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+package datastore;
+
+import com.beust.jcommander.internal.Maps;
+import com.csvreader.CsvReader;
+import com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.Coordinate;
+import com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.GeometryFactory;
+import models.Account;
+import models.transit.*;
+import sun.misc.Version;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * Migrate a Postgres database dump to the MapDB format.
+ */
+public class MigrateToMapDB {
+    GlobalTx gtx;
+    File fromDirectory;
+
+    private static GeometryFactory gf = new GeometryFactory();
+
+    private Map<String, AgencyTx> atxes = Maps.newHashMap();
+
+    /** actually perform the migration */
+    public void migrate(File fromDirectory) throws Exception {
+        // import global stuff first: easy-peasy lemon squeezee
+        gtx = VersionedDataStore.getGlobalTx();
+        this.fromDirectory = fromDirectory;
+
+        readAgencies();
+        readAccounts();
+        readRouteTypes();
+
+        readStops();
+
+        gtx.commit();
+
+        for (AgencyTx atx : atxes.values()) {
+            atx.commit();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void readAgencies () throws Exception {
+        System.out.println("Reading agencies");
+
+        DatabaseCsv reader = getCsvReader("agency.csv");
+
+        reader.readHeaders();
+
+        int count = 0;
+        while (reader.readRecord()) {
+            Agency a = new Agency();
+            a.id = reader.get("id");
+            a.color = reader.get("color");
+            a.defaultLon = reader.getDouble("defaultlon");
+            a.defaultLat = reader.getDouble("defaultlat");
+            a.lang = reader.get("lang");
+            a.name = reader.get("name");
+            a.phone = reader.get("phone");
+            a.timezone = reader.get("timezone");
+            a.url = reader.get("url");
+            // easy to maintain referential integrity; we're retaining DB IDs.
+            a.routeTypeId = reader.get("defaultroutetype_id");
+
+            gtx.agencies.put(a.id, a);
+            count++;
+        }
+
+        System.out.println("imported " + count + " agencies");
+    }
+
+    private void readAccounts () throws Exception {
+        System.out.println("Reading accounts");
+
+        DatabaseCsv reader = getCsvReader("account.csv");
+        reader.readHeaders();
+        int count = 0;
+
+        while (reader.readRecord()) {
+            String username = reader.get("username");
+            Boolean admin = reader.getBoolean("admin");
+            String email = reader.get("email");
+            String agencyId = reader.get("agencyId");
+            Account a = new Account(username, "password", email, admin, agencyId);
+            a.password = reader.get("password");
+            a.active = reader.getBoolean("active");
+            a.id = a.username;
+
+            gtx.accounts.put(a.id, a);
+
+            count++;
+        }
+
+        System.out.println("Imported " + count + " accounts");
+    }
+
+    private void readStops () throws Exception {
+        System.out.println("reading stops");
+
+        DatabaseCsv reader = getCsvReader("stop.csv");
+        reader.readHeaders();
+
+        int count = 0;
+
+        while (reader.readRecord()) {
+            Stop s = new Stop();
+            s.location = gf.createPoint(new Coordinate(reader.getDouble("lon"), reader.getDouble("lat")));
+            s.agencyId = reader.get("agency_id");
+            s.bikeParking = reader.getAvail("bikeparking");
+            s.carParking = reader.getAvail("carparking");
+            s.dropOffType = reader.getPdType("dropofftype");
+            s.pickupType = reader.getPdType("pickupType");
+            s.gtfsStopId = reader.get("gtfsstopid");
+            s.locationType = reader.getLocationType("locationtype");
+            s.majorStop = reader.getBoolean("majorstop");
+            s.parentStation = reader.get("parentstation");
+            s.stopCode = reader.get("stopcode");
+            s.stopIconUrl = reader.get("stopiconurl");
+            s.stopDesc = reader.get("stopdesc");
+            s.stopName = reader.get("stopname");
+            s.stopUrl = reader.get("stopurl");
+            s.wheelchairBoarding = reader.getAvail("wheelchairboarding");
+            s.zoneId = reader.get("zoneid");
+            s.id = reader.get("id");
+
+            getAgencyTx(s.agencyId).stops.put(s.id, s);
+            count ++;
+        }
+
+        System.out.println("Read " + count + " stops");
+
+    }
+
+    private void readRouteTypes () throws Exception {
+        System.out.println("Reading route types");
+
+        DatabaseCsv reader = getCsvReader("routetype.csv");
+        reader.readHeaders();
+
+        int count = 0;
+
+        while (reader.readRecord()) {
+            RouteType rt = new RouteType();
+            rt.description = reader.get("description");
+            String grt = reader.get("gtfsroutetype");
+            rt.gtfsRouteType = grt != null ? GtfsRouteType.valueOf(grt) : null;
+            String hvt = reader.get("hvtroutetype");
+            rt.hvtRouteType = hvt != null ? HvtRouteType.valueOf(hvt) : null;
+            rt.localizedVehicleType = reader.get("localizedvehicletype");
+            gtx.routeTypes.put(rt.id, rt);
+            count++;
+        }
+
+        System.out.println("Imported " + count + " route types");
+    }
+
+    private DatabaseCsv getCsvReader(String file) {
+        try {
+            InputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File(fromDirectory, file));
+            return new DatabaseCsv(new CsvReader(is, ',', Charset.forName("UTF-8")));
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private AgencyTx getAgencyTx (String agencyId) {
+        if (!atxes.containsKey(agencyId))
+            atxes.put(agencyId, VersionedDataStore.getAgencyTx(agencyId));
+
+        return atxes.get(agencyId);
+    }
+
+    private static class DatabaseCsv {
+        private CsvReader reader;
+
+        public DatabaseCsv(CsvReader reader) {
+            this.reader = reader;
+        }
+
+        public boolean readHeaders() throws IOException {
+            return reader.readHeaders();
+        }
+
+        public boolean readRecord () throws IOException {
+            return reader.readRecord();
+        }
+
+        public String get (String column) throws IOException {
+            String ret = reader.get(column);
+            if (ret.isEmpty())
+                return null;
+
+            return ret;
+        }
+
+        public Double getDouble(String column) {
+            try {
+                String dbl = reader.get(column);
+                return Double.parseDouble(dbl);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public StopTimePickupDropOffType getPdType (String column) throws Exception {
+            String val = reader.get(column);
+
+            try {
+                return StopTimePickupDropOffType.valueOf(val);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public Boolean getBoolean (String column) throws Exception {
+            String val = get(column);
+
+            if (val == null)
+                return null;
+
+            switch (val.charAt(0)) {
+                case 't':
+                    return Boolean.TRUE;
+                case 'f':
+                    return Boolean.FALSE;
+                default:
+                    return null;
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        public AttributeAvailabilityType getAvail (String column) throws Exception {
+            String val = reader.get(column);
+
+            try {
+                return AttributeAvailabilityType.valueOf(val);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public LocationType getLocationType (String column) throws Exception {
+            String val = reader.get(column);
+
+            try {
+                return LocationType.valueOf(val);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}