Author: David Cowden
Date: 03 July, 2012
jPearltrees is a Java library that provides an interface for handling the RDF/XML data exported from a Pearltrees account.
Pearltrees is an individualy managed data-curation system with support for teams and collaboration. Pearltrees lets you organize categorical data into trees and provides convenient methods for further data curation.
As the owner of all the data in your Pearltrees account, you can export your entire collection in an RDF/XML format. jPearltrees adapts the RDF/XML structure back into the natural tree structure and provides methods for accessing the data containted within a PearlTree.
jPearltrees is still in development. To use it right now, you need (at least) the Jena 2.7.2 libraries on your classpath. jPearltrees is backed by an Apache Jena RDF Model class.
Beyond setup, usage is simple:
// Construct a Pearltree..
Pearltree pt = Pearltrees.buildPearlTrees("pearltrees_export.rdf")
// Print a pretty version using a handler that follows
// RefPearls recursively..
Pearltrees.traversePearlTree(pt,
Pearltrees.getTextPearlHandler(System.out, true));Default TextPearlHandler output:
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More usage:
// Print a subtree..
PearlIterator pit = pt.listTreePearls();
while (pit.hasNext()) {
// Access Pearl data
Pearl p = pit.nextPearl
System.out.println( p.getTitle() +
" : " +
p.getEntryDate());
NoteIterator nit = p.getNotes();
...
}
// Use your own handler..
PearlHandler ph = new PearlHandler() {
public onPearl(RootPearl rootPearl) {
// Do Something with rootPearl..
}
public onPearl(PagePearl pagePearl) {
// Do something with pagePearl..
}
public onPearl(AliasPearl aliasPearl) {
// Do Something with aliasPearl..
}
public onPearl(RefPearl refPearl) {
// Do something with refPearl..
}
}
// Each Pearl passes itself to the handler's callback..
List<Pearl> treePearls = pt.getTreePearls();
for(Pearl pearl : treePearls) {
pearl.accept(ph);
}- Database Model support
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Copyright 2012 David Cowden : dcow90 [at] gmail.com
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