Import API/SPI provides the import workflow to import data form any support.
API is providing a secure workflow, from importers that connects to
the data source (files, databases, wizards...) to the processors that
append imported data to the workspace. It is based on the
Container
interface, that has a loading and unloading
sub-interface. Importers are loading the container, then the controller
is checking it's consistency and finally processors are unloading it.
See org.gephi.io.importer.spi
package to know how to define
new data importers.