Generate RDF file in Java

In this example we are going to generate our first RDF( Resource Description File). This example generates a RDF file with the use of "Jena". Jena is a java API to create and manipulate RDF graphs.

To create RDF file we do need to import following packages:

"com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model" : for creating and manipulating model resources.
"com.hp.hpl.jena.vocabulary": for creating VCARD vocabulary.

To create model we have used createDefaultModel() of ModelFactory, which in turn returns an object of Model interface.

Model model = ModelFactory.createDefaultModel();

To create resource we have used createResource() method of Model interface. Now we can add properties in this model resource by using the "addProperty()" method.

GenerateRDF.java


import java.io.*;

import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.*;

import com.hp.hpl.jena.vocabulary.*;



public class GenerateRDF extends Object {

  public static void main (String args[]) {

  String personURI  = "http://localhost/amitkumar";

  String givenName  = "Amit";

  String familyName = "Kumar";

  String fullName = givenName+familyName;



  Model model = ModelFactory.createDefaultModel();



  Resource node = model.createResource(personURI)

 .addProperty(VCARD.FN, fullName)

 .addProperty(VCARD.N,

  model.createResource()

 .addProperty(VCARD.Given, givenName)

 .addProperty(VCARD.Family, familyName));

  model.write(System.out);

  }

}

To run the example you have to follow these steps:

Create and save the code as GenerateRDF.java
Add "jena.jar, icu4j_3_4.jar, iri.jar, commons-logging-1.1.1.jar, xercesImpl.jar" to your classpath.
Compile GenerateRDF file and
Run GenerateRDF class file

You will get following output on your command prompt.

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Generate RDF file in Java

Generate RDF file in Java

Generate RDF file in Java

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