Delete

Repo deletion process makes use of the PubSub package.

  1. The repo subscribes to the topic /<repo_name>/delete.

  2. The client publishes a message to the topic /<repo_name>/delete. The message payload is RepoCommandParameter with the following fields:

  • name: either a Data packet name, or a name prefix of Data packets.

  • start_block_id (Optional): inclusive start segment number.

  • end_block_id (Optional): inclusive end segment number.

  • register_prefix (Optional): if repo doesn’t register the root prefix (Configuration register_root is disabled), client can tell repo to unregister this prefix.

  • check_prefix: a prefix of status check topic name. See Check.

  • process_id: a random byte string to identify this deletion process.

  1. The repo deletes Data packets according to given parameters.

  • If both start_block_id and end_block_id are omitted, the repo deletes a single packet identified in name parameter. The deletion process succeeds when this packet is deleted.

  • If start_block_id is specified but end_block_id is omitted, the repo starts deleting segments starting from /name/start_block_id, and increments segment number after each packet. When a name query does not find an existing segment, the deletion process stops and is considered successful.

  • Otherwise, the repo fetches all segments between /name/start_block_id and /name/end_block_id. If start_block_id is omitted, it defaults to 0. The deletion process succeeds when all packets are deleted.

  • Segment numbers are encoded in accordance with NDN naming conventions rev2.

Delete status check

The client can use the Check protocol to check the progress of a deletion process. The deletion check response message payload is RepoCommandResponse with the following fields:

  • status_code: status code, as defined on Check.

  • delete_num: number of Data packets deleted by the repo so far.