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Bulk Delete Listener

Listeners for bulk deletion work identically to the ones for single deletion. The difference is in the method names to add and remove listener objects:

Conditional bulk delete listener

A conditional bulk delete listener receives an event when an API client uses the bulkDelete API to delete multiple objects in a table with the same whereClause statement as specified by the RT client:

EventHandlerForClass *eventHandler = [Backendless.shared.data of:[Order class]].rt;
RTSubscription *subscription = [eventHandler addBulkDeleteListenerWithWhereClause:@"orderAmount > 1000" responseHandler:^(BulkEvent *bulkEvent) {
    NSLog(@"%@ objects with %@ have been deleted", bulkEvent.count, bulkEvent.whereClause);
} errorHandler:^(Fault *fault) {
    NSLog(@"Error: %@", fault.message);
}];
let eventHandler = Backendless.shared.data.of(Order.self).rt
let subscription = eventHandler?.addBulkDeleteListener(whereClause: "orderAmount > 1000", responseHandler: { bulkEvent in
    print("\(bulkEvent.count ?? 0) objects with \(bulkEvent.whereClause ?? "no where clause") have been deleted")
}, errorHandler: { fault in
    print("Error: \(fault.message ?? "")")
})
EventHandlerForMap *eventHandler = [Backendless.shared.data ofTable:@"Order"].rt;
RTSubscription *subscription = [eventHandler addBulkDeleteListenerWithWhereClause:@"orderAmount > 1000" responseHandler:^(BulkEvent *bulkEvent) {
    NSLog(@"%@ objects with %@ have been deleted", bulkEvent.count, bulkEvent.whereClause);
} errorHandler:^(Fault *fault) {
    NSLog(@"Error: %@", fault.message);
}];
let eventHandler = Backendless.shared.data.ofTable("Order")
let subscription = eventHandler?.addBulkDeleteListener(whereClause: "orderAmount > 1000", responseHandler: { bulkEvent in
    print("\(bulkEvent.count ?? 0) objects with \(bulkEvent.whereClause ?? "no where clause") have been deleted")
}, errorHandler: { fault in
    print("Error: \(fault.message ?? "")")
})

Unconditional bulk delete listener

A unconditional bulk delete listener receives events when a client uses the bulkDelete API with any whereClause statement:

EventHandlerForClass *eventHandler = [Backendless.shared.data of:[Order class]].rt;
RTSubscription *subscription = [eventHandler addBulkDeleteListenerWithResponseHandler:^(BulkEvent *bulkEvent) {
    NSLog(@"%@ objects have been deleted", bulkEvent.count);
} errorHandler:^(Fault *fault) {
    NSLog(@"Error: %@", fault.message);
}];
let eventHandler = Backendless.shared.data.of(Order.self).rt
let subscription = eventHandler?.addBulkDeleteListener(responseHandler: { bulkEvent in
    print("\(bulkEvent.count ?? 0) objects have been deleted")
}, errorHandler: { fault in
    print("Error: \(fault.message ?? "")")
})
EventHandlerForMap *eventHandler = [Backendless.shared.data ofTable:@"Order"].rt;
RTSubscription *subscription = [eventHandler addBulkDeleteListenerWithResponseHandler:^(BulkEvent *bulkEvent) {
    NSLog(@"%@ objects have been deleted", bulkEvent.count);
} errorHandler:^(Fault *fault) {
    NSLog(@"Error: %@", fault.message);
}];
let eventHandler = Backendless.shared.data.ofTable("Order").rt
let subscription = eventHandler?.addBulkDeleteListener(responseHandler: { bulkEvent in
    print("\(bulkEvent.count ?? 0) objects have been deleted")
}, errorHandler: { fault in
    print("Error: \(fault.message ?? "")")
})

Both conditional and unconditional event listeners receive the following information in the callback object. The properties listed below are included  into the BulkEvent object delivered to the listener's callback.

  • whereClause - the where clause value used in the API call to identify the objects deleted from the database.
  • count - the number of objects deleted from the database.

Removing listeners

The method removes all registered listeners for the bulkDelete event:

// for the class-based approach:
EventHandlerForClass *eventHandler = [Backendless.shared.data of:[Order class]].rt;
[eventHandler removeBulkDeleteListeners];

// for the map-based approach:
EventHandlerForMap *eventHandler = [Backendless.shared.data ofTable:@"Order"].rt;
[eventHandler removeBulkDeleteListeners];
// for the class-based approach:
let eventHandler = Backendless.shared.data.of(Order.self).rt
eventHandler?.removeBulkDeleteListeners()

// for the map-based approach:
let eventHandler = Backendless.shared.data.ofTable("Order").rt
eventHandler?.removeBulkDeleteListeners()

The method below removes all listeners which process events for a specific where clause. The value of the whereClause argument must be the same as one in the addBulkDeleteListener method:

// for the class-based approach:
EventHandlerForClass *eventHandler = [Backendless.shared.data of:[Order class]].rt;
[eventHandler removeBulkDeleteListenersWithWhereClause:@"orderAmount > 1000"];

// for the map-based approach:
EventHandlerForMap *eventHandler = [Backendless.shared.data ofTable:@"Order"].rt;
[eventHandler removeBulkDeleteListenersWithWhereClause:@"orderAmount > 1000"];
// for the class-based approach:
let eventHandler = Backendless.shared.data.of(Order.self).rt
eventHandler?.removeBulkDeleteListeners(whereClause: "orderAmount > 1000")

// for the map-based approach:
let eventHandler = Backendless.shared.data.ofTable("Order").rt
eventHandler?.removeBulkDeleteListeners(whereClause: "orderAmount > 1000")

Removing a specific listener

This method removes a listener identified by subscription that contains this listener:

// for the class-based approach:
// TODO

// for the map-based approach:
// TODO
// for the class-based approach:
let eventHandler = Backendless.shared.data.of(Order.self).rt
let subscription = eventHandler?.addBulkDeleteListener(responseHandler: { bulkEvent in
    print("\(bulkEvent.count ?? 0) objects have been deleted")
}, errorHandler: { fault in
    print("Error: \(fault.message ?? "")")
})

subscription?.stop()

// for the map-based approach:
let eventHandler = Backendless.shared.data.ofTable("Order").rt
let subscription = eventHandler?.addBulkDeleteListener(responseHandler: { bulkEvent in
    print("\(bulkEvent.count ?? 0) objects have been deleted")
}, errorHandler: { fault in
    print("Error: \(fault.message ?? "")")
})

subscription?.stop()