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Posted to commits@marmotta.apache.org by ja...@apache.org on 2013/02/21 16:30:45 UTC

[19/55] MARMOTTA-106: renamed packages in sesame-facading

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-/**
- * Copyright (C) 2013 Salzburg Research.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package at.newmedialab.sesame.facading.util;
-
-import at.newmedialab.sesame.facading.model.Facade;
-
-import org.apache.marmotta.commons.util.DateUtils;
-import org.openrdf.model.Resource;
-import org.openrdf.model.Value;
-
-import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
-import java.text.ParseException;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.Locale;
-
-/**
- * @author Sebastian Schaffert
- *
- */
-public class FacadeUtils {
-
-    /**
-     * Check whether a type is a Facade, i.e. inherits from the {@link Facade} interface
-     * 
-     * @param <C>
-     * @param clazz
-     * @return
-     */
-    public static <C> boolean isFacade(Class<C> clazz) {
-        return Facade.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Check whether a type is a {@link Value}.
-     * 
-     * @param <C>
-     * @param clazz
-     * @return
-     */
-    public static <C> boolean isValue(Class<C> clazz) {
-        return Value.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Check whether a type is a {@link Resource}.
-     * 
-     * @param <C>
-     * @param clazz
-     * @return
-     */
-    public static <C> boolean isResource(Class<C> clazz) {
-        return Resource.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Check whether a type is a {@link Facade}, i.e. the type or one of its superinterfaces has the
-     * {@link Facade} annotation.
-     * 
-     * @param <C>
-     * @param clazz
-     * @return
-     */
-    public static <C> boolean isFacadeAnnotationPresent(Class<C> clazz, Class<? extends Annotation> annotation) {
-        if (clazz.isAnnotationPresent(annotation)) {
-            return true;
-        } else {
-            for(final Class<?> iface : clazz.getInterfaces()) {
-                if(iface.isAnnotationPresent(annotation)) {
-                    return true;
-                }
-            }
-            if (clazz.getSuperclass() != null) {
-                return isFacadeAnnotationPresent(clazz.getSuperclass(),annotation);
-            }
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    public static <C extends Annotation,D> C getFacadeAnnotation(Class<D> clazz, Class<C> annotation) {
-        if (clazz.isAnnotationPresent(annotation)) {
-            return clazz.getAnnotation(annotation);
-        } else {
-            for(final Class<?> iface : clazz.getInterfaces()) {
-                if(iface.isAnnotationPresent(annotation)) {
-                    return iface.getAnnotation(annotation);
-                }
-            }
-            if (clazz.getSuperclass() != null) {
-                return getFacadeAnnotation(clazz.getSuperclass(),annotation);
-            }
-            return null;
-        }
-
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Returns true if the <code>clazz</code> argument is a {@link Facade}, otherwise it returns
-     * false.
-     * 
-     * @param in
-     *            the argument to test.
-     * @return true if the <code>clazz</code> argument is a {@link Facade}.
-     */
-    public static boolean isFacade(Object in) {
-
-        if (in == null) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        final Class<?> clazz = in.getClass();
-        final boolean result = isFacade(clazz);
-
-        return result;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Check whether a type is a collection (List, Set, ...).
-     *
-     * @param <C> the type of the class modeled by the
-     *            <code>clazz</code> argument Class object. For
-     *            example, the type of String.class is Class
-     *            &lt;String&gt;
-     * @param clazz the type to test.
-     * @return true if the type to test is a a type is a
-     *         collection (List, Set, ...).
-     */
-    public static <C> boolean isCollection(Class<C> clazz) {
-
-        if (clazz == null) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        return Collection.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Returns true if the <code>clazz</code> argument is a:
-     * <ul>
-     * <li>a primitive
-     * <li>a primitive wrapper
-     * <li>a java.lang.Locale class
-     * <li>a java.lang.Date class
-     * <li>a java.lang.String class
-     * </ul>
-     * otherwise it returns false.
-     * 
-     * @param <C>
-     *            the type of the class modeled by the <code>clazz</code> argument Class object. For
-     *            example, the type of String.class is Class &lt;String&gt.
-     * @param clazz
-     *            the argument to test.
-     * @return true if the <code>clazz</code> argument is a primitive, primitive wrapper, locale,
-     *         date or String.
-     */
-    public static <C> boolean isBaseType(Class<C> clazz) {
-
-        if (clazz == null) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        final boolean isPrimitive = clazz.isPrimitive();
-        if (isPrimitive) {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        // if I compare the Locale.class with the clazz argument
-        // I can avoid the infamous case when the clazz is null,
-        // the Locale.class.equals(null) is false, always - at
-        // least this sustains the theory. The same logic for
-        // the other equals realtions.
-        final boolean isLocale = Locale.class.equals(clazz);
-        if (isLocale) {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        final boolean isDate = Date.class.equals(clazz);
-        if (isDate) {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        final boolean isString = String.class.equals(clazz);
-        if (isString) {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        final boolean isBoolean = Boolean.class.equals(clazz);
-        if (isBoolean) {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        final Class<? super C> superClass = clazz.getSuperclass();
-        final boolean isNumber = Number.class.equals(superClass);
-        if (isNumber) {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        // even if the char is a primitive is not a number
-        final boolean isCharacter = Character.class.equals(clazz);
-        if (isCharacter) {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns true if the <code>clazz</code> argument is a:
-     * <ul>
-     * <li>a primitive
-     * <li>a primitive wrapper
-     * </ul>
-     * otherwise it returns false.
-     *
-     * @param <C> the type of the class modeled by the
-     *            <code>clazz</code> argument Class object. For
-     *            example, the type of String.class is Class
-     *            &lt;String&gt.
-     * @param clazz the argument to test.
-     * @return true if the <code>clazz</code> argument is a
-     *         primitive or primitive wrapper.
-     */
-    public static <C> boolean isPrimitive(Class<C> clazz) {
-
-        if (clazz == null) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        final boolean isPrimitive = clazz.isPrimitive();
-        if (isPrimitive) {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        // even if the char is a primitive is not a number
-        final boolean isCharacter = Character.class.equals(clazz);
-        if (isCharacter) {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        final Class<? super C> superClass = clazz.getSuperclass();
-        final boolean isNumber = Number.class.equals(superClass);
-        if (isNumber) {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns true if the <code>in</code> argument is a:
-     * <ul>
-     * <li>a primitive
-     * <li>a primitive wrapper
-     * </ul>
-     * otherwise it returns false.
-     *
-     * @param in the argument to test.
-     * @return true if the <code>clazz</code> argument is a
-     *         primitive or primitive wrapper.
