Database Jumpstart

Create a RifidiApp

• 1. Create a RifidiApp. First, be sure to set up a developer environment using these steps.

Then check the developer guide for creating your own Rifidi App. Check the section starting at "Importing a Project Template" on page 5 for how to do this.

After your application is set up, you'll have to choose how you want to receive your tags. Tags that are read by RFID readers will be inserted into an event processing engine called Esper. There are a few different ways to receive these tags, as outlined here:

Import Services

• 2. You can use one of the default services to send and receive tags. You can see a description of the default services here.

You can also see an example of the two services in action in the "Northwind" example (specifically, the "ReadZoneMonitoringService" and the "StableSetService"). See the developer's guide for an overview of the Northwind example. The source code for the example (which can be imported as a project) is in the "apps" folder of the SDK.

Taking the ReadZoneMonitoringService as an example, a method will be called on designated classes whenever a tag arrives or departs. You can find out the ID of this tag (as well as other useful information) and then do whatever you wish with it, including writing the event to a cloud or to social media.

Create Custom Esper Rules

• 3. You can also write your own custom Esper rules, usually in concert with the ReadZoneMonitoringService. You can find out how to create custom Esper rules at the Custom Esper Rules Jumpstart page.

Add Third Party Libraries

• 4. You may need to add a third party library to your app. Check the Adding Third Party Libraries page to find out how to do that.

Link to the Database

• 5. The MySQL JDBC API is included with Rifidi. You can also import other APIs if you wish by adding third party libraries. You can connect to the database via Spring or in the traditional way in Java. Here is a sample database application:

Sample Rifidi Database Application with SDK

• 6. Here is where one can find the sources for the sample Rifidi Database Application

Rifidi Database App using Rifidi SDK Note: The example DB app inserts a record when a tag arrives into the readzone using the readZoneMonitoringService(tag_id, timestamp, reader_id. antenna). The SQL script necessary for creating the MySql DB can be found in DBApp/db.app. Please refer to Documentationfor using the script to create the database. The user/password for the example app is set to be root/rifidi.

The exported DBApp and MYSQL SQL script can be found here DAApp (zip) DAApp (link to sdk) and the Rifidi Databse App Quickstart Guide Rifidi_DB_App_Quick_Start_Guide