Existing Pluggable Blob Storage APIs

The APIs listed on this page have the following attributes in common:

• They each provide a means to read and write persistent files given a unique id.
• They were designed with back-end pluggability in mind.
• They are not concerned with directory/folder semantics.
• While they may support over-writing existing content, they are otherwise not concerned with higher-level versioning semantics.

Java

• Apache Jackrabbit - BlobStore
• Daisy (Used with Apache Cocoon) - BlobStore
• DSpace 1 - BitstreamStorageManager
• DSpace 2 - BitStore
• Eclipse - BlobStore
• Fedora Repository - ILowLevelStorage
• JavaBeans Activation Framework - FileDataSource
• MediaWiki - FileStore
• SNIA XAM - Java and C API
• Topaz OTM - BlobStore

Comparison

Other APIs of Interest

• JAF FileDataSource - Only works with java.io.File
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