Class DataStore

java.lang.Object
org.apache.sis.storage.DataStore
All Implemented Interfaces:
AutoCloseable, Resource, Localized
Direct Known Subclasses:
GeoTiffStore, LandsatStore, SQLStore, Store, URIDataStore

public abstract class DataStore extends Object implements Resource, Localized, AutoCloseable
Manages a series of features, coverages or sensor data. Different DataStore subclasses exist for different formats (netCDF, GeoTIFF, etc.). The supported format can be identified by the provider.

Each data store is itself a Resource. The data store subclasses should implement a more specialized Resource interface depending on the format characteristics. For example, a DataStore for ShapeFiles will implement the FeatureSet interface, while a DataStore for netCDF files will implement the Aggregate interface.

Thread safety policy

Data stores should be thread-safe, but their synchronization lock is implementation-dependent. This base class uses only the synchronized keyword, applied on the following methods: Since above properties are used only for information purpose, concurrent modifications during a read or write operation should be harmless. Consequently, subclasses are free use their own synchronization mechanism instead than synchronized(this) lock.
Since:
0.3
Version:
1.3
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  • Field Details

    • provider

      protected final DataStoreProvider provider
      The factory that created this DataStore instance, or null if unspecified. This information can be useful for fetching information common to all DataStore instances of the same class.
      Since:
      0.8
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    • name

      private final String name
      The store name (typically filename) for formatting error messages, or null if unknown. Shall not be used as an identifier.
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    • locale

      private Locale locale
      The locale to use for formatting warnings. This is not the locale for formatting data in the storage.
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    • listeners

      protected final StoreListeners listeners
      The set of registered StoreListeners for this data store.
  • Constructor Details

    • DataStore

      protected DataStore()
      Creates a new instance with no provider and initially no listener.
    • DataStore

      protected DataStore(DataStoreProvider provider, StorageConnector connector) throws DataStoreException
      Creates a new instance for the given storage (typically file or database). The provider argument is an optional but recommended information. The connector argument is mandatory.
      Parameters:
      provider - the factory that created this DataStore instance, or null if unspecified.
      connector - information about the storage (URL, stream, reader instance, etc).
      Throws:
      DataStoreException - if an error occurred while creating the data store for the given storage.
      Since:
      0.8
    • DataStore

      protected DataStore(DataStore parent, DataStoreProvider provider, StorageConnector connector, boolean hidden) throws DataStoreException
      Creates a new instance as a child of another data store instance. Events will be sent not only to registered listeners of this DataStore, but also to listeners of the parent data store. Each listener will be notified only once, even if the same listener is registered in the two places.
      Parameters:
      parent - the parent that contains this new DataStore component, or null if none.
      provider - the factory that created this DataStore instance, or null if unspecified.
      connector - information about the storage (URL, stream, reader instance, etc).
      hidden - true if this store will not be directly accessible from the parent. It is the case if this store is an Aggregate and the parent store will expose only some components of the aggregate instead of the aggregate itself.
      Throws:
      DataStoreException - if an error occurred while creating the data store for the given storage.
      Since:
      1.1
  • Method Details

    • getProvider

      public DataStoreProvider getProvider()
      Returns the factory that created this DataStore instance. The provider gives additional information on this DataStore such as a format description and a list of parameters that can be used for opening data stores of the same class.

      The return value should never be null if this DataStore has been created by DataStores.open(Object) or by a DataStoreProvider open(…) method. However, it may be null if this object has been instantiated by a direct call to its constructor.

      Returns:
      the factory that created this DataStore instance, or null if unspecified.
      Since:
      0.8
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    • getOpenParameters

      public abstract Optional<org.opengis.parameter.ParameterValueGroup> getOpenParameters()
      Returns the parameters used to open this data store. The collection of legal parameters is implementation-dependent (their description is given by DataStoreProvider.getOpenParameters()), but should contain at least a parameter named "location" with a URI, Path or DataSource value.

      In the event a data store must be closed and reopened later, those parameters can be stored in a file or database and used for creating a new store later.

      In some cases, for stores reading in-memory data or other inputs that cannot fit with ParameterDescriptorGroup requirements (for example an InputStream connected to unknown or no URL), this method may return an empty value.

