Write an IIDM exporter#

From Powsybl’s Exporter interface, it is possible to add a new data serialization format for a IIDM network.

In order to do so, you will need to:

  • Write an implementation of the Exporter interface and assign it a unique ID format

  • Declare the new class as a service implementation with the @AutoService annotation

  • Build your jar

Configuring your module#

In order to implement a new Exporter, add the following dependencies in your pom.xml file:

  • auto-service (com.google.auto.service): Configuration/metadata generator for ServiceLoader-style providers

  • powsybl-iidm-converter-api: IIDM network import/export API

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.google.auto.service</groupId>
        <artifactId>auto-service</artifactId>
        <version>1.0-rc2</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.powsybl</groupId>
        <artifactId>powsybl-iidm-converter-api</artifactId>
        <version>${powsybl.core.version}</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

Implementation#

As said above, you will need to write your own implementation of the Exporter interface and declare it as a service implementation. Here is an empty class template of an Exporter implementation:

import com.google.auto.service.AutoService;
import com.powsybl.commons.datasource.DataSource;
import com.powsybl.iidm.network.Exporter;
import com.powsybl.iidm.network.Network;

import java.util.Properties;

@AutoService(Exporter.class)
public class MyExporter implements Exporter {
    
    /**
     * @return the unique ID for the given format
     */
    @Override
    public String getFormat() { 
        return null; 
    }
    
    /**
     * @return information about the exporter
     */
    @Override
    public String getComment() { 
        return null; 
    }
    
    /**
     * @param network the IIDM network to export
     * @param parameters properties specific to this exporter
     * @param dataSource access to outputStream
     */
    @Override
    public void export(Network network, Properties parameters, DataSource dataSource) {
        // business logic to export a model to a given format
    }
    
}

Deployment#

Generating jar#

Once your implementation is ready, run the following command to create your project jar:

$ cd <PROJECT_HOME>
$ mvn clean package

The jar file will be generated in <PROJECT_HOME>/target.

Adding the format in iTools#

iTools allows the user to convert a network from one format to another via the convert-network command line.

You can add your custom export format to the available output formats of the command by copying the generated jar in your powsybl distribution:

$> cp target/my-exporter.jar <POWYSBL_HOME>/share/java

Examples#

The code of a simple CSV Exporter is available in powsybl-tutorials as a complete example of this tutorial.

To try it, clone the project and deploy as below:

$ git clone https://github.com/powsybl/powsybl-tutorials.git
$ cd powsybl-tutorials/csv-exporter
$ mvn clean package