-     */
-    public static boolean isPrimitive(Object in) {
-        if (in == null) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        final Class<?> clazz = in.getClass();
-        return isPrimitive(clazz);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Transform a value passed as string to the base type (i.e. non-complex type) given as argument
-     *
-     * @param <T>
-     * @param value
-     * @param returnType
-     * @return
-     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
-     */
-    public static <T> T transformToBaseType(String value, Class<T> returnType) throws IllegalArgumentException {
-        // transformation to appropriate primitive type
-        if(Integer.class.equals(returnType) || int.class.equals(returnType)) {
-            if(value == null) {
-                return returnType.cast(0);
-            }
-            return returnType.cast(Integer.parseInt(value));
-        } else if(Long.class.equals(returnType) || long.class.equals(returnType)) {
-            if(value == null) {
-                return returnType.cast(0L);
-            }
-            return returnType.cast(Long.parseLong(value));
-        } else if(Double.class.equals(returnType) || double.class.equals(returnType)) {
-            if(value == null) {
-                return returnType.cast(0.0);
-            }
-            return returnType.cast(Double.parseDouble(value));
-        } else if(Float.class.equals(returnType) || float.class.equals(returnType)) {
-            if(value == null) {
-                return returnType.cast(0.0F);
-            }
-            return returnType.cast(Float.parseFloat(value));
-        } else if(Byte.class.equals(returnType) || byte.class.equals(returnType)) {
-            if(value == null) {
-                return returnType.cast((byte) 0);
-            }
-            return returnType.cast(Byte.parseByte(value));
-        } else if(Boolean.class.equals(returnType) || boolean.class.equals(returnType)) {
-            return returnType.cast(Boolean.parseBoolean(value));
-        } else if(Character.class.equals(returnType) || char.class.equals(returnType)) {
-            if(value == null) {
-                return null;
-            } else if(value.length() > 0) {
-                return returnType.cast(value.charAt(0));
-            } else {
-                return null;
-            }
-        } else if (Locale.class.equals(returnType)) {
-            if(value == null) {
-                return null;
-            } else {
-                return returnType.cast(new Locale(value));
-            }
-        } else if (Date.class.equals(returnType)) {
-            if(value == null) {
-                return null;
-            } else {
-                try {
-                    return returnType.cast(DateUtils.ISO8601FORMAT.parse(value));
-                } catch (final ParseException e) {
-                    e.printStackTrace();
-                    return null;
-                }
-            }
-        } else if(String.class.equals(returnType)) {
-            return returnType.cast(value);
-        } else {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("primitive type "+returnType.getName()+" not supported by transformation");
-        }
-    }
-
-
-}

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+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Salzburg Research.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading;
+
+import org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.api.Facading;
+import org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.impl.FacadingImpl;
+import org.openrdf.repository.RepositoryConnection;
+
+/**
+ * A factory to simplify the creation of facading services.
+ * <p/>
+ * Author: Sebastian Schaffert
+ */
+public class FacadingFactory {
+
+    /**
+     * Create a facading for an existing repository connection.
+     *
+     * @param connection the repository connection to use for facading
+     * @return a new facading service wrapping the given connection
+     */
+    public static Facading createFacading(RepositoryConnection connection) {
+        return new FacadingImpl(connection);
+    }
+
+}

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+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Salzburg Research.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.annotations;
+
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+
+/**
+ * This annotation indicates that a certain field should be
+ * persisted to the KiWi triple store using the property URI
+ * passed as annotation parameter.<br>
+ * The TripleStore class checks for <b>RDF</b> annotations
+ * during persist and load. <br>
+ * Classes using this annotation must currently implement the
+ * {@link kiwi.core.model.rdf.KiWiEntity} interface, so that the
+ * KnowledgeSpace has access to the resource associated with the
+ * entity.<br>
+ * This is a runtime annotation and it is applicable on fields
+ * and on getter methods.<br>
+ *
+ * @author Sebastian Schaffert
+ * @see kiwi.core.model.rdf.KiWiEntity
+ */
+
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target( {ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD})
+public @interface RDF {
+
+    /**
+     * Return the URI of the RDF predicate to use for the field
+     * or method.
+     *
+     * @returns URI of the RDF predicate to use for the field or
+     *          method.
+     */
+	String[] value();
+}

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+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Salzburg Research.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.annotations;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * This annotation indicates that a certain interface should be
+ * persisted to the KiWi triple store using the context uri and type
+ * for the default context for all implementations of this class.<br>
+ *
+ * @author Stefan Robert
+ */
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target( { ElementType.TYPE } )
+public @interface RDFContext {
+
+    String value();
+}

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+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Salzburg Research.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.annotations;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * Specifies a filter for facades that selects the content items that may be facaded based on the
+ * type of the content item. Only of a content item satisfies all types specified here is it accepted in
+ * a result set.
+ * 
+ * @author Sebastian Schaffert
+ *
+ */
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target( { ElementType.TYPE } )
+public @interface RDFFilter {
+	/**
+	 * The URI of the RDF type to use for the class
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	String[] value();
+
+}

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+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Salzburg Research.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.annotations;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * This annotation indicates that a certain KiWi facade field should be mapped
+ * inversely to a property in the triple store. It is the inverse of the
+ * <code>@RDF</code> annotation, e.g. when using
+ * <code>@RDFInverse("rdfs:subClassOf")</code>, the annotated method returns the
+ * subclasses, while the annotation <code>@RDF("rdfs:subClassOf")</code> would
+ * return the superclasses. Note that <code>@RDFInverse</code> only works on
+ * ObjectProperties; for all other properties it behaves exactly like
+ * <code>@RDF</code>
+ * <p>
+ * The KiWiEntityManager and TripleStore check for the presence of this
+ * annotation on methods and dynamically maps them to queries on the triple
+ * store, using the resource of the annotated interface or class (which must
+ * implement KiWiEntity to provide a getResource() method) as object.
+ * <p>
+ * This is a runtime annotation and it is applicable on getter methods.<br>
+ * <p>
+ * TODO: currently, only KiWiFacades are supported; also, it is currently not
+ * possible to provide {@link @RDF} and {@link @RDFInverse} on the same method
+ * at the same time.
+ * 
+ * @author Sebastian Schaffert
+ */
+
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target( {ElementType.METHOD})
+public @interface RDFInverse {
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the URI of the RDF predicate to use for the field
+	 * or method.
+	 *
+	 * @returns URI of the RDF predicate to use for the field or
+	 *          method.
+	 */
+	String[] value();
+}

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+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Salzburg Research.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.annotations;
+
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+import org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.api.FacadingPredicateBuilder;
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
+public @interface RDFPropertyBuilder {
+
+    Class<? extends FacadingPredicateBuilder> value();
+}

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+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Salzburg Research.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.annotations;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+
+/**
+ * This annotation specifies the RDF-type of an object-class
+ * 
+ * @author Stephanie Stroka
+ *
+ */
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target( { ElementType.TYPE } )
+public @interface RDFType {
+	/**
+	 * The URI of the RDF type to use for the class
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	String[] value();
+}

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+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Salzburg Research.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.api;
+
+import org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.model.Facade;
+import org.openrdf.model.Resource;
+import org.openrdf.model.URI;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+/**
+ * Offers methods for loading and proxying KiWiFacades. A KiWi Facade is an interface that defines a Java
+ * object with convenient Java methods around a KiWiResource and makes it possible to use RDF properties like
+ * Java Bean properties from inside Java.
