DatabaseManipulation.md

Manipulation databases

These functions implement the HTTP API for manipulating databases.

ArangoDB.createDatabase

ArangoDB.createDatabase(String name) : Boolean

Creates a new database with the given name.

Arguments

• name: String

  Name of the database to create

Examples

ArangoDB arango = new ArangoDB.Builder().build();
arango.createDatabase("myDB");

ArangoDatabase.create()

ArangoDatabase.create() : Boolean

Creates the database.

Alternative for ArangoDB.createDatabase.

Examples

ArangoDB arango = new ArangoDB.Builder().build();
ArangoDatabase db = arango.db("myDB");
db.create();

ArangoDatabase.exists()

ArangoDatabase.exists() : boolean

Checks whether the database exists

Examples

ArangoDB arango = new ArangoDB.Builder().build();
ArangoDatabase db = arango.db("myDB");
boolean exists = db.exists();

ArangoDatabase.getInfo

ArangoDatabase.getInfo() : DatabaseEntity

Retrieves information about the current database

Examples

ArangoDB arango = new ArangoDB.Builder().build();
ArangoDatabase db = arango.db("myDB");
DatabaseEntity info = db.getInfo();

ArangoDB.getDatabases

ArangoDB.getDatabases() : Collection<String>

Retrieves a list of all existing databases

Examples

ArangoDB arango = new ArangoDB.Builder().build();
Collection<String> names = arango.getDatabases();

ArangoDatabase.drop

ArangoDatabase.drop() : Boolean

Deletes the database from the server.

Examples

ArangoDB arango = new ArangoDB.Builder().build();
ArangoDatabase db = arango.db("myDB");
db.drop();