Implicit Scala to RDF Value conversions

gistfile1.scala

object rdfStringOps {

  import org.openrdf.model._
  
  private lazy val vf = impl.ValueFactoryImpl.getInstance
  
  implicit class RDFStringOps( val str:String ){
    def uri                 = vf createURI str
    def lit                 = vf createLiteral str
    def lit( xsdt:URI )     = vf.createLiteral( str, xsdt )
    def lit( lang:String )  = vf.createLiteral( str, lang )
  }
  
}

object usageExamples {
 
  import rdfStringOps._
  
  val uri                     = "http://foo.com/a".uri
  val plainLiteral            = "some text".lit
  val literalWithLanguageTag  = "some text" lit "en"
  val typedLiteral            = "5" lit "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#int".uri
}