      Returns:
      parameters used for opening this DataStore.
      Since:
      0.8
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    • setLocale

      public void setLocale(Locale locale)
      Sets the locale to use for formatting warnings and other messages. In a client-server architecture, it should be the locale on the client side.

      This locale is used on a best-effort basis; whether messages will honor this locale or not depends on the code that logged warnings or threw exceptions. In Apache SIS implementation, this locale has better chances to be honored by the DataStoreException.getLocalizedMessage() method rather than getMessage(). See getLocalizedMessage() javadoc for more information.

      Parameters:
      locale - the new locale to use.
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    • getLocale

      public Locale getLocale()
      The locale to use for formatting warnings and other messages. This locale is for user interfaces only – it has no effect on the data to be read or written from/to the data store.

      The default value is the system default locale.

      Specified by:
      getLocale in interface Localized
      Returns:
      the locale, or null if not explicitly defined.
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    • getDisplayName

      public String getDisplayName()
      Returns a short name or label for this data store. The returned name can be used in user interfaces or in error messages. It may be a title in natural language, but should be relatively short. The name may be localized in the language specified by the value of getLocale() if this data store is capable to produce a name in various languages.

      This name should not be used as an identifier since there is no guarantee that the name is unique among data stores, and no guarantee that the name is the same in all locales. The name may also contain any Unicode characters, including characters usually not allowed in identifiers like white spaces.

      This method should never throw an exception since it may be invoked for producing error messages, in which case throwing an exception here would hide the original exception.

      This method differs from getIdentifier() in that it is typically a file name known at construction time instead of a property read from metadata. Default implementation returns the StorageConnector.getStorageName() value, or null if this data store has been created by the no-argument constructor. Subclasses should override this method if they can provide a better name.

      Returns:
      a short name of label for this data store, or null if unknown.
      Since:
      0.8
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    • getIdentifier

      public Optional<org.opengis.util.GenericName> getIdentifier() throws DataStoreException
      Returns an identifier for the root resource of this data store, or an empty value if none. If this data store contains many resources (as in an Aggregate), the returned identifier shall be different than the identifiers of those child resources. In other words, the following equality shall hold without ambiguity: Note that this identifier is not guaranteed to be unique between different DataStore instances; it only needs to be unique among the resources provided by this data store instance.

      Default implementation

      The default implementation searches for an identifier in the metadata, at the location shown below, provided that conditions are met:

      Path: metadata / identificationInfo / citation / identifier

      Condition: in default implementation, the identifier is presents only if exactly one citation is found at above path. If two or more citation instances are found, the identification is considered ambiguous and an empty value is returned.

      Selection: the first identifier implementing the GenericName interface is returned. If there is no such identifier, then a NamedIdentifier is created from the first identifier. If there is no identifier at all, then an empty value is returned.

      Subclasses are encouraged to override this method with more efficient implementations.
      Specified by:
      getIdentifier in interface Resource
      Returns:
      an identifier for the root resource of this data store.
      Throws:
      DataStoreException - if an error occurred while fetching the identifier.
      Since:
      1.0
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    • getMetadata

      public abstract org.opengis.metadata.Metadata getMetadata() throws DataStoreException
      Returns information about the data store as a whole. The returned metadata object can contain information such as the spatiotemporal extent of all contained resources, contact information about the creator or distributor, data quality, update frequency, usage constraints, file format and more.
      Specified by:
      getMetadata in interface Resource
      Returns:
      information about resources in the data store. Should not be null.
      Throws:
      DataStoreException - if an error occurred while reading the metadata.
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    • getNativeMetadata

      public Optional<TreeTable> getNativeMetadata() throws DataStoreException
      Returns implementation-specific metadata. The structure of those metadata varies for each file format. The standard metadata should be preferred since they allow abstraction of format details, but those native metadata are sometimes useful when an information is not provided by the standard metadata.

      The tree table should contain at least the following columns:

      The TableColumn.NAME of the root node should be a format name such as "NetCDF" or "GeoTIFF". That name should be short since it may be used in widget as a designation of implementation-specific details.
      Returns:
      resources information structured in an implementation-specific way.
      Throws:
      DataStoreException - if an error occurred while reading the metadata.
      Since:
      1.1
    • findResource

      public Resource findResource(String identifier) throws DataStoreException
      Searches for a resource identified by the given identifier. The given identifier should be the string representation of the return value of Resource.getIdentifier() on the desired resource. Implementation may also accept aliases for convenience. For example if the full name of a resource is "foo:bar", then this method may accept "bar" as a synonymous of "foo:bar" provided that it is unambiguous.