+ * <p/>
+ * The facading service is used by many other services, e.g. ContentItemService and TaggingService, to provide
+ * access on a higher level than raw RDF resources.
+ *
+ *
+ * <p/>
+ * User: sschaffe
+ */
+public interface Facading {
+
+    /**
+     * Create an instance of C that facades the resource given as argument using the @RDF annotations provided
+     * to the getter or setter methods of Cto map to properties of the resource in the triple store.
+     *
+     *
+     * @param r the resource to facade
+     * @param type the facade type as a class
+     * @return
+     */
+    public <C extends Facade> C createFacade(Resource r, Class<C> type);
+
+    /**
+     * Create an instance of C that facades the resource given as argument using the @RDF annotations provided
+     * to the getter or setter methods of Cto map to properties of the resource in the triple store.
+     * Additionally, it puts the facade into the given context.
+     * This is useful if the @RDFContext annotation for Facades is not applicable.
+     * E.g. if the context is dynamically generated.
+     *
+     *
+     * @param r the resource to facade
+     * @param type the facade type as a class
+     * @param context the context into which the facade should be put
+     * @return
+     */
+    public <C extends Facade> C createFacade(Resource r, Class<C> type, URI context);
+
+    /**
+     * Create a collection of instances of C that facade the resources given in the collection passed as argument.
+     * The facade uses the @RDF annotations provided to the getter or setter methods of C. The returned collection
+     * is of the same kind as the passed collection.
+     *
+     *
+     * @param list the collection containing the resources to facade
+     * @param type the facade type as a class
+     * @return
+     */
+    public <C extends Facade> Collection<C> createFacade(Collection<? extends Resource> list, Class<C> type);
+
+    /**
+     * Create an instance of C that facades the resource identified by the uri given as argument, using the @RDF
+     * annotations provided to the getter or setter methods of C to map to properties of the resource in the triple
+     * store.
+     *
+     * @param uri the uri of the resource to facade
+     * @param type the facade type as a class
+     * @param <C> the facade type as a generic parameter
+     * @return
+     */
+    public <C extends Facade> C createFacade(String uri, Class<C> type);
+
+    /**
+     * Check whether the resource fits into the facade.
+     * 
+     *
+     * @param r the resource to check
+     * @param type the facade to check for
+     * @param context limit all checks to this context
+     * @return <code>true</code> if the resource <code>r</code> fulfills all {@link org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.annotations.RDFType} and
+     *         {@link org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.annotations.RDFFilter} requirements of <code>type</code>
+     */
+    public <C extends Facade> boolean isFacadeable(Resource r, Class<C> type, URI context);
+
+    /**
+     * Check whether the resource fits into the facade.
+     * 
+     *
+     * @param r the resource to check
+     * @param type the facade to check for
+     * @return <code>true</code> if the resource <code>r</code> fulfills all {@link org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.annotations.RDFType} and
+     *         {@link org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.annotations.RDFFilter} requirements of <code>type</code>
+     */
+    public <C extends Facade> boolean isFacadeable(Resource r, Class<C> type);
+
+    /**
+     * Create a collection of instances of C that facade the resources given in the collection passed as argument.
+     * The facade uses the {@link org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.annotations.RDF} annotations provided to the getter or setter methods of C. The returned collection
+     * is of the same kind as the passed collection.
+     *
+     *
+     * @param list the collection containing the resources to facade
+     * @param type the facade type as a class
+     * @return
+     */
+    <C extends Facade> Collection<C> createFacade(Collection<? extends Resource> list, Class<C> type, URI context);
+}

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+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Salzburg Research.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.api;
+
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+import org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.impl.FacadingPredicate;
+import org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.model.Facade;
+
+/**
+ * Dynamically create the RDF-property uri for facading.
+ * <p>
+ * <strong>NOTE: All implementations MUST provide either a public no-arg Constructor or a public
+ * static no-arg <code>getInstance()</code>-method!</strong>
+ * <p>
+ * 
+ */
+public interface FacadingPredicateBuilder {
+
+    public FacadingPredicate getFacadingPredicate(String fieldName, Class<? extends Facade> facade, Method method);
+
+}

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+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Salzburg Research.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.impl;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Proxy;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+
+import org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.annotations.RDF;
+import org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.annotations.RDFContext;
+import org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.annotations.RDFFilter;
+import org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.annotations.RDFType;
+import org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.api.Facading;
+import org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.model.Facade;
+import org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.util.FacadeUtils;
+import org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.model.Namespaces;
+import org.openrdf.model.Resource;
+import org.openrdf.model.URI;
+import org.openrdf.repository.RepositoryConnection;
+import org.openrdf.repository.RepositoryException;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+
+/**
+ * Offers methods for loading and proxying Facades. A {@link Facade} is an interface that defines a
+ * Java object with convenient Java methods around a KiWiResource and makes it possible to use RDF
+ * properties like Java Bean properties from inside Java.
+ * <p/>
+ * The facading service is used by many other services, e.g. ContentItemService and TaggingService,
+ * to provide access on a higher level than raw RDF resources.
+ * 
+ * 
+ * <p/>
+ * User: Sebastian Schaffert
+ */
+public class FacadingImpl implements Facading {
+
+    private static Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(FacadingImpl.class);
+
+
+    private final RepositoryConnection connection;
+
+
+    public FacadingImpl(RepositoryConnection connection) {
+        this.connection = connection;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create an instance of C that facades the resource given as argument using the {@link RDF} annotations provided
+     * to the getter or setter methods of Cto map to properties of the resource in the triple store.
+     *
+     *
+     * @param r    the resource to facade
+     * @param type the facade type as a class
+     * @return
+     */
+    @Override
+    public <C extends Facade> C createFacade(Resource r, Class<C> type) {
+        // support @RDFContext annotation in facade
+        URI context = null;
+        if(FacadeUtils.isFacadeAnnotationPresent(type, RDFContext.class)) {
+            String s_context = FacadeUtils.getFacadeAnnotation(type,RDFContext.class).value();
+            context = connection.getValueFactory().createURI(s_context);
+        }
+        return createFacade(r, type, context);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create an instance of C that facades the resource given as argument using the {@link RDF} annotations provided
+     * to the getter or setter methods of Cto map to properties of the resource in the triple store.
+     * Additionally, it puts the facade into the given context, a present {@link RDFContext} annotation is ignored.
+     * This is useful if the {@link RDFContext} annotation for Facades is not applicable,
+     * e.g. if the context is dynamically generated.
