circles-arrows / functionalid

An plugin for Neo4j that adds auto-increment support

blueprint41 functionalId

Blueprint41 contains blueprint41 neo4j procedures

Functional ID generator

Functional Id's can be generated via a procedure on Neo4j (version 3+). The database is used to persist the Functional Id state.

Create Functional ID generator

blueprint41.functionalid.create( String label, String prefix, long startFrom)
returns the FunctionalId state.

parameter	description
Label	The entity where you want to create the functional id's for
Prefix	The prefix which will be used in the functional id
startFrom	A number is used to generate a 6 character hash, this makes it possible to start from a higher number without interfering with existing id's generated in a project.

Example:

Create one new functional ID

blueprint41.functionalid.next(String label) returns a value

Label The entity where you want to create the new functional id for

Example:

Generate a batch of new ID's

This is handy when you want to do bulk loads. Note that a functional id is only generated once.

blueprint41.functionalid.nextBatch(String label, long batchSize)
returns a value

parameter	description
Label	The entity where you want to create the new functional id for
batchSize	The amount of functional id's which must be generated

Example:

Current state

Show the current state of an functional Id generator.

blueprint41.functionalid.current(String label)

Example:

List all functional id generators

blueprint41.functionalid.list()
returns a list with all the functional id states.

Example:

Drop functional id generator

HANDLE with care!!

blueprint41.functionalid.dropdefinition(String Label)

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