CDM Library Development Resources¶

This page holds information and resources for developing the CDM Library. For a general introcution to the CDM Library and basic setup instructions please see: http://wp5.e-taxonomy.eu/cdmlib

• Table of contents
• CDM Library Development Resources
  • Conventions & Policies
  • Discussion
  • cdmlib-remote RESTful services
  • Tests
  • Development Hints
  • External Resources / Links
    • Hibernate
    • Spring 2.0 Framework
    • Domain Models
      • Property Change
    • Useful Patterns
    • Aspect Oriented Programming

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Conventions & Policies¶

• CdmLibraryConventions

• CDM Release, Versioning & Branch Policy

Discussion¶

• CdmBrainstorm - problems & ideas for the future of the CDM

• CdmLibraryFreetextSearch

• HibernateSpringAndRowlevelSecurity

• CdmAuthorisationAndAccessControl

cdmlib-remote RESTful services¶

• CdmServerReadWriteRest

• REST API reference, Object Boundaries, Localization, Content Negotiation, Character Encoding

• Bean/Entity Initialization

• On the serialization of CDM entities in the cdmlib-remote RESTful services

Tests¶

• IntegrationTests - Testing java code using Maven and Unitils

• IntegrationTests - how to write tests and how to generate test data for them

Development Hints¶

• CdmEntityInitalization

• CdmLibraryCaveats

• HowTo Create a Term Vocabulary

• MavenCdmUpdate

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External Resources / Links¶

Hibernate¶

• Hibernate works with most current RDBMS. See supported databases

• On CascadeType.DELETE and CascadeType=DELETE_ORPHAN

Spring 2.0 Framework¶

We use the Spring 2.0 framework to develop the library and keep the coupling of components low.

• Spring2.0 Documentation

• Introduction to the Spring Framework

• Die Rückkehr der POJOs. Das Spring-Framework: leichtgewichtiges Komponentenmodell als Alternative zu EJB

Domain Models¶

• Domain Models and Validation. An Architectural Discussion

• Avoiding anemic domain models with Hibernate

• Business Object Pattern

• AnemicDomainModel Anti Pattern

Property Change¶

• http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/06/02/desktop.html

• http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t19476.html

Useful Patterns¶

• ApplicationService Pattern

Aspect Oriented Programming¶

We use AspectJ to implement the change property crosscutting concern:

• AspectJ

  • http://today.java.net/pub/a/today/2005/12/15/writing-mixins-with-aop.html

• JBoss AOP

  • http://www.damnhandy.com/javabean-aspect/

• Spring AOP

  • http://forum.springframework.org/archive/index.php/t-13293.html
  • http://forum.springframework.com/viewtopic.php?t=301