net.ontopia.topicmaps.impl.utils

Class DeletionUtils

java.lang.Object

net.ontopia.topicmaps.impl.utils.DeletionUtils

public class DeletionUtils
extends Object

INTERNAL: Topic map object deletion utilities.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DeletionUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and 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 Detail

DeletionUtils

public DeletionUtils()

Method Detail

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