I may be not as familiar with the API's already available, but as part of the API server project, I'm hoping to solve this with a recently developed way of connecting a native data source backend to the API server. Abdera has the concept of a CollectionAdapter, which is an object container that has a CRUD HTTP interface. It leaves to the developer to choose a backend object mapping system -- the adapter type. These adapters have the ability to use many different kinds of data sources as their backing store.
>From the perspective of the 3 APIs in the spec. It will be fairly straightforward to connect to a native data source. In the typical case of a database that supports JDBC, an Ibatis XML field mapping file is filled out and the work is done. No coding. I don't know if this is the data that you're concerned with here or if it is something else. davep On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 4:50 PM, Christian Schalk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello shindig-dev, > > It seems like a lot of the questions on shindig-dev are around how to wire > the OpenSocal API to a real backend. Given that, I'm in the process of > putting together a guide on how to attach your local version of Shindig to a > native datasource. > > Here's a draft set of items that I'm planning to cover in the guide: > > Basics > > > 1. Quick review on how to install Shindig on your server. > - Testing some simple (non-OpenSocial) Gadgets on your server. > 2. Testing an OpenSocial app within your Shindig environment > - Trying out the SampleContainer. > - Trying out some other simple OpenSocial apps with the > SampleContainer > - Playing around with simple XML based state data within the > SampleContainer > > > Intermediate-Advanced > > > 1. State Data access concepts > - Reviewing concepts on how to access data > - The all Java approach - implementing interfaces > - The RPC approach - creating http based response > mechanisms > 2. Building your own data access using either > - Java approach > - Getting familiar with the classes and interfaces in > org.apache.shindig.social.*. > - Implement the provided interfaces to access custom data. > - Language neutral RPC approach > - How to build your own http mechanism in PHP to serve > social data > > > Let me know if you any suggestions or additions, and we'll continue to flesh > this out and publish it. > > Thanks, > -Chris > > -- > Chris Schalk, Google Developer Advocate >
