Setting up an Apache Jena instance and loading some data

Script to download Apache jena and load initial data with tdb2.tdbloader

#!/bin/bash
# WF 2020-05-10

# global settings
jena=apache-jena-3.15.0
tgz=$jena.tar.gz
jenaurl=http://mirror.easyname.ch/apache/jena/binaries/$tgz
base=/hd/luxio/gnd
data=$base/data
tdbloader=$jena/bin/tdb2.tdbloader

getjena() {
# download
if [ ! -f $tgz ]
then
  echo "downloading $tgz from $jenaurl"
	wget $jenaurl
else
  echo "$tgz already downloaded"
fi
# unpack
if [ ! -d $jena ]
then
  echo "unpacking $jena from $tgz"
  tar xvzf $tgz
else
  echo "$jena already unpacked"
fi
# create data directory
if [ ! -d $data ]
then
  echo "creating $data directory"
  mkdir -p $data
else
  echo "$data directory already created"
fi
}

#
# show the given timestamp
#
timestamp() {
 local msg="$1"
 local ts=$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
 echo "$msg at $ts"
}

#
# load data for the given data dir and input
#
loaddata() {
  local data="$1"
  local input="$2"
  timestamp "start loading $input to $data"
  $tdbloader --loader=parallel --loc "$data" "$input" > tdb2-$phase-out.log 2> tdb2-$phase-err.log
	timestamp "finished loading $input to $data"
}

getjena
export TMPDIR=$base/tmp
if [ ! -d $TMPDIR ]
then
  echo "creating temporary directory $TMPDIR"
  mkdir $TMPDIR
else
  echo "using temporary directory $TMPDIR"
fi
if [ ! -f authorities-kongress_lds.ttl ]
then
  wget https://data.dnb.de/opendata/authorities-kongress_lds.ttl.gz
  gunzip authorities-kongress_lds.ttl.gz
fi
loaddata $data authorities-kongress_lds.ttl

RDF API Tutorial examples

see https://jena.apache.org/tutorials/rdf_api.html

Script to compile and run tutorial examples

#!/bin/bash
# WF 2020-06-14
num=$1
pwd=$(pwd)
base=$pwd/apache-jena-3.15.0
cd $base/src-examples
echo compiling Tutorial $num
javac -cp "$base/lib/*" jena/examples/rdf/Tutorial$num.java
echo running Tutorial $num
java -cp ".:$base/lib/*" jena/examples/rdf/Tutorial$num

Tutorial03.java

Java Code

/** Tutorial 3 Statement attribute accessor methods
 */
public class Tutorial03 extends Object {
    public static void main (String args[]) {
    
        // some definitions
        String personURI    = "http://somewhere/JohnSmith";
        String givenName    = "John";
        String familyName   = "Smith";
        String fullName     = givenName + " " + familyName;
        // create an empty model
        Model model = ModelFactory.createDefaultModel();

        // create the resource
        //   and add the properties cascading style
        Resource johnSmith 
          = model.createResource(personURI)
                 .addProperty(VCARD.FN, fullName)
                 .addProperty(VCARD.N, 
                              model.createResource()
                                   .addProperty(VCARD.Given, givenName)
                                   .addProperty(VCARD.Family, familyName));
        
        // list the statements in the graph
        StmtIterator iter = model.listStatements();
        
        // print out the predicate, subject and object of each statement
        while (iter.hasNext()) {
            Statement stmt      = iter.nextStatement();         // get next statement
            Resource  subject   = stmt.getSubject();   // get the subject
            Property  predicate = stmt.getPredicate(); // get the predicate
            RDFNode   object    = stmt.getObject();    // get the object
            
            System.out.print(subject.toString());
            System.out.print(" " + predicate.toString() + " ");
            if (object instanceof Resource) {
                System.out.print(object.toString());
            } else {
                // object is a literal
                System.out.print(" \"" + object.toString() + "\"");
            }
            System.out.println(" .");
        }
    }
}

Trying it

./ct 03
compiling Tutorial 03
running Tutorial 03
http://somewhere/JohnSmith http://www.w3.org/2001/vcard-rdf/3.0#N 7555a24e-8f13-4508-91f0-9dfb26cd2239 .
http://somewhere/JohnSmith http://www.w3.org/2001/vcard-rdf/3.0#FN  "John Smith" .
7555a24e-8f13-4508-91f0-9dfb26cd2239 http://www.w3.org/2001/vcard-rdf/3.0#Family  "Smith" .
7555a24e-8f13-4508-91f0-9dfb26cd2239 http://www.w3.org/2001/vcard-rdf/3.0#Given  "John" .

