Method delete

src/meta/Annotation.java:212–223

Attempts to mark an Annotation object for deletion. Note that if the annoation does not exist in storage, this delete call will not throw an error. @param tsdb The TSDB to use for storage access @return A meaningless Deferred for the caller to wait on until the call is complete. The value may be nul

(final TSDB tsdb)

   * complete. The value may be null.
   */
  public Deferred<Object> delete(final TSDB tsdb) {
    if (start_time < 1) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("The start timestamp has not been set");
    }
    
    final byte[] tsuid_byte = tsuid != null && !tsuid.isEmpty() ? 
        UniqueId.stringToUid(tsuid) : null;
    final DeleteRequest delete = new DeleteRequest(tsdb.dataTable(), 
        getRowKey(start_time, tsuid_byte), FAMILY, 
        getQualifier(start_time));
    return tsdb.getClient().delete(delete);
  }
  
  /**
   * Attempts to fetch a global annotation from storage