+
+     *
+     *
+     * @param r       the resource to facade
+     * @param type    the facade type as a class
+     * @param context the context of the facade
+     * @return
+     */
+    @Override
+    public <C extends Facade> C createFacade(Resource r, Class<C> type, URI context) {
+        if(r == null) {
+            return null;
+        } else if(type.isInterface()) {
+            // if the interface is a Facade, we execute the query and then
+            // create an invocation handler for each result to create proxy objects
+            if(FacadeUtils.isFacade(type)) {
+                try {
+                    // support @RDFType annotation in facade
+                    if(FacadeUtils.isFacadeAnnotationPresent(type,RDFType.class)) {
+                        String[]        a_type = FacadeUtils.getFacadeAnnotation(type,RDFType.class).value();
+                        for(String s_type : a_type) {
+                            URI r_type = connection.getValueFactory().createURI(s_type);
+                            URI p_type = connection.getValueFactory().createURI(Namespaces.NS_RDF + "type");
+                            connection.add(r, p_type, r_type, context);
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    FacadingInvocationHandler handler = new FacadingInvocationHandler(r,context,type,this,connection);
+                    return type.cast(Proxy.newProxyInstance(type.getClassLoader(),
+                            new Class[]{type},
+                            handler));
+                } catch (RepositoryException e) {
+                    log.error("error while accessing triple store",e);
+                    return null;
+                }
+            } else {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("interface passed as parameter is not a Facade (" + type.getCanonicalName() + ")");
+            }
+        } else {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("interface passed as parameter is not a Facade (" + type.getCanonicalName() + ")");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a collection of instances of C that facade the resources given in the collection passed as argument.
+     * The facade uses the {@link RDF} annotations provided to the getter or setter methods of C. The returned collection
+     * is of the same kind as the passed collection.
+     *
+     *
+     * @param list the collection containing the resources to facade
+     * @param type the facade type as a class
+     * @return
+     */
+    @Override
+    public <C extends Facade> Collection<C> createFacade(Collection<? extends Resource> list, Class<C> type) {
+        URI context = null;
+        if(FacadeUtils.isFacadeAnnotationPresent(type, RDFContext.class)) {
+            String s_context = FacadeUtils.getFacadeAnnotation(type,RDFContext.class).value();
+            context = connection.getValueFactory().createURI(s_context);
+        }
+        return createFacade(list, type, context);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a collection of instances of C that facade the resources given in the collection passed as argument.
+     * The facade uses the {@link RDF} annotations provided to the getter or setter methods of C. The returned collection
+     * is of the same kind as the passed collection.
+     *
+     *
+     * @param list the collection containing the resources to facade
+     * @param type the facade type as a class
+     * @return
+     */
+    @Override
+    public <C extends Facade> Collection<C> createFacade(Collection<? extends Resource> list, Class<C> type, URI context) {
+        log.debug("createFacadeList: creating {} facade over {} content items",type.getName(),list.size());
+        LinkedList<C> result = new LinkedList<C>();
+        if(type.isAnnotationPresent(RDFFilter.class)) {
+            try {
+                final URI p_type = connection.getValueFactory().createURI(Namespaces.NS_RDF + "type");
+
+                // if the RDFType annotation is present, filter out content items that are of the wrong type
+                LinkedList<URI> acceptable_types = new LinkedList<URI>();
+                if(FacadeUtils.isFacadeAnnotationPresent(type,RDFFilter.class)) {
+                    String[]        a_type = FacadeUtils.getFacadeAnnotation(type,RDFFilter.class).value();
+                    for(String s_type : a_type) {
+                        URI r_type = connection.getValueFactory().createURI(s_type);
+                        acceptable_types.add(r_type);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // add facades for all content items to the result list
+                for(Resource item : list) {
+                    boolean accept = acceptable_types.size() == 0; // true for empty filter
+                    for(URI rdf_type : acceptable_types) {
+                        if(connection.hasStatement(item, p_type, rdf_type, true)) {
+                            accept = true;
+                            log.debug("accepting resource #0 because type matches (#1)",item.toString(),rdf_type.stringValue());
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if(accept) {
+                        result.add(createFacade(item,type,context));
+                    }
+                }
+                log.debug("createFacadeList: filtered #0 content items because they did not match the necessary criteria",list.size()-result.size());
+            } catch (RepositoryException ex) {
+                log.error("error while accessing RDF repository",ex);
+            }
+        } else {
+            // add facades for all content items to the result list
+            for(Resource item : list) {
+                result.add(createFacade(item,type,context));
+            }
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Create an instance of C that facades the resource identified by the uri given as argument, using the {@link RDF}
+     * annotations provided to the getter or setter methods of C to map to properties of the resource in the triple
+     * store.
+     *
+     * @param uri  the uri of the resource to facade
+     * @param type the facade type as a class
+     * @param <C>  the facade type as a generic parameter
+     * @return
+     */
+    @Override
+    public <C extends Facade> C createFacade(String uri, Class<C> type) {
+        return createFacade(connection.getValueFactory().createURI(uri), type);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check whether the resource fits into the facade.
+     *
+     *
+     * @param r the resource to check
+     * @param type the facade to check for
+     * @return <code>true</code> if the resource <code>r</code> fulfills all {@link RDFType} and
+     *         {@link RDFFilter} requirements of <code>type</code>
+     */
+    @Override
+    public <C extends Facade> boolean isFacadeable(Resource r, Class<C> type) {
+        return isFacadeable(r, type, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check whether the resource fits into the facade.
+     *
+     *
+     * @param r the resource to check
+     * @param type the facade to check for
+     * @param context limit all checks to this context
+     * @return <code>true</code> if the resource <code>r</code> fulfills all {@link RDFType} and
+     *         {@link RDFFilter} requirements of <code>type</code>
+     */
+    @Override
+    public <C extends Facade> boolean isFacadeable(Resource r, Class<C> type, URI context) {
+        if (FacadeUtils.isFacadeAnnotationPresent(type, RDFType.class)) {
+            try {
+                final URI p_type = connection.getValueFactory().createURI(Namespaces.NS_RDF + "type");
+
+                String[] rdfTypes = FacadeUtils.getFacadeAnnotation(type, RDFType.class).value();
+                boolean facadeable = true;
+                for (String s_type : rdfTypes) {
+                    facadeable &= connection.hasStatement(r, p_type, connection.getValueFactory().createURI(s_type), true, context);
+                }
+                // also check for @RDFFilter
+                if (FacadeUtils.isFacadeAnnotationPresent(type, RDFFilter.class)) {
+                    String[] filterTypes = FacadeUtils.getFacadeAnnotation(type, RDFFilter.class).value();
+                    for (String s_type : filterTypes) {
+                        facadeable &= connection.hasStatement(r, p_type, connection.getValueFactory().createURI(s_type), true, context);
+                    }
+                }
+                return facadeable;
+            } catch(RepositoryException ex) {
+                log.error("error while accessing RDF repository",ex);
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+}

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+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Salzburg Research.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.impl;
+
+
+import org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.annotations.RDF;
+import org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.annotations.RDFInverse;
+import org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.annotations.RDFPropertyBuilder;
+import org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.api.Facading;
+import org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.api.FacadingPredicateBuilder;
+import org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.model.Facade;
+import org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.util.FacadeUtils;
+import org.apache.marmotta.commons.util.DateUtils;
+import org.openrdf.model.Literal;
+import org.openrdf.model.Resource;
+import org.openrdf.model.Statement;
+import org.openrdf.model.URI;
+import org.openrdf.model.Value;
+import org.openrdf.repository.RepositoryConnection;
+import org.openrdf.repository.RepositoryException;
+import org.openrdf.repository.RepositoryResult;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
+import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.*;
+
+/**
+ * This class implements an invocation handler to be used for proxy classes that delegate to a
+ * content item and to data in the triple store. It has to be constructed using the triple store
+ * implementation as parameter. Interfaces that make use of this invocation handler need to extend
+ * the {@link Facade} interface.
