Import / Export

MicroStream provides an API to import and export persisted data of the storage. It is pretty much the same as writing and reading a backup.
The records in the storage are distributed in lots of files and folders, depending on channel count and other settings. To get order in the chaos the export produces one file per type. This files are used again by the import to read the data into the storage.
The created binary type data files contain only records of the according type, nevertheless they have the same format as the channel storage files.
Export
EmbeddedStorageManager            storage         = ...
File                              targetDirectory = new File("export-dir");
String                            fileSuffix      = "bin";
StorageConnection                 connection      = storage.createConnection();
StorageEntityTypeExportStatistics exportResult    = connection.exportTypes(
	new StorageEntityTypeExportFileProvider.Default(targetDirectory, fileSuffix),
	typeHandler -> true // export all, customize if necessary
);
XSequence<File>                    exportFiles = CQL
	.from(exportResult.typeStatistics().values())
	.project(s -> new File(s.file().identifier()))
	.execute()
;
Import
EmbeddedStorageManager storage    = ...
StorageConnection      connection = storage.createConnection();
connection.importFiles(X.Enum(
	new File("type1.bin"),
	new File("type2.bin")
));
Data Conversion
It is also possible to convert the exported binary files to a human readable format, namely CSV.
Why CSV?
Contrary to XML or JSON, CSV is perfectly suited to represent records with the least possible overhead. There are a lot of tools, like spreadsheet editors, which can read and modify CSV files. The file's size is at the possible minimum and the performance of the converter is significantly better than with the other formats.
Binary to CSV
EmbeddedStorageManager storage   = ...
File                   csvDir    = new File("csv-dir");
File                   typeFile  = new File("type1.bin");
StorageDataConverterTypeBinaryToCsv converter = 
    new StorageDataConverterTypeBinaryToCsv.UTF8(
		StorageDataConverterCsvConfiguration.defaultConfiguration(),
		new StorageEntityTypeConversionFileProvider.Default(csvDir, "csv"),
		storage.typeDictionary(),
		null, // no type name mapping
		4096, // read buffer size
		4096  // write buffer size
);
StorageLockedFile storageFile = StorageLockedFile.openLockedFile(typeFile);
try
{
	converter.convertDataFile(storageFile);
}
finally
{
	storageFile.close();
}
CSV to Binary
EmbeddedStorageManager storage = EmbeddedStorage.start();
File                   binDir  = new File("bin-dir");
File                   csvFile = new File("type1.csv");
StorageDataConverterTypeCsvToBinary<StorageFile> converter = 
	StorageDataConverterTypeCsvToBinary.New(
		StorageDataConverterCsvConfiguration.defaultConfiguration(),
		storage.typeDictionary(),
		new StorageEntityTypeConversionFileProvider.Default(binDir, "dat")
);
StorageLockedFile storageFile = StorageLockedFile.openLockedFile(csvFile);
try
{
	converter.convertCsv(storageFile);
}
finally
{
	storageFile.close();
}
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