59. Setting Resource Handler¶
The net.solarnetwork.node.settings.SettingResourceHandler API defines a
way for a component to import and export files uploaded to SolarNode from external sources.
A component could support importing a file using the File setting. This could be used, to provide a way of configuring the component from a configuration file, like CSV, JSON, XML, and so on. Similarly a component could support exporting a file, to generate a configuration file in another format like CSV, JSON, XML, and so on, from its current settings. For example, the Modbus Device Datum Source does exactly these things: importing and exporting a custom CSV file to make configuring the component easier.
59.1 Importing¶
The main part of the SettingResourceHandler API for importing files looks like this:
public interface SettingResourceHandler {
/**
* Get a unique, application-wide setting ID.
*
* <p>
* This ID must be unique across all setting resource handlers registered
* within the system. Generally the implementation will also be a
* {@link net.solarnetwork.settings.SettingSpecifierProvider} for the same
* ID.
* </p>
*
* @return unique ID
*/
String getSettingUid();
/**
* Apply settings for a specific key from a resource.
*
* @param settingKey
* the setting key, generally a
* {@link net.solarnetwork.settings.KeyedSettingSpecifier#getKey()}
* value
* @param resources
* the resources with the settings to apply
* @return any setting values that should be persisted as a result of
* applying the given resources (never {@literal null}
* @throws IOException
* if any IO error occurs
*/
SettingsUpdates applySettingResources(String settingKey, Iterable<Resource> resources)
throws IOException;
The getSettingUid() method overlaps with the Settings Provider API, and as the comments
note it is typical for a Settings Provider that publishes settings like File or
Text Area to also implement SettingResourceHandler.
The settingKey passed to the applySettingResources() method identifies the resource(s) being uploaded,
as a single Setting Resource Handler might support multiple resources. For example a Settings Provider might
publish multiple File settings, or File and Text Area settings. The settingKey is used to differentiate
between each one.
59.1.1 Importing example¶
Imagine a component that publishes a File setting. A typical implementation of that component would look like this (this example omits some methods for brevity):
public class MyComponent implements SettingSpecifierProvider,
SettingResourceHandler {
private static final Logger log
= LoggerFactory.getLogger(MyComponent.class);
/** The resource key to identify the File setting resource. */
public static final String RESOURCE_KEY_DOCUMENT = "document";
@Override
public String getSettingUid() {
return "com.example.mycomponent";
}
@Override
public List<SettingSpecifier> getSettingSpecifiers() {
List<SettingSpecifier> results = new ArrayList<>();
// publish a File setting tied to the RESOURCE_KEY_DOCUMENT key,
// allowing only text files to be accepted
results.add(new BasicFileSettingSpecifier(RESOURCE_KEY_DOCUMENT, null,
new LinkedHashSet<>(asList(".txt", "text/*")), false));
return results;
}
@Override
public SettingsUpdates applySettingResources(String settingKey,
Iterable<Resource> resources) throws IOException {
if ( resources == null ) {
return null;
}
if ( RESOURCE_KEY_DOCUMENT.equals(settingKey) ) {
for ( Resource r : resources ) {
// here we would do something useful with the resource... like
// read into a string and log it
String s = FileCopyUtils.copyToString(new InputStreamReader(
r.getInputStream(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
log.info("Got {} resource content: {}", settingKey, s);
break; // only accept one file
}
}
return null;
}
}
59.2 Exporting¶
The part of the Setting Resource Handler API that supports exporting setting resources looks like this:
/**
* Get a list of supported setting keys for the
* {@link #currentSettingResources(String)} method.
*
* @return the set of supported keys
*/
default Collection<String> supportedCurrentResourceSettingKeys() {
return Collections.emptyList();
}
/**
* Get the current setting resources for a specific key.
*
* @param settingKey
* the setting key, generally a
* {@link net.solarnetwork.settings.KeyedSettingSpecifier#getKey()}
* value
* @return the resources, never {@literal null}
*/
Iterable<Resource> currentSettingResources(String settingKey);
The supportedCurrentResourceSettingKeys() method returns a set of resource keys the component supports
for exporting. The currentSettingResources() method returns the resources to export for a given key.
The SolarNode GUI shows a form menu with all the available resources for all components that support
the SettingResourceHandler API, and lets the user to download them:
59.2.1 Exporting example¶
Here is an example of a component that supports exporting a CSV file resource based on the component's current configuration:
public class MyComponent implements SettingSpecifierProvider,
SettingResourceHandler {
/** The setting resource key for a CSV configuration file. */
public static final String RESOURCE_KEY_CSV_CONFIG = "csvConfig";
private int max = 1;
private boolean enabled = true;
@Override
public Collection<String> supportedCurrentResourceSettingKeys() {
return Collections.singletonList(RESOURCE_KEY_CSV_CONFIG);
}
@Override
public Iterable<Resource> currentSettingResources(String settingKey) {
if ( !RESOURCE_KEY_CSV_CONFIG.equals(settingKey) ) {
return null;
}
StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
buf.append("max,enabled\r\n");
buf.append(max).append(',').append(enabled).append("\r\n");
return Collections.singleton(new ByteArrayResource(
buf.toString().getBytes(UTF_8), "My Component CSV Config") {
@Override
public String getFilename() {
return "my-component-config.csv";
}
});
}
}