1. Download jenabean.jar (jena too!)

jenabean uses Jena. jenabean.jar is featured on the front page.

2. Create your model classes

Create a java bean class and use the @Id annotation to indicate which method has the unique id for this "thing". This example uses a convenience class, RdfBean, to tie some of the more common methods directly to your bean.

Song.java

public class Song extends RdfBean<Song> {
	private String composer;
	private Genre genre; 
	private String title;
	
	@Id
	public String getTitle() {
		return title;
	}

3. Create a jena model and bind with the jenabean singleton

Create a jena ontology model instance and make jenabean aware of it...

SimpleExample.java

	OntModel m = ModelFactory.createOntologyModel();
	Jenabean.instance().bind(m);

4. Save the bean

Create an instance of you bean and save it...

	Song s1 = new Song();
	s1.setTitle("Waters of March");
	s1.setComposer("Antonio Carlos Jobim");
	s1.setGenre(Genre.JAZZ);
	s1.save();

5. Read it back out and verify the RDF

Read it back out and let jena show us the RDF we've created...

        Collection<Song> songs = Song.load();
	for (Song song : songs)
		System.out.println(song.getTitle() + ":" + 
		song.getGenre().getName());	
        m.write(System.out);