QuadStore.Core 1.1.0

⚡ QuadStore

A blazingly fast, lightweight RDF quad store for .NET 10 — minimal dependencies, pure performance.

🌟 Why QuadStore?

✨ Sub-microsecond queries — Indexed lookups in <200ns (faster than most in-memory operations)
🎯 Batch load 1M triples in 3.65 seconds — 274K triples/sec throughput
📦 Lightweight — TriG loading without need for external RDF libraries
🔍 SPARQL support — Full graph pattern matching and variable binding
✅ Well tested — 200+ passing tests, W3C TriG compliance

🚀 Quick Start

1) Use QuadStore through dotNetRDF + Leviathan

QuadStore is the core in-memory quad store. QuadStoreStorageProvider adapts it to the standard dotNetRDF storage interfaces. That means Leviathan can run SPARQL queries against your QuadStore data.

using TripleStore.Core;
using VDS.RDF.Query;
using VDS.RDF.Storage;

// 1) Define a tiny in-memory TriG document with two FOAF name triples.
const string trigContent = """
@prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> .

{
  <http://example.org/alice> foaf:name "Alice" .
  <http://example.org/bob> foaf:name "Bob" .
}
""";

// 2) Persist the TriG content to disk so the loader can read it from a file.
var dataFilePath = Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "data.trig");
File.WriteAllText(dataFilePath, trigContent);

// 3) Create/open the QuadStore data directory.
var storePath = Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "store-data");
using var store = new QuadStore(storePath);

// 4) Load TriG quads directly into QuadStore in a single pass.
var loader = new SinglePassTrigLoader(store);
loader.LoadFromFile(dataFilePath);

// 5) Wrap QuadStore with the dotNetRDF storage adapter so Leviathan can query it.
IStorageProvider provider = new QuadStoreStorageProvider(store);
var queryable = (IQueryableStorage)provider;

// 6) Run a SPARQL SELECT query through Leviathan.
var query = @"SELECT ?person ?name
WHERE {
    ?person <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/name> ?name .
}";

var results = (SparqlResultSet)queryable.Query(query);

// 7) Print the SPARQL result rows.
Console.WriteLine("Leviathan query results:");
foreach (var row in results)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"{row["person"]} -> {row["name"]}");
}

2) Minimal ASP.NET endpoint (SPARQL Protocol style)

This example exposes a simple /sparql endpoint that accepts a SPARQL query and returns:

• SPARQL JSON results for SELECT/ASK
• Turtle for CONSTRUCT/DESCRIBE

using TripleStore.Core;
using VDS.RDF;
using VDS.RDF.Query;
using VDS.RDF.Storage;
using VDS.RDF.Writing;

var dataDir = args.Length > 0 ? args[0] : "./quadstore-data";
var qs = new QuadStore(dataDir);
var provider = new QuadStoreStorageProvider(qs);
var queryable = (IQueryableStorage)provider;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Section B: Seed Data
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// On first run (empty store), load a small set of FOAF triples so the sample
// can be queried immediately without manual data loading.

if (!qs.Query().Any())
{
    var seedTriG = """
        @prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> .
        @prefix ex:   <http://example.org/> .

        {
          ex:alice foaf:name "Alice" ;
                   foaf:knows ex:bob .
          ex:bob   foaf:name "Bob" ;
                   foaf:knows ex:alice .
        }
        """;

    var loader = new SinglePassTrigLoader(qs);
    loader.LoadFromString(seedTriG);
    qs.SaveAll();
}

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Section C: Host Configuration
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Build the ASP.NET Core minimal API host and register QuadStore and its
// storage provider as singletons so they are available to the request pipeline.

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

builder.Services.AddSingleton(qs);
builder.Services.AddSingleton(provider);
builder.Services.AddSingleton<IQueryableStorage>(provider);

var app = builder.Build();

app.MapSparqlEndpoints();

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Section G: Shutdown
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Dispose the QuadStore when the application is stopping to release
// memory-mapped file handles cleanly.

app.Lifetime.ApplicationStopping.Register(() =>
{
    qs.Dispose();
});

app.Run();

⚠️ Current Limitations

QuadStore + QuadStoreStorageProvider is intentionally append-only currently:

• ❌ No graph deletion (DeleteGraph is not supported)
• ❌ No triple removal in UpdateGraph (additions only)
• ❌ No SPARQL Update (IUpdateableStorage.Update throws)
• ℹ️ Per-query in-memory snapshot for Leviathan queries (simple and correct, but can be slower on very large datasets)

📊 Performance at a Glance

Query Performance (Latency)

Load Performance (Throughput)

Benchmarks on Intel Core Ultra 7 265H, .NET 10.0. See detailed benchmark analysis for all metrics.

🛠️ Installation

QuadStore is built for .NET 10.0 and ships as a library. Add it to your project:

# If published to NuGet (coming soon)
dotnet add package QuadStore.Core

For now, clone and reference locally:

git clone https://github.com/aabs/QuadStore.git
# Add project reference in your .csproj:
# <ProjectReference Include="path/to/src/TripleStore.Core/TripleStore.Core.csproj" />

Indexing Strategy

QuadStore maintains roaring bitmap indexes for fast intersection:

• Subject index → O(1) lookup by URI
• Predicate index → O(1) lookup by property
• Object index → O(1) lookup by resource
• Graph index → O(1) lookup by named graph

Multi-dimensional queries use two-pointer intersection over sorted result sets, keeping complex queries sub-millisecond even at scale.

📚 Documentation

• API Reference — Explore core types and methods
• Benchmark Report — See performance analysis in detail
• Test Suite — Working examples of every operation
• TriG Spec — Supported data format

🔬 Building & Testing

# Build
dotnet build -c Release

# Run all tests
dotnet test -c Release --nologo

# Run benchmarks
dotnet run -c Release --project benchmark/TripleStore.Benchmarks/TripleStore.Benchmarks.csproj

💭 Feedback & Contributing

Have ideas? Found a bug? Jump in!

• 🐛 Open an issue for bugs or feature requests
• 💬 Start a discussion to share ideas
• 🔀 PRs welcome — see DEVELOPMENT.md for setup

All contributions welcome, from bug reports to performance improvements.

📝 License

MIT — Use freely in commercial and personal projects.

Made with ⚡ for .NET developers who demand performance.