Backend API

public class Root

This is the Root singleton of the project that loads the workspaces on startup and is used across the project to manage the workspaces.

Created by antoine on 25/05/2017.

public void createWorkspace (String name)

Create a new workspace. A workspace approximately corresponds to one project on the IDE.

• Parameters: name — of the workspace/project
• Returns: the uuid of the newly create workspace

public boolean deleteWorkspace (String uuid, String name)

Delete a workspace based on its uuid. Be careful with this method ! It will remove all the files in the project, the flow, etc… and it cannot be undone

• Parameters: uuid — : the id of the workspace to delete
• Returns: True if the workspace has been deleted

public boolean hasWorkspace (String workspace)

Tell whether the given workspace exist

• Parameters: workspace — The ID of the workspace
• Returns: True if the workspace exists

public Workspace getWorkspace (String id)

Give the requested workspace

• Parameters: id — The ID of the request workspace
• Returns: The workspace instance

public Map getWorkspaces()

• Returns: the Map of Name <-> Workspace instance

private void importWorkspace (String uuid)

Import a workspace with the given uuid

• Parameters: uuid — the unique id of the workspace to import.

private void verifyStorageFolderExists ()

Verify that the folder where we storage all the workspaces’ data exsits. If it doesn’t, we create it.

private void addDefaultContent ()

Add the default content that must contain the project storage folder into it. This default content is in src/main/resources/default_storage_directory_content

private void loadStoredWorkspaces ()

Load all the workspaces stored on the HD and store them in the workspaces attribute of the class.