Question

I’m learning to use neo4j, but am a bit confused on its usage. When I’m adding nodes and relationships, I can do it like this:

GraphDatabaseService graphDb = new EmbeddedGraphDatabase("C:/temp/graphdb");
Transaction tx = graphDb.beginTx();
try {
  org.neo4j.graphdb.Node node = graphDb.createNode();
  ...

I could also do it like this:

NeoService neoService = new EmbeddedNeo("C:/temp/graphdb");
Transaction tx = neoService.beginTx();
try {
  org.neo4j.api.core.Node node = neoService.createNode();
  ...

What is the difference here really? Which one should I use? Why are they 2 different mechanisms? Is this just API evolution here? 🙂 I want to use the MetaModel API and it needs a NeoService, so the choice there is clear I guess.

Answer 1

Sorry,
you should use the first one, since in the latest 1.0-RC1 the namespace was moved. This is just naming, the semantics are the same. The second example is outdated and should be removed form the official documentation. Where did you find that?

Cheers,

/peter neubauer