.fcrepo.jms.baseURL

Both eventType and properties are comma-delimited lists of events or properties. The eventType values follow the JCR 2.0 specification and include:

  • http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#NODE_ADDED
  • http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#NODE_REMOVED
  • http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#PROPERTY_ADDED
  • http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#PROPERTY_CHANGED
  • http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#PROPERTY_REMOVED

The properties field will list the RDF properties that changed with that event. NODE_REMOVED events contain no properties.

Examples and more information

There are several example projects in the examples directory of this distribution.

Furthermore, additional information about designing and deploying fcrepo-based message routes along with configuration options for Fedora's ActiveMQ broker can be found on the fedora project wiki.