+ * 
+ * @author Sebastian Schaffert
+ */
+class FacadingInvocationHandler implements InvocationHandler {
+
+    public static enum OPERATOR {
+        GET(false, 0, "get"),
+        SET(true, 1, "set"),
+        ADD(true, 1, "add"),
+        DEL(true, 0, "del", "delete", "remove"),
+        HAS(false, 0, "has", "is");
+
+
+        private static final String[] PX, SPX;
+        static {
+            LinkedList<String> ops = new LinkedList<String>();
+            for (OPERATOR op : OPERATOR.values()) {
+                for (String px : op.prefixes) {
+                    ops.add(px);
+                }
+            }
+            PX = ops.toArray(new String[ops.size()]);
+            SPX = ops.toArray(new String[ops.size()]);
+            Arrays.sort(SPX, new Comparator<String>() {
+                @Override
+                public int compare(String o1, String o2) {
+                    return o2.length() - o1.length();
+                }
+            });
+        }
+
+        final String[] prefixes;
+        final int numArgs;
+        final boolean writeOp;
+
+        private OPERATOR(boolean isWriteOp, int args, String... strings) {
+            this.writeOp = isWriteOp;
+            this.numArgs = args;
+            this.prefixes = strings;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return prefixes[0];
+        }
+
+        public static String[] getOperatorPrefixes() {
+            return PX;
+        }
+
+        public static String[] getLengthSortedOperatorPrefixes() {
+            return SPX;
+        }
+
+        public static OPERATOR getOperator(Method m) {
+            for (OPERATOR op : values()) {
+                for (String px : op.prefixes) {
+                    if (m.getName().startsWith(px)) {
+                        final int numP = m.getParameterTypes().length;
+                        if (numP == op.numArgs || numP == op.numArgs + 1) { return op; }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            return valueOf(m.getName());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private final RepositoryConnection connection;
+
+    private final Facading facadingService;
+
+    private final Class<? extends Facade> declaredFacade;
+
+    private final FacadingPredicateBuilder propBuilder;
+
+    private final Resource delegate;
+
+    private final URI context;
+
+    private final HashMap<String, Object> fieldCache;
+
+    private Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(FacadingInvocationHandler.class);
+
+    /**
+     * Indicates if the cache is used, by default is false.
+     */
+    private boolean useCache;
+
+    public FacadingInvocationHandler(Resource item, URI context, Class<? extends Facade> facade, Facading facadingService, RepositoryConnection connection) {
+        this.delegate = item;
+        this.facadingService = facadingService;
+        this.declaredFacade = facade;
+        this.connection = connection;
+
+        if (declaredFacade.isAnnotationPresent(RDFPropertyBuilder.class)) {
+            final Class<? extends FacadingPredicateBuilder> bClass = declaredFacade.getAnnotation(RDFPropertyBuilder.class).value();
+            FacadingPredicateBuilder _b = null;
+            try {
+                // Look for a no-arg Constructor
+                _b = bClass.getConstructor().newInstance();
+            } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+                // If there is no no-arg Constructor, try static getInstance()
+                try {
+                    for (Method m : bClass.getMethods()) {
+                        if (Modifier.isStatic(m.getModifiers()) && "getInstance".equals(m.getName()) && m.getParameterTypes().length == 0) {
+                            _b = (FacadingPredicateBuilder) m.invoke(null);
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if (_b == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Could not find no-arg Constructor or static no-arg factory-method 'getInstance' for "
+                            + bClass.getName()); }
+                } catch (Exception e1) {
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Could not load instance of " + bClass.getSimpleName() + " from static factory 'getInstance()': "
+                            + e.getMessage(), e);
+                }
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Could not create instance of " + bClass.getSimpleName() + ": " + e.getMessage(), e);
+            }
+            this.propBuilder = _b;
+        } else {
+            this.propBuilder = null;
+        }
+
+        if (context != null) {
+            this.context = context;
+        } else {
+            // FIXME
+            this.context = null;
+        }
+
+        fieldCache = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+
+        // disable cache, it does not work well with deleted triples ...
+        useCache = false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Indicates if the cache is allow or not.
+     * 
+     * @return the useCache true if the cache is done.
+     */
+    public boolean isUseCache() {
+        return useCache;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Used to enable/disable the cache mechanism.
+     * 
+     * @param useCache
+     *            true foe enable cache, false - no cache.
+     */
+    public void setUseCache(boolean useCache) {
+        this.useCache = useCache;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the item
+     */
+    public Resource getDelegate() {
+        return delegate;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Invoke the invocation handler for the given proxy object, method, and arguments. In order to
+     * execute the passed method, this method does the following: - if the method has a
+     * <code>RDF</code> annotation or if it is a setter and the corresponding getter has a
+     * <code>RDF</code> annotation, we try to retrieve the appropriate value by querying the triple
+     * store and converting the triple store data to the return type of the method; if the return
+     * type is again an interface
+     * 
+     * @see java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler#invoke(java.lang.Object, java.lang.reflect.Method,
+     *      java.lang.Object[])
+     * @see org.apache.marmotta.commons.sesame.facading.annotations.RDF
+     */
+    @Override
+    public Object invoke(Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args) throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException, RepositoryException {
+        if (!connection.isOpen()) { throw new IllegalAccessException("the connection is already closed, cannot access proxy methods"); }
+
+        // handle default methods:
+        if (FacadingInvocationHelper.checkMethodSig(method, "hashCode")) {
+            return delegate.hashCode();
+        } else if (FacadingInvocationHelper.checkMethodSig(method, "equals", 1)) {
+            final Object other = args[0];
+            return other != null && other.getClass().equals(proxy.getClass()) && other.hashCode() == proxy.hashCode();
+        } else if (FacadingInvocationHelper.checkMethodSig(method, "toString")) {
+            return declaredFacade.getSimpleName() + " with delegate to " + delegate.toString();
+        } else if (FacadingInvocationHelper.checkMethodSig(method, "getDelegate")) { return delegate; }
+
+        // caching
+        final String fieldName = FacadingInvocationHelper.getBaseName(method);
+        if (useCache && method.getName().startsWith("get")) {
+            if (fieldCache.get(fieldName) != null) { return fieldCache.get(fieldName); }
+        }
+
+        final FacadingPredicate fp = getFacadingPredicate(method);
+
+        // distinguish getters and setters and more...