Tutorial04.java

Java Code

/*
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
 * to you 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.
 */

package jena.examples.rdf ;

import org.apache.jena.rdf.model.*;
import org.apache.jena.vocabulary.*;

/** Tutorial 4 - create a model and write it in XML form to standard out
 */
public class Tutorial04 extends Object {
    
    // some definitions
    static String tutorialURI  = "http://hostname/rdf/tutorial/";
    static String briansName   = "Brian McBride";
    static String briansEmail1 = "brian_mcbride@hp.com";
    static String briansEmail2 = "brian_mcbride@hpl.hp.com";
    static String title        = "An Introduction to RDF and the Jena API";
    static String date         = "23/01/2001";
    
    public static void main (String args[]) {
    
        // some definitions
        String personURI    = "http://somewhere/JohnSmith";
        String givenName    = "John";
        String familyName   = "Smith";
        String fullName     = givenName + " " + familyName;
        // create an empty model
        Model model = ModelFactory.createDefaultModel();

        // create the resource
        //   and add the properties cascading style
        Resource johnSmith 
          = model.createResource(personURI)
                 .addProperty(VCARD.FN, fullName)
                 .addProperty(VCARD.N, 
                              model.createResource()
                                   .addProperty(VCARD.Given, givenName)
                                   .addProperty(VCARD.Family, familyName));
        
        // now write the model in XML form to a file
        model.write(System.out);
    }
}

Trying it

./ct 04
compiling Tutorial 04
running Tutorial 04
<rdf:RDF
    xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
    xmlns:vcard="http://www.w3.org/2001/vcard-rdf/3.0#">
  <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://somewhere/JohnSmith">
    <vcard:N rdf:parseType="Resource">
      <vcard:Family>Smith</vcard:Family>
      <vcard:Given>John</vcard:Given>
    </vcard:N>
    <vcard:FN>John Smith</vcard:FN>
  </rdf:Description>
</rdf:RDF>

Tutorial05.java

Java Code

/*
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
 * to you 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.
 */

package jena.examples.rdf ;

import org.apache.jena.rdf.model.*;
import org.apache.jena.util.FileManager;

import java.io.*;

/** Tutorial 5 - read RDF XML from a file and write it to standard out
 */
public class Tutorial05 extends Object {

    /**
        NOTE that the file is loaded from the class-path and so requires that
        the data-directory, as well as the directory containing the compiled
        class, must be added to the class-path when running this and
        subsequent examples.
    */    
    static final String inputFileName  = "vc-db-1.rdf";
                              
    public static void main (String args[]) {
        // create an empty model
        Model model = ModelFactory.createDefaultModel();

        InputStream in = FileManager.get().open( inputFileName );
        if (in == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException( "File: " + inputFileName + " not found");
        }
        
        // read the RDF/XML file
        model.read(in, "");
                    
        // write it to standard out
        model.write(System.out);            
    }
}

Try it!

wget https://jena.apache.org/tutorials/sparql_data/vc-db-1.rdf
mv vc-db-1.rdf apache-jena-3.15.0/src-examples/
./ct 05
compiling Tutorial 05
running Tutorial 05

<rdf:RDF
    xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
    xmlns:vCard="http://www.w3.org/2001/vcard-rdf/3.0#">
  <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://somewhere/SarahJones">
    <vCard:N rdf:parseType="Resource">
      <vCard:Given>Sarah</vCard:Given>
      <vCard:Family>Jones</vCard:Family>
    </vCard:N>
    <vCard:FN>Sarah Jones</vCard:FN>
  </rdf:Description>
  <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://somewhere/JohnSmith">
    <vCard:N rdf:parseType="Resource">
      <vCard:Given>John</vCard:Given>
      <vCard:Family>Smith</vCard:Family>
    </vCard:N>
    <vCard:FN>John Smith</vCard:FN>
  </rdf:Description>
  <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://somewhere/MattJones">
    <vCard:N rdf:parseType="Resource">
      <vCard:Given>Matthew</vCard:Given>
      <vCard:Family>Jones</vCard:Family>
    </vCard:N>
    <vCard:FN>Matt Jones</vCard:FN>
  </rdf:Description>
  <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://somewhere/RebeccaSmith">
    <vCard:N rdf:parseType="Resource">
      <vCard:Given>Rebecca</vCard:Given>
      <vCard:Family>Smith</vCard:Family>
    </vCard:N>
    <vCard:FN>Becky Smith</vCard:FN>
  </rdf:Description>
</rdf:RDF>

Tutorial06.java

Java Code

/*
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
 * to you 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.
 */

package jena.examples.rdf ;

import org.apache.jena.rdf.model.*;
import org.apache.jena.util.FileManager;
import org.apache.jena.vocabulary.*;

import java.io.*;

/** Tutorial navigating a model
 */
public class Tutorial06 extends Object {
    
    static final String inputFileName = "vc-db-1.rdf";
    static final String johnSmithURI = "http://somewhere/JohnSmith";
    
    public static void main (String args[]) {
        // create an empty model
        Model model = ModelFactory.createDefaultModel();
       
