Hi Ghufran Maybe have a look at this Blog post [1]. It nicely describes how to build your first Enhancement Engine for Apache Stanbol.
best Rupert [1] http://blog.iks-project.eu/getting-started-with-apache-stanbol-enhancement-engine/ On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Mohammad Ghufran <emghuf...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Thank you for the responses and sorry for getting back at this so late. > I've already seen this API documentation but it has no info on how to use > it inside a standalone java project. Allesandro, I am open to using maven > too, but I don't know how to make the maven installation of stanbol inside > eclipse (I am a beginner at Java). If there is some resource available for > helping with info on this setup, or if you can shed some light on this, it > would be great! > > I don't think converting my existing app to OSGi would be possible (or > practical). > > For the method of including the jar files, I should just add all of the jar > files of components that I need as references to my project? I don't > understand, conceptually, how it would make my standalone project > communicate with the Felix server running the different chains. > > Thank you again for your responses and help! > > Best Regards, > Ghufran > > Mohammad Ghufran > > On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 4:31 PM, Rupert Westenthaler < > rupert.westentha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> For the Stanbol Enhancer please have a look on the documentation [1] >> on the webpage. >> >> For API usage of the Stanbol Enhancer you need the following OSGI Services: >> >> * ContentItemFactory: create ContentItems for InputStreams, Strings >> and/or ByteArrays >> * ChainManager: Allows to lookup configured chains >> * EnhancementJobManager: the interface used to enhance ContentItems >> >> best >> Rupert >> >> >> >> [1] >> http://stanbol.apache.org/docs/trunk/components/enhancer/#main-interfaces-and-utility-classes >> >> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Alessandro Adamou >> <alessandro.ada...@open.ac.uk> wrote: >> > I should mention that of course you will need to know how to use the >> > APIs. Javadoc is available as a separate archive for every bundle. For >> > example, to get the Javadoc of the Enhancer, you will go to: >> > >> > >> http://central.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/stanbol/org.apache.stanbol.enhancer.servicesapi/0.12.0/ >> > >> > and download the file called >> > org.apache.stanbol.enhancer.servicesapi-0.12.0-javadoc.jar >> > >> > Eventually, the Javadoc will be available in HTML on the project page, >> > see http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/STANBOL-578 >> > >> > I'm writing all this assuming you are not using Maven. If you are, or >> > course you do not need to manually download any JAR and have to proceed >> > differently. Just let us know if you do. >> > >> > HTH >> > >> > Alessandro >> > >> > >> > >> > On 26/09/2014 16:32, Alessandro Adamou wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi Ghufran, >> >> >> >> Stanbol is an OSGi platform, so if you wish to use it programmatically >> >> via the Java APIs, the natural way to do so is that you package your >> >> code into a JAR file that is also an OSGi bundle [1], install it on a >> >> running Stanbol launcher using its OSGi console and activate it. >> >> >> >> Of course, at development time you will need access to the Java APIs of >> >> the Stanbol components. Most of the time, these are made available as >> >> distinct packages called org.apache.stanbol.{component-name}.servicesapi >> >> (example: org.apache.stanbol.enhancer.servicesapi). When developing in >> >> Eclipse or NetBeans etc. you will then include the JAR file of this >> >> servicesapi in your classpath. >> >> >> >> To do unit testing, you will most likely also need the reference >> >> implementations of these serviceapis, which come as separate packages. >> >> At runtime, instead of using these implementations directly, you can >> >> refer to the servicesapi interfaces using the OSGi Service Reference >> >> mechanism [2], and let the embedded Apache Felix do the job of matching >> >> API and implementation. >> >> >> >> I hope this somehow gets you started. >> >> >> >> Alessandro >> >> >> >> [1] http://www.osgi.org/Specifications >> >> [2] >> >> >> >> >> http://felix.apache.org/documentation/subprojects/apache-felix-maven-scr-plugin/scr-annotations.html >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 26/09/2014 16:17, Mohammad Ghufran wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Hello, >> >>> >> >>> Is there a way to use stanbol through Java or some third party API like >> >>> this one: https://github.com/zaizi/apache-stanbol-client has to be >> used? >> >>> >> >>> In case there is a way, could someone point me to some documentation >> and >> >>> maybe some examples? In the latter case, which is the recommended API >> >>> wrapper? >> >>> >> >>> Best Regards, >> >>> Ghufran >> >>> >> >> >> >> -- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), >> >> an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in >> >> Scotland (SC 038302). The Open University is authorised and regulated >> >> by the Financial Conduct Authority. >> >> . >> >> >> > >> > -- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an >> > exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland >> (SC >> > 038302). 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