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

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
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 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