ProfaneDB

ProfaneDB is a database for Protocol Buffer objects.
The key used for retrieval of objects is defined within .proto files, this is then used to store a single copy of each object, and allow references between objects without data duplication.

Configuration and usage

For a more detailed explanation, go to the project's website.

Schema definition

Schema definition comes with every message definition, using Protocol Buffer field options:

At the moment only one key per message can be set

import "profanedb/protobuf/options.proto";

message Test {
    int32 field_one_int = 1 [ (profanedb.protobuf.options).key = true ];
    string field_two_str = 2;
    bool field_three_bool = 3;
    bytes field_four_bytes = 4;
    
    Nested field_five_nested = 5;
}

message Nested {
    string nested_field_one_str = 1 [ (profanedb.protobuf.options).key = true ];
    int64 nested_field_two_int = 2;
    double nested_field_three_double = 3;
}

ProfaneDB can either be used as a gRPC server (service definition in profanedb/protobuf/db.proto) or as a library (interface in profanedb/db.hpp).

CLI parameters

profanedb_server --rocksdb_path /tmp/profanedb -I /usr/include -S /your/schema/dir

The most important parameters are the include path (-I) and schema path (-S).

• The include path is used to retrieve google/protobuf/*.proto, profanedb/protobuf/*.proto and any other dependencies.
• The schema path has your definitions with the key option set.

Build

ProfaneDB uses CMake, and depends on Protobuf, gRPC, RocksDB, Boost.

Options

CMake Option	Default	Description
BUILD_SHARED_LIBS	ON	Build libprofanedb.so, to embed ProfaneDB
BUILD_PROFANEDB_SERVER	OFF	Build ProfaneDB gRPC server
BUILD_TESTS	OFF	Build tests, run with ctest