+        switch (OPERATOR.getOperator(method)) {
+        case GET:
+            return handleGet(method, args, fp);
+        case SET:
+            return handleSet(method, args, fp);
+        case ADD:
+            return handleAdd(method, args, fp);
+        case DEL:
+            return handleDel(method, args, fp);
+        case HAS:
+            return handleHas(method, args, fp);
+        default:
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported method: " + method.getName());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private FacadingPredicate getFacadingPredicate(Method method) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+        final String[] rdf_property;
+        final boolean inverse;
+        // look for RDF annotation and extract the property from it; if not on the getter, look
+        // for the corresponding setter and check whether it has a @RDF annotation; if neither has,
+        // throw an IllegalArgumentException
+        RDF rdf = FacadingInvocationHelper.getAnnotation(method, RDF.class);
+        if (rdf != null) {
+            rdf_property = rdf.value();
+            inverse = false;
+            return new FacadingPredicate(inverse, rdf_property);
+        } else {
+            RDFInverse rdfi = FacadingInvocationHelper.getAnnotation(method, RDFInverse.class);
+            if (rdfi != null) {
+                rdf_property = rdfi.value();
+                inverse = true;
+                return new FacadingPredicate(inverse, rdf_property);
+            } else {
+                if (propBuilder != null) {
+                    String fName = FacadingInvocationHelper.getBaseName(method);
+                    if (fName.length() > 1) {
+                        fName = fName.substring(0, 1).toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH) + fName.substring(1);
+                    }
+                    return propBuilder.getFacadingPredicate(fName, declaredFacade, method);
+                } else {
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Could not find facading predicate for " + method.getName() + " in " + declaredFacade.getName());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Boolean handleHas(Method method, Object[] args, FacadingPredicate predicate) throws RepositoryException {
+        final Locale loc;
+        if (method.getParameterTypes().length == 1 && method.getParameterTypes()[0].equals(Locale.class)) {
+            loc = (Locale) args[0];
+        } else {
+            loc = null;
+        }
+
+        if (predicate.isInverse()) {
+            if (loc != null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("@RDFInverse not supported for language tagged properties"); }
+            else {
+                for (String p : predicate.getProperties()) {
+                    final URI prop = connection.getValueFactory().createURI(p);
+                    final RepositoryResult<Statement> result = connection.getStatements(null, prop, delegate, true, context);
+                    try {
+                        if (result.hasNext()) { return true; }
+                    } finally {
+                        result.close();
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            for (String p : predicate.getProperties()) {
+                final URI prop = connection.getValueFactory().createURI(p);
+                final RepositoryResult<Statement> result = connection.getStatements(delegate, prop, null, true, context);
+                try {
+                    if (loc == null) {
+                        if (result.hasNext()) { return true; }
+                    } else {
+                        while (result.hasNext()) {
+                            final Value o = result.next().getObject();
+                            if (FacadingInvocationHelper.checkLocale(loc, o)) { return true; }
+                        }
+                    }
+                } finally {
+                    result.close();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private Object handleDel(Method method, Object[] args, FacadingPredicate predicate) throws RepositoryException {
+        final Locale loc;
+        if (method.getParameterTypes().length == 1 && method.getParameterTypes()[0].equals(Locale.class)) {
+            loc = (Locale) args[0];
+        } else {
+            loc = null;
+        }
+
+        delProperties(predicate, loc);
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    private Object handleAdd(Method method, Object[] args, FacadingPredicate predicate) throws RepositoryException, IllegalArgumentException {
+        final Locale loc;
+        if (method.getParameterTypes().length == 2 && method.getParameterTypes()[1].equals(Locale.class)) {
+            loc = (Locale) args[1];
+        } else {
+            loc = null;
+        }
+
+        final Class<?> paramType = method.getParameterTypes()[0];
+        addProperties(method, args, predicate.getProperties(), predicate.isInverse(), loc, paramType);
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    private Object handleSet(Method method, Object[] args, FacadingPredicate predicate)
+            throws RepositoryException, IllegalArgumentException {
+
+        final Locale loc;
+        if (method.getParameterTypes().length == 2 && method.getParameterTypes()[1].equals(Locale.class)) {
+            loc = (Locale) args[1];
+        } else {
+            loc = null;
+        }
+
+        // add to cache
+        if (useCache) {
+            fieldCache.put(FacadingInvocationHelper.getBaseName(method), args[0]);
+        }
+
+        // This is SET, so delete all previous properties
+        delProperties(predicate, loc);
+
+        // *** set the value of a certain RDF property
+        final Class<?> paramType = method.getParameterTypes()[0];
+
+        addProperties(method, args, predicate.getProperties(), predicate.isInverse(), loc, paramType);
+
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    private void addProperties(Method method, Object[] args, final String[] rdf_property, final boolean inverse, final Locale loc, final Class<?> paramType)
+            throws RepositoryException, IllegalArgumentException {
+        if (args[0] == null || "".equals(args[0])) {
+            // nop;
+        } else if (FacadeUtils.isBaseType(paramType) && !inverse) {
+            for (String v : rdf_property) {
+                final URI prop = connection.getValueFactory().createURI(v);
+                connection.add(delegate, prop, createLiteral(args[0], loc), context);
+            }
+        } else if (FacadeUtils.isValue(paramType) && !inverse) {
+            for (String v : rdf_property) {
+                final URI prop = connection.getValueFactory().createURI(v);
+                // create a new triple for this property, subject, and object
+                connection.add(delegate, prop, (Value) args[0], context);
+            }
+        } else if (FacadeUtils.isResource(paramType) && inverse) {
+            for (String v : rdf_property) {
+                final URI prop = connection.getValueFactory().createURI(v);
+                // create a new triple for this property, subject, and object
+                connection.add((Resource) args[0], prop, delegate, context);
+            }
+        } else if (FacadeUtils.isFacade(paramType) && !inverse) {
+            for (String v : rdf_property) {
+                final URI prop = connection.getValueFactory().createURI(v);
+                // create a new triple for this property, subject, and object
+                connection.add(delegate, prop, ((Facade) args[0]).getDelegate(), context);
+            }
+        } else if (FacadeUtils.isFacade(paramType) && inverse) {
+            for (String v : rdf_property) {
+                final URI prop = connection.getValueFactory().createURI(v);
+                // create a new triple for this property, subject, and object
