Neo4j-OGM - An Object Graph Mapping Library for Neo4j

Neo4j-OGM is a fast object-graph mapping library for Neo4j, optimised for server-based installations utilising Cypher.

It aims to simplify development with the Neo4j graph database and like JPA, it uses annotations on simple POJO domain objects.

If you use Spring to build your applications be sure to check out Spring Data Neo4j.

The latest OGM version is: 3.1.5. The latest OGM development versions are: 3.2.0-alpha02 and 3.1.6-SNAPSHOT.

Quick start

You can start coding with some simple templates, or just follow the little guide below!

Dependencies for Neo4j-OGM

Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
    <artifactId>neo4j-ogm-core</artifactId>
    <version>3.1.5</version>
</dependency>

<dependency> <!-- If you're using the HTTP driver -->
    <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
    <artifactId>neo4j-ogm-http-driver</artifactId>
    <version>3.1.5</version>
</dependency>

<dependency> <!-- If you're using the Bolt driver -->
    <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
    <artifactId>neo4j-ogm-bolt-driver</artifactId>
    <version>3.1.5</version>
</dependency>

<dependency> <!-- If you're using the Embedded driver -->
    <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
    <artifactId>neo4j-ogm-embedded-driver</artifactId>
    <version>3.1.5</version>
</dependency>

Gradle

dependencies {
    compile 'org.neo4j:neo4j-ogm-core:3.1.5'
    compile 'org.neo4j:neo4j-ogm-http-driver:3.1.5'
    compile 'org.neo4j:neo4j-ogm-bolt-driver:3.1.5'
    compile 'org.neo4j:neo4j-ogm-embedded-driver:3.1.5'
}

Ivy

<dependency org="org.neo4j" name="neo4j-ogm-core" rev="3.1.5"/>
<dependency org="org.neo4j" name="neo4j-ogm-http-driver" rev="3.1.5"/>
<dependency org="org.neo4j" name="neo4j-ogm-bolt-driver" rev="3.1.5"/>
<dependency org="org.neo4j" name="neo4j-ogm-embedded-driver" rev="3.1.5"/>

Set up domain entities

@NodeEntity
public class Actor {

	@Id @GeneratedValue
	private Long id;
	private String name;

	@Relationship(type = "ACTS_IN", direction = "OUTGOING")
	private Set<Movie> movies = new HashSet<>();

	public Actor() {
	}

	public Actor(String name) {
		this.name = name;
	}

	public void actsIn(Movie movie) {
		movies.add(movie);
		movie.getActors().add(this);
	}
}

@NodeEntity
public class Movie {

	@Id @GeneratedValue
	private Long id;
	private String title;
	private int released;

	@Relationship(type = "ACTS_IN", direction = "INCOMING")
	Set<Actor> actors;

	public Movie() {
	}

	public Movie(String title, int year) {
		this.title = title;
		this.released = year;
	}

}

Configuration

The either configure OGM with properties files, or programmatically.

Please see examples here.

Persist/Load entities

//Set up the Session
SessionFactory sessionFactory = new SessionFactory(configuration, "movies.domain");
Session session = sessionFactory.openSession();

Movie movie = new Movie("The Matrix", 1999);

Actor keanu = new Actor("Keanu Reeves");
keanu.actsIn(movie);

Actor carrie = new Actor("Carrie-Ann Moss");
carrie.actsIn(movie);

//Persist the movie. This persists the actors as well.
session.save(movie);

//Load a movie
Movie matrix = session.load(Movie.class, movie.getId());
for(Actor actor : matrix.getActors()) {
    System.out.println("Actor: " + actor.getName());
}

Getting Help

The reference guide is the best place to get started.

Feel free to chat with us on the Neo4j-OGM Slack channel, and have a look to some examples like Neo4j-OGM University.

You can also post questions in our community forums or on StackOverflow.

Building locally

To use the latest development version, just clone this repository and run mvn clean install

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License

Neo4j-OGM and it’s modules are licensed under the Apache License v 2.0.

The only exception is the neo4j-embedded-driver which is GPL v3 due to the direct use of the Neo4j Java API.