        // use the FileManager to find the input file
        InputStream in = FileManager.get().open(inputFileName);
        if (in == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException( "File: " + inputFileName + " not found");
        }
        
        // read the RDF/XML file
        model.read(new InputStreamReader(in), "");
        
        // retrieve the Adam Smith vcard resource from the model
        Resource vcard = model.getResource(johnSmithURI);

        // retrieve the value of the N property
        Resource name = (Resource) vcard.getRequiredProperty(VCARD.N)
                                        .getObject();
        // retrieve the given name property
        String fullName = vcard.getRequiredProperty(VCARD.FN)
                               .getString();
        // add two nick name properties to vcard
        vcard.addProperty(VCARD.NICKNAME, "Smithy")
             .addProperty(VCARD.NICKNAME, "Adman");
        
        // set up the output
        System.out.println("The nicknames of \"" + fullName + "\" are:");
        // list the nicknames
        StmtIterator iter = vcard.listProperties(VCARD.NICKNAME);
        while (iter.hasNext()) {
            System.out.println("    " + iter.nextStatement().getObject()
                                            .toString());
        }
    }
}

Try it!

./ct 06
compiling Tutorial 06
running Tutorial 06
The nicknames of "John Smith" are:
    Adman
    Smithy

Tutorial07.java

Java Code

/*
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
 * to you 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.
 */

package jena.examples.rdf ;

import org.apache.jena.rdf.model.*;
import org.apache.jena.util.FileManager;
import org.apache.jena.vocabulary.*;

import java.io.*;

/** Tutorial 7 - selecting the VCARD resources
 */
public class Tutorial07 extends Object {
    
    static final String inputFileName = "vc-db-1.rdf";
    
    public static void main (String args[]) {
        // create an empty model
        Model model = ModelFactory.createDefaultModel();
       
        // use the FileManager to find the input file
        InputStream in = FileManager.get().open(inputFileName);
        if (in == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException( "File: " + inputFileName + " not found");
        }
        
        // read the RDF/XML file
        model.read( in, "");
        
        // select all the resources with a VCARD.FN property
        ResIterator iter = model.listResourcesWithProperty(VCARD.FN);
        if (iter.hasNext()) {
            System.out.println("The database contains vcards for:");
            while (iter.hasNext()) {
                System.out.println("  " + iter.nextResource()
                                              .getRequiredProperty(VCARD.FN)
                                              .getString() );
            }
        } else {
            System.out.println("No vcards were found in the database");
        }            
    }
}

Try it !

compiling Tutorial 07
running Tutorial 07
The database contains vcards for:
  Sarah Jones
  John Smith
  Matt Jones
  Becky Smith

Tutorial08.java

Java Code

/*
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
 * to you 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.
 */

package jena.examples.rdf ;

import org.apache.jena.rdf.model.*;
import org.apache.jena.util.FileManager;
import org.apache.jena.vocabulary.*;

import java.io.*;


/** Tutorial 8 - demonstrate Selector methods
 */
public class Tutorial08 extends Object {
    
    static final String inputFileName = "vc-db-1.rdf";
    
    public static void main (String args[]) {
        // create an empty model
        Model model = ModelFactory.createDefaultModel();
       
        // use the FileManager to find the input file
        InputStream in = FileManager.get().open(inputFileName);
        if (in == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException( "File: " + inputFileName + " not found");
        }
        
        // read the RDF/XML file
        model.read( in, "" );
        
        // select all the resources with a VCARD.FN property
        // whose value ends with "Smith"
        StmtIterator iter = model.listStatements(
            new 
                SimpleSelector(null, VCARD.FN, (RDFNode) null) {
                    @Override
                    public boolean selects(Statement s) {
                            return s.getString().endsWith("Smith");
                    }
                });
        if (iter.hasNext()) {
            System.out.println("The database contains vcards for:");
            while (iter.hasNext()) {
                System.out.println("  " + iter.nextStatement()
                                              .getString());
            }
        } else {
            System.out.println("No Smith's were found in the database");
        }            
    }
}

Try it !

./ct 08
compiling Tutorial 08
running Tutorial 08
The database contains vcards for:
  Becky Smith
  John Smith

Apache Jena

Contents

Setting up an Apache Jena instance and loading some data

Script to download Apache jena and load initial data with tdb2.tdbloader

RDF API Tutorial examples

Script to compile and run tutorial examples

Tutorial03.java

Java Code

Trying it

Tutorial04.java

Java Code

Trying it

Tutorial05.java

Java Code

Try it!

Tutorial06.java

Java Code

Try it!

Tutorial07.java

Java Code

Try it !

Tutorial08.java

Java Code

Try it !

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