moving deleteNote and deleteBranch into entities to make them accessible to scripts, #2792

docs/backend_api/becca_entities_note.js.html

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ const dateUtils = require('../../services/date_utils');
 const entityChangesService = require('../../services/entity_changes');
 const AbstractEntity = require("./abstract_entity");
 const NoteRevision = require("./note_revision");
+const TaskContext = require("../../services/task_context.js");
 
 const LABEL = 'label';
 const RELATION = 'relation';
@@ -1153,6 +1154,26 @@ class Note extends AbstractEntity {
         return cloningService.cloneNoteToBranch(this.noteId, branch.branchId);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * (Soft) delete a note and all its descendants.
+     *
+     * @param {string} [deleteId] - optional delete identified
+     * @param {TaskContext} [taskContext]
+     */
+    deleteNote(deleteId, taskContext) {
+        if (!deleteId) {
+            deleteId = utils.randomString(10);
+        }
+
+        if (!taskContext) {
+            taskContext = new TaskContext('no-progress-reporting');
+        }
+
+        for (const branch of this.getParentBranches()) {
+            branch.deleteBranch(deleteId, taskContext);
+        }
+    }
+
     decrypt() {
         if (this.isProtected && !this.isDecrypted && protectedSessionService.isProtectedSessionAvailable()) {
             try {