rails + jcr

JCR + Rails = ?

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Who Am I

WPC

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10 years of programming life: C++ -> Prolog -> more C++ -> java, C++ -> Java -> Ruby -> Ruby + JS -> Ruby, JS, java

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What Is This Presentation About

Introduction Java Content Repository

A small framework help using it in JRuby Rails

What it is interesting about

Where to use it



So, what the heck is Content Repository?


A content repository is a hierarchical content store with support for structured and unstructured content


From Rakesh Vidyadharan


a lot of interesting features include:

Full text searchVersioningTransactionsRepository level observationQuery LanguageSecurity controlImport/Export/Merge…

And more


Java Content Repository = JSR170 / JSR283

Open Source Implementation = Apache Jackrabbit


Using JRuby to Access the Repository


What it can bring to Rails?


Flexible Schema Free Record


Built-in full text search support (using Lucene)


And powerful versioning function


And robust hierarchy storage


Xpath or SQL as Query language


User defined Node Type


More

Concurrent EditingBuilt-in access controlRepository ObservationExport/Import as XML formatData store support


Concerns:

PerformanceScalabilityMaintainability…


Resources

JSR 170 & JSR 283

Jackrabbit

Modeling http://wiki.apache.org/jackrabbit/DavidsModel


Related code is pushed to

http://github.com/wpc/jcr-rails-demo

PS: Don’t use it in production

http://github.com/wpc/jcr-rails-demo


Hey, the spike is far not finished yet

Drop me a mail if you are interested in

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Q & A

rails + jcr

Technology

c java

ruby ruby

hierarchical content

js ruby

c prolog

text search support

jackrabbitmodeling http

apache jackrabbit9