Ah, so I can create an edge class extended from E and it will still be
lightweight, Its when/if I add link properties to it, that it will then
become an edge document.

On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Luigi Dell'Aquila <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Yes, it's right, you can turn lightweight edges on in any moment.
> Actually to create a regular edge (instead of lightweight), defining a
> class for it is not enough, you just have to explicitly add a property to
> that.
>
> Luigi
>
> 2015-03-12 17:55 GMT+01:00 Jeffrey Auguste <[email protected]>:
>
>> So it seems that both can coexist. Is that true? So as long as I turn the
>> flag on, then unless I use a labeled edge or add a property to the edge, it
>> should create a lightweight edge. And if I find a case where I would like a
>> regular edge, I can just create an edge class to enforce it?
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 11:39:04 AM UTC-4, Jeffrey Auguste wrote:
>>>
>>> My understanding so far is that OrientDB has two type of Edges. Regular
>>> and Lightweight. The regular provides more flexibility and functionality at
>>> the cost of additional storage and performance. Its also my understanding
>>> that the lightweight edge is by default turned off with orientdb which
>>> makes it seem as though regular edges is the preferred over lightweight.
>>>
>>> So my questions are:
>>> 1. Is the difference in performance and/or storage significant with
>>> standard edges vs lightweight? If so, is it only affected in large
>>> databases? If so, what is considered Large?
>>> 2. The documentation states that Lightweight edges are hard to work
>>> with? If you agree, is it so difficult that you would question using them
>>> instead of regular edges?
>>> 3. Which do you prefer? In what situation would you switch to using the
>>> alternate edge to your preference?
>>>
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