LDClient JSON Module

This module supports LDClient module to process JSON data. The JSON module is part of the LDClient Core. It offers support for retrieving JSON resources (of any type) using the Jayway Json Path library.

Implementing a data provider that uses JSON to retrieve resource data requires subclassing the class AbstractJSONDataProvider. This class implements the retrieveResource(...) method of DataProvider, but requires subclasses to implement the following classes:

• Map<String, JsonPathValueMapper> getMappings(String resource, String requestUrl): a mapping table, mapping from RDF properties to JSON Path Value Mappers. Each entry in the map is evaluated in turn; in case the JSON Path expression yields a result, the property is added to the processed resource. See the Json Path Jayway notation
• List<String> getTypes(URI resource): should return a list of URIs that are added as RDF types (using rdf:type) to each retrieved resource
• List<String> buildRequestUrl(String resourceUri, Endpoint endpoint): build the URLs used for accessing the actual resource data through a web service; in the most simple case, this can simply be the same as the resource URI, but in most real-world scenarios you will need to do some sort of rewriting.

Getting started

For Maven users, you can add the dependency in your POM file in the following way:

    <dependency>
        <groupId>ec.edu.cedia.redi</groupId>
        <artifactId>ldclient-provider-json</artifactId>
        <version>1.0.0</version>
    </dependency>

    <repositories>
        <repository>
            <id>ldclient-provider-json</id>
            <name>LDClient Provider: JSON Resource Access</name>
            <url>https://raw.github.com/ucuenca/ldclient-provider-json/repository/</url>
        </repository>
    </repositories>