+                connection.add(((Facade) args[0]).getDelegate(), prop, delegate, context);
+            }
+        } else if (FacadeUtils.isCollection(paramType)) {
+            for (String v : rdf_property) {
+                final Collection<?> c = (Collection<?>) args[0];
+
+                final URI prop = connection.getValueFactory().createURI(v);
+
+                // add each of the elements in the collection as new triple with prop
+                for (final Object o : c) {
+                    if (o == null) {
+                        // skip
+                    } else if (FacadeUtils.isBaseType(o.getClass()) && !inverse) {
+                        connection.add(delegate, prop, createLiteral(o, loc), context);
+                    } else if (FacadeUtils.isFacade(o.getClass()) && !inverse) {
+                        connection.add(delegate, prop, ((Facade) o).getDelegate(), context);
+                    } else if (FacadeUtils.isFacade(o.getClass()) && inverse) {
+                        connection.add(((Facade) o).getDelegate(), prop, delegate, context);
+                    } else if (FacadeUtils.isValue(o.getClass()) && !inverse) {
+                        connection.add(delegate, prop, (Value) o, context);
+                    } else if (FacadeUtils.isResource(o.getClass()) && inverse) {
+                        connection.add((Resource) o, prop, delegate, context);
+                    } else if (inverse) {
+                        throw new IllegalArgumentException("method " + method.getName() + ": @RDFInverse not supported for parameter type "
+                                + paramType.getName());
+                    } else {
+                        throw new IllegalArgumentException("the type " + o.getClass().getName() + " is not supported in collections");
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        } else if (inverse) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("method " + method.getName() + ": @RDFInverse not supported for parameter type " + paramType.getName());
+        } else {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("method " + method.getName() + ": unsupported parameter type " + paramType.getName());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void delProperties(final FacadingPredicate predicate, final Locale loc) throws RepositoryException {
+        for (String v : predicate.getProperties()) {
+            final URI prop = connection.getValueFactory().createURI(v);
+
+            if (!predicate.isInverse() && loc == null) {
+                // remove all properties prop that have this subject;
+                connection.remove(delegate, prop, null, context);
+            } else if (predicate.isInverse() && loc == null) {
+                // remove all properties prop that have this object;
+                connection.remove((Resource) null, prop, delegate, context);
+            } else if (!predicate.isInverse() && loc != null) {
+                final RepositoryResult<Statement> statements = connection.getStatements(delegate, prop, null, false, context);
+                while (statements.hasNext()) {
+                    final Statement s = statements.next();
+                    if (FacadingInvocationHelper.checkLocale(loc, s.getObject())) {
+                        connection.remove(s);
+                    }
+                }
+                statements.close();
+            } else if (predicate.isInverse() && loc != null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("A combination of @RDFInverse and a Literal is not possible");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Object handleGet(Method method, Object[] args, FacadingPredicate predicate) throws IllegalAccessException, InstantiationException,
+    RepositoryException {
+        final Locale loc;
+        if (method.getParameterTypes().length == 1 && method.getParameterTypes()[0].equals(Locale.class)) {
+            loc = (Locale) args[0];
+        } else {
+            loc = null;
+        }
+
+        // *** get the value of a certain RDF property ***
+
+        final Class<?> returnType = method.getReturnType();
+        final Type typeOfGeneric = method.getGenericReturnType();
+
+        // we believe that the result is universal for each property
+        // and therefore just return the result for the firstly defined property
+        final Object result = transform(returnType, typeOfGeneric, delegate, predicate.getProperties()[0], loc, predicate.isInverse());
+
+        if (useCache) {
+            fieldCache.put(FacadingInvocationHelper.getBaseName(method), result);
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Helper method to transform the object reachable via rdf_property from r to the given
+     * returnType; if the returnType is a collection, it is also necessary to provide the generic
+     * type. The KiWiEntityManager is used for further querying.<br>
+     * Please note that if the <code>returnType</code>is a collection you <b>must</b> use a concrete
+     * class (e.g. <code>java.util.ArrayList</code>) not an abstract class or interface.
+     * 
+     * @param <C>
+     * @param returnType
+     * @param typeOfGeneric
+     * @param rdf_property
+     * @return
+     * @throws InstantiationException
+     * @throws IllegalAccessException
+     */
+    private <C, D extends Facade> C transform(Class<C> returnType, Type typeOfGeneric, Resource entity, String rdf_property, Locale loc, boolean inverse)
+            throws IllegalAccessException, InstantiationException, RepositoryException {
+        // should not happen actually
+        if (entity == null) { return null; }
+
+        if (FacadeUtils.isBaseType(returnType) && !inverse) {
+            /*
+             * if the return type is string or primitive, get the literal value of the property and
+             * transform it appropriately
+             */
+            final URI property = connection.getValueFactory().createURI(rdf_property);
+            final String value = getProperty(entity, property, loc, context);
+
+            try {
+                // transformation to appropriate primitive type
+                final C result = FacadeUtils.transformToBaseType(value, returnType);
+
+                return result;
+            } catch (final IllegalArgumentException ex) {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+        } else if (FacadeUtils.isValue(returnType) && !inverse) {
+            return queryOutgoingSingle(entity, rdf_property, returnType);
+        } else if (FacadeUtils.isValue(returnType) && inverse) {
+            return queryIncomingSingle(entity, rdf_property, returnType);
+        } else if (FacadeUtils.isFacade(returnType) && !inverse) {
+            /*
+             * for KiWi entities, we retrieve the resource that is targeted by this property (by
+             * using getObject) and create a query on the triple store using createQuery() and the
+             * resource's uri that returns the result in the appropriate type (can e.g. be again a
+             * proxy using this invocation handler!)
+             */
+            Resource object = queryOutgoingSingle(entity, rdf_property, Resource.class);
+
+            if (object != null) {
+                return returnType.cast(facadingService.createFacade(object, returnType.asSubclass(Facade.class), context));
+            } else {
+                return null;
+            }
+        } else if (FacadeUtils.isFacade(returnType) && inverse) {
+            /*
+             * for KiWi entities, we retrieve the resource that is targeted by this property (by
+             * using getObject) and create a query on the triple store using createQuery() and the
+             * resource's uri that returns the result in the appropriate type (can e.g. be again a
+             * proxy using this invocation handler!)
