Deleting Objects

Deleting Objects

The following snippet deletes an object. If the object is a document, all versions of the document are deleted. If the object is a folder and it is not empty, a constraint exception is thrown.

OpenCMIS (Java)

CmisObject cmisObject = ...
cmisObject.delete();

PortCMIS (C#)

ICmisObject cmisObject = ...
cmisObject.Delete();

Deleting Documents and Versions

If a document is versioned, the whole version series can be deleted or just a single version. This is controlled with the allVersions parameter.

For documents that are not versioned it doesn’t matter if the allVersions parameter is set to true or false.

Deleting a Document and All Versions

To delete a whole version series, set the allVersions to true.

OpenCMIS (Java)

Document document = ...
document.delete(true); // allVersions = true

PortCMIS (C#)

IDocument document = ...
document.Delete(true); // allVersions = true

Deleting a Single Version

To delete one version with a version series, set the allVersions to false.

OpenCMIS (Java)

Document document = ...
document.delete(false); // allVersions = false

PortCMIS (C#)

IDocument document = ...
document.Delete(false); // allVersions = false

Deleting a Folder Hierarchy

OpenCMIS (Java)

Folder folder = ...
folder.deleteTree(true, UnfileObject.DELETE, true);

PortCMIS (C#)

IFolder folder = ...
folder.DeleteTree(true, UnfileObject.Delete, true);