Drop a collection (Java)

Deletes a collection from a database and erases all data stored in the collection.

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Result

Deletes the specified collection from the database and erases all data stored in the collection.

Does not return anything.

Parameters

Use the dropCollection method, which belongs to the com.datastax.astra.client.Database class.

Method signature
void dropCollection(String collectionName)
void dropCollection(
  String collectionName,
  DropCollectionOptions options
)
Name Type Summary

collectionName

String

The name of the collection to drop.

options

DropCollectionOptions

Optional. The options for this operation, including the keyspace and timeouts.

Examples

The following examples demonstrate how to drop a collection.

import com.datastax.astra.client.DataAPIClient;
import com.datastax.astra.client.databases.Database;

public class Example {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Get a database
    Database database = new DataAPIClient("APPLICATION_TOKEN").getDatabase("API_ENDPOINT");

    // Drop a collection
    database.dropCollection("COLLECTION_NAME");
  }
}

Client reference

For more information, see the client reference.

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