try {
final StoredNode[] ql = selectAndLock(transaction);
final IndexListener listener = new IndexListener(ql);
final NotificationService notifier = broker.getBrokerPool()
.getNotificationService();
NodeImpl parent;
for (int i = 0; i < ql.length; i++) {
final StoredNode node = ql[i];
final DocumentImpl doc = (DocumentImpl)node.getOwnerDocument();
if (!doc.getPermissions().validate(broker.getSubject(),
Permission.WRITE)) {
throw new PermissionDeniedException("User '" + broker.getSubject().getName() + "' does not have permission to write to the document '" + doc.getDocumentURI() + "'!");
}
doc.getMetadata().setIndexListener(listener);
parent = (NodeImpl) node.getParentNode();
if (parent == null || parent.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
throw new EXistException(
"you cannot remove the document element. Use update "
+ "instead");
} else
{parent.removeChild(transaction, node);}
doc.getMetadata().clearIndexListener();
doc.getMetadata().setLastModified(System.currentTimeMillis());
modifiedDocuments.add(doc);
broker.storeXMLResource(transaction, doc);
notifier.notifyUpdate(doc, UpdateListener.UPDATE);