+             */
+            Resource subject = queryIncomingSingle(entity, rdf_property, Resource.class);
+
+            if (subject != null) {
+                return returnType.cast(facadingService.createFacade(subject, returnType.asSubclass(Facade.class), context));
+            } else {
+                return null;
+            }
+        } else if (FacadeUtils.isCollection(returnType)) {
+            /*
+             * if we have a collection, we try to infer the generic type of its contents and use
+             * this to generate values; if the generic type is a kiwi entity, we issue a createQuery
+             * to the tripleStore to retrieve the corresponding values; if the generic type is a
+             * base type, we transform the results to the base type and query for literals
+             */
+            if (typeOfGeneric instanceof ParameterizedType) {
+                final ParameterizedType t = (ParameterizedType) typeOfGeneric;
+                final Class<?> tCls = (Class<?>) t.getActualTypeArguments()[0];
+
+                @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+                final Class<? extends Collection> collectionType = returnType.asSubclass(Collection.class);
+
+                if (FacadeUtils.isFacade(tCls) && !inverse) {
+                    return returnType.cast(FacadingInvocationHelper.createCollection(
+                            collectionType,
+                            facadingService.createFacade(queryOutgoingAll(entity, rdf_property, Resource.class), tCls.asSubclass(Facade.class), context)));
+                } else if (FacadeUtils.isFacade(tCls) && inverse) {
+                    return returnType.cast(FacadingInvocationHelper.createCollection(
+                            collectionType,
+                            facadingService.createFacade(queryIncomingAll(entity, rdf_property, Resource.class), tCls.asSubclass(Facade.class), context)));
+                } else if (FacadeUtils.isValue(tCls) && !inverse) {
+                    return returnType.cast(FacadingInvocationHelper.createCollection(
+                            collectionType,
+                            queryOutgoingAll(entity, rdf_property, tCls.asSubclass(Value.class))));
+                } else if (FacadeUtils.isValue(tCls) && inverse) {
+                    return returnType.cast(FacadingInvocationHelper.createCollection(
+                            collectionType,
+                            queryIncomingAll(entity, rdf_property, tCls.asSubclass(Value.class))));
+                } else if (inverse) {
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("@RDFInverse not supported for mappings of type " + rdf_property);
+                } else if (FacadeUtils.isBaseType(tCls)) {
+                    final Collection<Object> result = FacadingInvocationHelper.createCollection(collectionType, Collections.<Object> emptyList());
+                    final URI property = connection.getValueFactory().createURI(rdf_property);
+
+                    for (final String s : getProperties(entity, property, null, null)) {
+                        result.add(FacadeUtils.transformToBaseType(s, tCls));
+                    }
+
+                    return returnType.cast(result);
+                } else {
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("return type is using generic type " + tCls.getName()
+                            + ", which is not supported in RDF-based collections; please use either Java primitive types or KiWi Entities in KiWiFacades");
+                }
+            } else {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("return type is unparametrized collection type " + returnType.getName()
+                        + ", which is not supported; please use an explicit type parameter in Facades");
+            }
+        } else if (inverse) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("@RDFInverse not supported for mappings of type " + rdf_property);
+        } else {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("unsupported return type " + returnType.getName());
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the single object of type C that is reachable from entity by rdf_property. Returns
+     * null if there is no such object or if the type of the object does not match the type passed
+     * as argument.
+     * 
+     */
+    private <C> C queryOutgoingSingle(Resource entity, String rdf_property, Class<C> returnType) throws RepositoryException {
+        URI property = connection.getValueFactory().createURI(rdf_property);
+
+        RepositoryResult<Statement> triples = connection.getStatements(entity, property, null, false);
+
+        try {
+            if (triples.hasNext()) {
+                Statement triple = triples.next();
+
+                Value object = triple.getObject();
+
+                if (returnType.isInstance(object)) {
+                    return returnType.cast(object);
+                } else {
+                    log.error("cannot cast retrieved object {} for property {} to return type {}", object, rdf_property, returnType);
+                    return null;
+                }
+
+            } else {
+                return null;
+            }
+        } finally {
+            triples.close();
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the single subject of type C that can reach entity by rdf_property. Returns null if
+     * there is no such object or if the type of the object does not match the type passed as
+     * argument.
+     * 
+     */
+    private <C> C queryIncomingSingle(Resource entity, String rdf_property, Class<C> returnType) throws RepositoryException {
+        URI property = connection.getValueFactory().createURI(rdf_property);
+
+        RepositoryResult<Statement> triples = connection.getStatements(null, property, entity, false);
+
+        try {
+            if (triples.hasNext()) {
+                Statement triple = triples.next();
+
+                Value subject = triple.getSubject();
+
+                if (returnType.isInstance(subject)) {
+                    return returnType.cast(subject);
+                } else {
+                    log.error("cannot cast retrieved object {} for property {} to return type {}", subject, rdf_property, returnType);
+                    return null;
+                }
+
+            } else {
+                return null;
+            }
+        } finally {
+            triples.close();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the all objects of type C that are reachable from entity by rdf_property. Returns
+     * empty set if there is no such object or if the type of the object does not match the type
+     * passed as argument.
+     * 
+     */
+    private <C> Set<C> queryOutgoingAll(Resource entity, String rdf_property, Class<C> returnType) throws RepositoryException {
+        URI property = connection.getValueFactory().createURI(rdf_property);
+
+        RepositoryResult<Statement> triples = connection.getStatements(entity, property, null, false);
+
+        Set<C> dupSet = new LinkedHashSet<C>();
+
+        while (triples.hasNext()) {
+            Statement triple = triples.next();
+            if (returnType.isInstance(triple.getObject())) {
+                dupSet.add(returnType.cast(triple.getObject()));
+            }
+        }
+        triples.close();
+
+        return dupSet;
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the all objects of type C that are can reach the entity by rdf_property. Returns empty
+     * set if there is no such object or if the type of the object does not match the type passed as
+     * argument.
+     * 
+     */
+    private <C> Set<C> queryIncomingAll(Resource entity, String rdf_property, Class<C> returnType) throws RepositoryException {
+
+        URI property = connection.getValueFactory().createURI(rdf_property);
+
+        RepositoryResult<Statement> triples = connection.getStatements(null, property, entity, false);
+
+        Set<C> dupSet = new LinkedHashSet<C>();
+
+        while (triples.hasNext()) {
+            Statement triple = triples.next();
+            if (returnType.isInstance(triple.getSubject())) {
+                dupSet.add(returnType.cast(triple.getSubject()));
+            }
+        }
+        triples.close();
+
+        return dupSet;
+    }
+
+    private Value createLiteral(Object o, Locale loc) {
+        if (o instanceof Date) {
+            return connection.getValueFactory().createLiteral(DateUtils.getXMLCalendar((Date) o));
+        } else if (Integer.class.isAssignableFrom(o.getClass())) {
+            return connection.getValueFactory().createLiteral((Integer) o);
+        } else if (Long.class.isAssignableFrom(o.getClass())) {
+            return connection.getValueFactory().createLiteral((Long) o);
+        } else if (Double.class.isAssignableFrom(o.getClass())) {
+            return connection.getValueFactory().createLiteral((Double) o);
+        } else if (Float.class.isAssignableFrom(o.getClass())) {
+            return connection.getValueFactory().createLiteral((Float) o);
+        } else if (Boolean.class.isAssignableFrom(o.getClass())) {
+            return connection.getValueFactory().createLiteral((Boolean) o);
+        } else if (loc != null) {
+            return connection.getValueFactory().createLiteral(o.toString(), loc.getLanguage());
+        } else {
+            return connection.getValueFactory().createLiteral(o.toString());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Set<String> getProperties(Resource entity, URI property, Locale loc, URI context) throws RepositoryException {
+        String lang = loc == null ? null : loc.getLanguage().toLowerCase();
+
+        RepositoryResult<Statement> candidates = connection.getStatements(entity, property, null, false, context);
+
+        Set<String> values = new HashSet<String>();
+        while (candidates.hasNext()) {
+            Statement triple = candidates.next();
+
+            if (triple.getObject() instanceof Literal) {
+                Literal l = (Literal) triple.getObject();
+
+                if (lang == null || lang.equals(l.getLanguage())) {
+                    values.add(l.stringValue());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        candidates.close();
+
+        return values;
+    }
+
+    private String getProperty(Resource entity, URI property, Locale loc, URI context) throws RepositoryException {
+        Set<String> values = getProperties(entity, property, loc, context);
+
+        if (values.size() > 0) {
+            return values.iterator().next();
+        } else {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}