It's a trick to lock a node. When removing a property that does not exist the node gets locked.
> Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:51:15 +0200 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Neo4j] HyperRelationship example > > Hey Niels, > > what is acquireLock() doing in SortedTree ? > is removeProperty causing neo4j to acquire a lock on the Node? or its > properties? > also does that property need to exist? seems like not > interesting :) > > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Niels Hoogeveen > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > I just posted an example on how to use HyperRelationships: > > > > > > https://github.com/peterneubauer/graph-collections/wiki/HyperRelationship-example > > > > There is now a proper test for HyperRelationships, so I hereby push the > > software to Beta status. > > > > Please try out the Enhanced API and HyperRelationships and let me know what > > needs improvement. > > > > Niels > > _______________________________________________ > > Neo4j mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user > > > _______________________________________________ > Neo4j mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user _______________________________________________ Neo4j mailing list [email protected] https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user

