This is really very interesting... thanks a lot i will keep trying different things out
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Michael Hunger < [email protected]> wrote: > Please don't confuse a graph data structure with a "visual" graphical > representation, graphical can mean anything. > > Graphs are nodes and relationships to other nodes which all can have > relationships. > > For you as a Java developer it is perhaps easiest to imagine those as > object networks. > > Otherwise it is as with every other Database, you have a physical database > and an API, you create your data as you do > with any other technology, by inserting things (and in a graph additionally > by relating things). > > Perhaps one or more of the presentations about graph databases is useful > for you. > > http://www.slideshare.net/tag/neo4j > > http://www.slideshare.net/emileifrem/an-intro-to-neo4j-and-some-use-cases-jfokus-2011 > http://www.slideshare.net/peterneubauer/gdm-2011-neo4j-and-real-world-apps > http://www.springsource.com/downloads/getting-started-spring-data-graph > > Cheers > > Michael > > You might also look into the documentation of our Spring Integration > Library (Spring Data Graph) - http://bit.ly/sdg-book > > > Am 02.05.2011 um 19:07 schrieb Anil Tatikonda: > > > Thanks a lot for all the Help. > > > > Yes I'm a Java Developer i may sound so dumb to you. I was just trying > to > > validate my understanding as this is little interesting for me and its > > giving me little different perspective towards the data staying in a file > > locally... its very different from our day to day style of doing stuff. > > > > Anyways thanks for the help. > > > > On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Marko Rodriguez <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> Hey, > >> > >> Are you a Java developer? Simply start playing around as such: > >> > >> GraphDatabaseService graph = new EmbeddedGraphDatabase( "var/graphdb" ); > >> Node a = graph.createNode(); > >> a.setProperty("name", "marko"); > >> Node b = graph.createNode() > >> b.setProperty("name", "gold plated rocket car"); > >> Relationship r = a.createRelationshipTo(b, > >> DynamicRelationshipType.withName("purchased")); > >> r.setProperty("timeStamp", 1234235234); > >> > >> // Marko--purchased-->GoldPlatedRocketCar > >> > >> If you want to dynamically do stuff from a terminal, you can consider > >> learning about graph databases with Gremlin. > >> http://gremlin.tinkerpop.com > >> > >> ./gremlin.sh > >> g = new Neo4jGraph('var/graphdb'); > >> a = g.addVertex([name:'marko']) > >> b = g.addVertex([name:'gold plated rocket car']) > >> r = g.addEdge(a, b, 'purchased', [timeStamp:'1234235234']) > >> // what did Marko purchase? > >> a.outE('purchased').inV.name > >> > >> http://paste.pocoo.org/show/381641/ > >> > >> Gremlin comes packaged with a few example graphs--no customer/order > >> data--but hopefully you can abstract the concepts over to your domain. > >> > >> Hope that helps, > >> Marko. > >> > >> http://markorodriguez.com > >> > >> On May 2, 2011, at 10:13 AM, Anil Tatikonda wrote: > >> > >>> Thanks that is a pretty quick reply i appreciate your response that > helps > >> my > >>> understanding. > >>> > >>> And so now I'm trying the example in the Design Guide section. But it > >> asks > >>> me to create the RelationShipTypes by following the instructions in > >> Getting > >>> started but its not that clear. > >>> And moreover where do i initialize this data and do you have any sample > >> data > >>> for those Customer and Orders that i can use. > >>> > >>> GraphDatabaseService graphDb = new EmbeddedGraphDatabase( "var/graphdb" > >> ); > >>> > >>> > >>> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Marko Rodriguez <[email protected] > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hello, > >>>> > >>>> Neo4j is a database + API. Thus, Neo4j will persist your data for you > >> (in a > >>>> directory) and will expose that data logically as a graph for you > >> (JavaDoc > >>>> API). > >>>> > >>>> Neo4j is NOT a graph API over an existing database (e.g. MySQL). > >>>> > >>>> Hope that helps, > >>>> Marko. > >>>> > >>>> http://markorodriguez.com > >>>> > >>>> On May 2, 2011, at 10:03 AM, Anil Tatikonda wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I have read through the Getting Started on Neo4j this morning. > >>>>> I understood that this a graphical database representation of our > data. > >>>>> > >>>>> But its very hard to imagine in terms of our Application. So where > does > >>>> the > >>>>> data stay lets just say we have Customers and Orders like your > example > >>>> where > >>>>> does all that data live??? in a file locally or somewhere in the > >> database > >>>>> again and Neo4j is just a graphical representation of the same data > >> ???? > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks > >>>>> Anil Tatikonda > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Neo4j mailing list > >>>>> [email protected] > >>>>> https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Neo4j mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Neo4j mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Neo4j mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Neo4j mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user > > _______________________________________________ > Neo4j mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user > _______________________________________________ Neo4j mailing list [email protected] https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user
