Rapid RESTful Web Applications with Apache Sling and Jackrabbit

Rapid RESTful Web Applications with Apache Sling and Jackrabbit
headwire.com, Inc, Craig S. Dickson, Ruben Reusser

Speakers
Craig S Dickson
craig@craigsdickson.com
Ruben Reusser
headwire.com, Inc
rr@headwire.com

Agenda
What is
Apache Jackrabbit/JCR170 and 283
Apache Sling
Demo Application

What does Jackrabbit Provide?
JCR 170/283 repository
Hierarchical Storage of Data
Versioning
Query Language
Search
Security
Pluggable Persistence Manager

Hierarchical Storage of Data
root
apps
data
content
sling:resourceType
jcr:title

Query Language
select * from nt:base where jcr:path like ‘/data/%’

Search
Select * from nt:base where contains(*, ‘hello world’)
Query is executed with apache lucene and result snippets are automatically provided.

Security
By default path based security, respected by search and access to the repository
Allows for row level security per user

Pluggable Persistence Manager
Jackrabbit can store data on:
File System
Database
Oracle
Derby
MySQL
DB2
MS SQL Server
Persistence Manager is pluggable, new persistence managers can be written

What does Sling Provide?
RESTful framework to access and develop
OSGi (Felix)
Script execution and resolution
Multiple programming languages
WebDav

RESTful framework to access and develop

Script execution and resolution
Primary Resource Type is used to find corresponding script in /apps
Each resource type can provide a script for any VERB (GET/PUT/DELETE)
Each resource type can provide a script for any extension and selector
Index.html, index.json, index.hello.html
Out of the box supported languages:
JSP, ECMA Script, Groovy, Scala, Java

Why Rapid?
Easy to create forms
Easy to store/retrieve data
Script Engine
Content Driven
Developer works on extending the engine and not on Individual page

DEMO
Add a Form
Create the Data
Render a list of the Data
View the Data
Update the Data
Delete the Data

Ready for Prime Time?
Sling/Jackrabbit are the backbone of multiple CMS and other applications
Examples:
Adobe ADEP/WEM
Magnolia
Jahia
…

More Information
http://sling.apache.org
http://jackrabbit.apache.org

Questions?
Craig S Dickson
craig@craigsdickson.com
http://www.craigsdickson.com
Ruben Reusser
headwire.com, Inc
rr@headwire.com
http://www.headwire.com

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Rapid RESTful Web Applications with Apache Sling and Jackrabbit

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