      The default implementation verifies if above criterion apply to this DataStore (which is itself a resource), then iterates recursively over Aggregate components if this data store is an aggregate. If a match is found without ambiguity, the associated resource is returned. Otherwise an exception is thrown. Subclasses are encouraged to override this method with a more efficient implementation.

      Parameters:
      identifier - identifier of the resource to fetch. Must be non-null.
      Returns:
      resource associated to the given identifier (never null).
      Throws:
      IllegalNameException - if no resource is found for the given identifier, or if more than one resource is found.
      DataStoreException - if another kind of error occurred while searching resources.
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    • findResource

      private Resource findResource(String identifier, Resource candidate, Map<Resource,Boolean> visited) throws DataStoreException
      Recursively searches for a resource identified by the given identifier. This is the implementation of findResource(String).
      Parameters:
      identifier - identifier of the resource to fetch.
      candidate - a resource to compare against the identifier.
      visited - resources visited so-far, for avoiding never-ending loops if cycles exist.
      Returns:
      resource associated to the given identifier, or null if not found.
      Throws:
      DataStoreException
    • addListener

      public <T extends StoreEvent> void addListener(Class<T> eventType, StoreListener<? super T> listener)
      Registers a listener to notify when the specified kind of event occurs in this data store or in a resource. The data store will call the StoreListener.eventOccured(StoreEvent) method when new events matching the eventType occur. An event may be a change in data store content or structure, or a warning that occurred during a read or write operation.

      Registering a listener for a given eventType also register the listener for all event sub-types. The same listener can be registered many times, but its StoreListener.eventOccured(StoreEvent) method will be invoked only once per event. This filtering applies even if the listener is registered on individual resources of this data store.

      If this data store may produce events of the given type, then the given listener is kept by strong reference; it will not be garbage collected unless explicitly removed or unless this DataStore is itself garbage collected. However if the given type of events can never happen with this data store, then this method is not required to keep a reference to the given listener.

      Warning events

      If eventType is assignable from WarningEvent.class, then registering that listener turns off logging of warning messages for this data store. This side-effect is applied on the assumption that the registered listener will handle warnings in its own way, for example by showing warnings in a widget.
      Specified by:
      addListener in interface Resource
      Type Parameters:
      T - compile-time value of the eventType argument.
      Parameters:
      eventType - type of StoreEvent to listen (cannot be null).
      listener - listener to notify about events.
      Since:
      1.0
    • removeListener

      public <T extends StoreEvent> void removeListener(Class<T> eventType, StoreListener<? super T> listener)
      Unregisters a listener previously added to this data store for the given type of events. The eventType must be the exact same class than the one given to the addListener(…) method; this method does not remove listeners registered for subclasses and does not remove listeners registered in children resources.

      If the same listener has been registered many times for the same even type, then this method removes only the most recent registration. In other words if addListener(type, ls) has been invoked twice, then removeListener(type, ls) needs to be invoked twice in order to remove all instances of that listener. If the given listener is not found, then this method does nothing (no exception is thrown).

      Warning events

      If eventType is WarningEvent.class and if, after this method invocation, there are no remaining listeners for warning events, then this DataStore will send future warnings to the loggers.
      Specified by:
      removeListener in interface Resource
      Type Parameters:
      T - compile-time value of the eventType argument.
      Parameters:
      eventType - type of StoreEvent which were listened (cannot be null).
      listener - listener to stop notifying about events.
      Since:
      1.0
    • close

      public abstract void close() throws DataStoreException
      Closes this data store and releases any underlying resources. A CloseEvent is sent to listeners before the data store is closed.

      Note for implementers

      Implementations should invoke listeners.close() on their first line for sending notification to all listeners before the data store is actually closed.
      Specified by:
      close in interface AutoCloseable
      Throws:
      DataStoreException - if an error occurred while closing this data store.
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    • toString

      public String toString()
      Returns a string representation of this data store for debugging purpose. The content of the string returned by this method may change in any future SIS version.
      Overrides:
      toString in class Object
      Returns:
      a string representation of this data store for debugging purpose.