DeletionUtils (Ontopia)

java.lang.Object

net.ontopia.topicmaps.impl.utils.DeletionUtils

public class DeletionUtils extends Object

INTERNAL: Topic map object deletion utilities.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor

Description

DeletionUtils()
Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

static void

clear(TopicMapIF topicmap)

INTERNAL: Deletes all the topics and associations from the topic map.

static void

removeDependencies(ReifiableIF object)

static void

removeDependencies(TopicIF topic)

INTERNAL: Removes the dependencies to the given topic from its topic map.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details
- DeletionUtils
  
  public DeletionUtils()
Method Details
- removeDependencies
  
  public static void removeDependencies(TopicIF topic)
  
  INTERNAL: Removes the dependencies to the given topic from its topic map. Characteristics that have the topic in its scope get removed. Characteristics that have the topic as a type are removed from the topic map.
  
  Parameters:
  
  topic - The given topic; an object implementing TopicIF.
  
  Since:
  
  4.0
- removeDependencies
  
  public static void removeDependencies(ReifiableIF object)
- clear
  
  public static void clear(TopicMapIF topicmap)
  
  INTERNAL: Deletes all the topics and associations from the topic map. Note that this is not the best method for emptying a topic map; use TopicMapStoreIF.clear() instead, which is much faster with the RDBMS.
  
  Parameters:
  
  topicmap - The given topicmap; an object implementing TopicMapIF.
  
  Since:
  
  2.0