16.3. Other Essential Modules

modeshape-repository provides the core ModeShape graph engine and services for managing repository connections, sequencers, MIME type detectors, and observation. If you're using ModeShape repositories via our graph API rather than JCR , then this is where you'd start.

modeshape-cnd provides a self-contained utility for parsing CND (Compact Node Definition) files and transforming the node definitions into a graph notation compatible with ModeShape's JCR implementation.

modeshape-graph defines the Application Programming Interface (API) for ModeShape's low-level graph model, including a fluent-style API for working with graph content. This module also defines the APIs necessary to implement custom connectors, sequencers, and MIME type detectors.

modeshape-common is a small low-level library of common utilities and frameworks, including logging, progress monitoring, internationalization/localization, text translators, component management, and class loader factories.