In-memory, transactional Dataset

The in-memory, transactional dataset provides a dataset with full ACID transaction semantics, including abort. It provides for multiple readers and a concurrent writer together with full snapshot isolation of the dataset. Readers see an unchanging, consistent dataset where aggregate operations return stable results.

API use

A new instance of the class is obtained by a call to DatasetFactory.createTxnMem():

Dataset ds = DatasetFactory.createTxnMem() ;

This can then be used by the application for reading:

Dataset ds = DatasetFactory.createTxnMem() ;
ds.begin(ReadWrite.READ) ;
try {
   ... SPARQL query ...
} finally { ds.end() ; }

or writing:

Dataset ds = DatasetFactory.createTxnMem() ;
ds.begin(ReadWrite.WRITE) ;
try {
   ... SPARQL update ...
   ... SPARQL query ...
   ... SPARQL update ...
   ds.commit() ;
} finally { ds.end() ; }

If the application does not call commit(), the transaction aborts and the changes are lost. The same happens if the application throws an exception.

Non-transactional use.

If used outside of a transaction, the implementation provides “auto-commit” functionality. Each triple or added or deleted is done inside an implicit transaction. This has a measurable performance impact. It is better to do related operations inside a single transaction explicitly in the application code.

Assembler Use

The assembler provides for the creation of a dataset and also loading it with data read from URLs (files or from any other URL).

  • Type: ja:MemoryDataset
  • Properties:
    • ja:data urlForData
    • ja:namedGraph, for loading a specific graph of the dataset. This uses ja:graphName to specific the name and ja:data to load data.

The examples use the following prefixes:

PREFIX ja:     <http://jena.hpl.hp.com/2005/11/Assembler#>
PREFIX rdf:    <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#>

To create an empty in-memory dataset, all that is required is the line:

[] rdf:type ja:MemoryDataset .

With triples for the default graph, from file dataFile.ttl, Turtle format:

[] rdf:type ja:MemoryDataset ;
    ja:data <file:dataFile.ttl> .

With triples from several files:

[] rdf:type ja:MemoryDataset ;
    ja:data <file:data1.ttl> ;
    ja:data <file:data2.nt> ;
    ja:data <file:data3.jsonld> ;
    .

Load TriG:

[] rdf:type ja:MemoryDataset ;
    ja:data <file:data.trig> .

Load a file of triples into a named graph:

[] rdf:type ja:MemoryDataset ;
    ja:namedGraph [ ja:graphName <http://example/graph> ; ja:data <file:///fullPath/data.ttl> ] .