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This page refers to Home Library 1.0 API that is not supported anymore.
The Home Library manage and persist the users homes.
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==Architecture==
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The ''user's homes'' are organized in scopes.
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The users and the homes for a specific scope are managed by the '''HomeManager'''.
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#REDIRECT [[Home Library 2.0 API Framework Specification]]
 
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Each user home ('''Home''') have a workspace area ('''WorkspaceArea''') and a data area ('''DataArea''').
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[[Image:homelibrary-architecture.png|frame|center|Figure 1. Home Library Reference Architecture]]
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===Workspace Area model===
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The figure 2 illustrate the Workspace Area model.
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[[Image:homelibrary-workspacearea-model.png|frame|center|Figure 2. Workspace Area model]]
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Each element contained in a workspace area is a '''WorkspaceAreaItem'''.
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There are two kind of item container: the '''Workspace''' and the '''Basket''', both can be referred as '''WorkspaceFolder'''.
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A workspace can contain one or more workspacefolder.
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A basket can contain only '''BasketItems'''.
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The basket items are the effective user objects.
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The figure 3 illustrate the BasketItem model.
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[[Image:homelibrary-basketitem-model.png|frame|center|Figure 3. Basket Item model]]
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==Setup the Home Library==
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===Installation===
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To use the HomeLibrary you first need the HomeLibrary downloadable from:
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* [https://grids16.eng.it/BuildReport/list/Recent_Builds] last night build
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* [http://software.d4science.research-infrastructures.eu/] gcube distribution site
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Add the org.gcube.portlets.user.homelibrary.jar file to your gcore installation (''$GLOBUS_PATH/lib'' folder).
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====Dependecies====
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The home library require some library to be used:
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*xstream-1.3.1.jar XML serialization (XStream)
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*xpp3_min-1.1.4c.jar XML serialization (XStream)
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*bcprov-ext-jdk15-141.jar manipulate pdf
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*iText-2.1.4.jar manipulate pdf
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*ij140g.jar manipulate images
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Add those libraries to your gcore installation (''$GLOBUS_PATH/lib'' folder).
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===Configuration===
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To be used the Home Library need a folder where create a persistence dir (''For test use is not necessary to configure it'').
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There are different way to specify the base dir where create the persistence dir:
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# set the HOME_LIBRARY_PERSISTENCE_DIR environment variable
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# set the system property catalina.base (generically set by tomcat), then the "catalina.base/webapps/usersArea" is used a base dir
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# If none of preceding properties is specified the system tmp directory is used a base dir. ''Make attention, sometime the tmp folder is delete at system reboot, use it only for test''.
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Inside the base dir a home_library_persitence dir is created and used.
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==Using the Home Library==
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===Retrieve an User WorkspaceArea step by step===
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Firs of all is necessary to retrieve an instance of '''HomeManagerFactory''', this can be done using the static methods from '''HomeLibrary''' class.
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This example create an HomeLibrary instance that use a tmp directory (''home_library_persistence'') into the tmp system dir to save the library state. This directory is never deleted by the library. To reset the library state you can delete it.
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<source lang="java5">
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HomeManagerFactory factory = HomeLibrary.getHomeManagerFactory();
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</source>
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Obtained the factory you can retrieve the HomeManager for a specified scope:
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<source lang="java5">
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HomeManager manager = factory.getHomeManager(scope);
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</source>
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Where ''scope'' can be a GCUBEScope object or a GCUBEScope expression (for test you can use any expression).
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Then we retrieve the User home:
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<source lang="java5">
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User user = manager.createUser(portalLogin);
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Home home = manager.getHome(user);
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</source>
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Where ''portalLogin'' is the user username used to login into the portal (for test you can use any username).
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Finally we can get the WorkspaceArea with his root:
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<source lang="java5">
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WorkspaceArea wa = home.getWorkspaceArea();
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Workspace root = wa.getRoot();
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</source>
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===Show the WorkspaceArea content===
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The utility class '''WorkspaceTreeVisitor''' offer two method for workspace area visit:
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* visitSimple which show only workspace area item name's
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* visitVerbose which show rich information about each item
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There is an example (''root'' is the user root workspace):
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<source lang="java5">
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WorkspaceTreeVisitor wtv = new WorkspaceTreeVisitor();
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wtv.visitSimple(root);
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wtv.visitVerbose(root);
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</source>
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===How to retrieve an User WorkspaceArea from a servlet===
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To retrieve a WorkspaceArea for a User you can use the getWorkspaceArea static method from HomeLibrary class. This method required only the current D4ScienceSession.
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<source lang="java5">
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WorkspaceArea wa = HomeLibrary.getUserWorkspaceArea(session);
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</source>
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==References==
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The most recent presentation about the Home Library can be found there:
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http://bscw.research-infrastructures.eu/bscw/bscw.cgi/d107608/06.%20HomeLibrary.ppt
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Latest revision as of 17:54, 7 July 2016

This page refers to Home Library 1.0 API that is not supported anymore.

Please, use the following redirect for Home Library 2.0 API:

  1. REDIRECT Home Library 2.0 API Framework Specification