Thanks Robert. Changing to cascade on the parent did the trick....the
array members get removed just by calling deleteObjects on the data
context. Makes sense but this isn't mentioned anywhere that I can see
in the deleteting objects documentation.
Mark
Robert Zeigler wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> The tips Andrus provided should work, in particular, making sure your
> delete rules are correct.
> So the delete rule from for the relationship in the parent entity
> should (probably) be marked cascade (if the children can't exist w/out
> the parent; otherwise nullify), and the delete rule for the
> relationship on the child side should definitely be nullify. I've used
> this plenty of times and it works. :) So if it's not working for you,
> maybe something else is going on? Are you using inheritance, by chance?
>
> Robert
>
> On Oct 22, 2009, at 10/2212:08 AM , Mark Fraser wrote:
>
>> >you may want to change delete rule to "Nullify" from many side to
>> one side of the relationship
>>
>> No effect.
>>
>> >Otherwise you'd have to explicitly unset the relationship before
>> deleting an object.
>>
>> I'm not sure what you mean by this. Do you mean doing something like
>> this?:
>>
>> this.unsetReverseRelationship("toArtists", this.getToPaintings());
>>
>> ..in the tomany (painting) object?
>>
>> I tried that and it didn't work (still getting
>> ConcurrentModificationException).
>>
>> I just want to delete all of the objects and have it properly
>> reflected in the parent's array. It seems like a very everyday
>> operation. Is it really this difficult?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Andrus Adamchik wrote:
>>> Hi Mark,
>>>
>>>> However in the modeler the delete rule for both sides of the
>>>> relationship is "No Action".
>>>
>>> you may want to change delete rule to "Nullify" from many side to
>>> one side of the relationship. Otherwise you'd have to explicitly
>>> unset the relationship before deleting an object.
>>>
>>> Andrus
>>>
>>> On Oct 21, 2009, at 10:37 AM, Mark Fraser wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I am using Cayenned 2.0.4.
>>>>
>>>> What is the proper way to delete the full collection of tomany
>>>> objects and have the target object's array correctly reflect the
>>>> deletion?
>>>>
>>>> The manual (http://cayenne.apache.org/doc20/deleting-objects.html)
>>>> says to use dataContext.deleteObjects if you want to delete all
>>>> objects in the collection.
>>>> What it does not say is that the target object's array will still
>>>> contain references to objects that are scheduled for deletion (or
>>>> have been deleted after committal).
>>>>
>>>> I have code like this:
>>>>
>>>> System.out.println("paintings: " +
>>>> artist.getPaintingsArray().size()); // "1"
>>>> dataContext.deleteObjects(artist.getPaintingsArray());
>>>> System.out.println("paintings: " +
>>>> artist.getPaintingsArray().size()); // "1"
>>>> dataContext.commitChanges();
>>>> System.out.println("paintings: " +
>>>> artist.getPaintingsArray().size()); // "1"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> But if I try to delete the objects myself using an iterator as
>>>> described on that manual page I get a
>>>> ConcurrencyModificationException--which is warned about on that
>>>> page. It says this may result from the object being deleted having
>>>> a "nullify delete rule". However in the modeler the delete rule
>>>> for both sides of the relationship is "No Action".
>>>>
>>>> I would appreciate if someone could suggest how I am supposed to do
>>>> this (without switching Cayenne versions).
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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