Develop a Python Inbuilt functions like ORM that abstracts RDFox SPARQL interactions and provides entity-centric APIs for Knowledge Graph operations.
2. User Use Cases
UC1: Retrieve an entity by ID
UC2: Retrieve entities by property filter
UC3: Traverse related entities
UC4: Sort results
UC5: Limit number of results
UC6: Convert UNIX timestamps to human-readable datetime
UC7: Insert new entity
UC8: Update existing entity
UC9: Delete an entity
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3. SDK Method Mapping
UC1 → Supplier.get_by_id(id: str)
UC2 → Supplier.search().filter_by(property, operator, value).all()
UC3 → supplier.related_entities(link_type)
UC4 → .order_by(property_name)
UC5 → .take(n)
UC6 → .convert_datetime(field_name, output_format)
UC7 → supplier.insert()
UC8 → supplier.update_fields({...}).save()
UC9 → supplier.delete()
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4. Internal Class Design
4.1 EntityBase
{code:python} class EntityBase: def get_by_id(cls, id: str): pass def search(cls): pass def related_entities(self, link_type: str): pass def convert_datetime(self, field_name: str, output_format="%d-%m-%Y"): pass def insert(self): pass def update_fields(self, updates: dict): pass def save(self): pass def delete(self): pass {code}
4.2 EntityQueryBuilder
{code:python} class EntityQueryBuilder: def filter_by(self, property_name: str, operator: str, value: Any): pass def order_by(self, property_name: str): pass def take(self, n: int): pass def all(self): pass {code}
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5. SPARQL Generation Flow
Initialize SELECT query
Add RDF type filter
Add property filters via .filter_by()
Add ORDER BY if .order_by() used
Add LIMIT if .take() used
Compile and execute SPARQL via RDFoxClient
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6. Example Code Flow
{code:python} suppliers = Supplier.search().filter_by("lead_time", ">", 20).order_by("lead_time").take(5).all() {code}
Internal steps:
Supplier.search() ➔ initializes QueryBuilder
filter_by ➔ adds WHERE filter
order_by ➔ adds ORDER BY clause
take ➔ adds LIMIT
all ➔ compiles SPARQL and fetches results
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7. Update Operation Flow
update_fields ➔ updates local cache
save ➔ compiles DELETE + INSERT SPARQL
RDFoxClient ➔ sends update query