This Service is used to delete one or more References of a Node.

When any of the References deleted by an invocation of this Service are contained in a View, then the ViewVersion Property is updated if this Property is supported.

Table 31 defines the parameters for the Service.

Table 31 – DeleteReferences Service Parameters

Name

Type

Description

Request

requestHeader

RequestHeader

Common request parameters (see 7.28 for RequestHeader definition).

referencesToDelete []

DeleteReferences Item

List of References to delete. This structure is defined in-line with the following indented items.

sourceNodeId

NodeId

NodeId of the Node that contains the Reference to delete.

referenceTypeId

NodeId

NodeId of the ReferenceType that defines the Reference to delete.

isForward

Boolean

If the value is TRUE, the Server deletes a forward Reference. If the value is FALSE, the Server deletes an inverse Reference.

targetNodeId

ExpandedNodeId

NodeId of the TargetNode of the Reference.

If the Server index indicates that the TargetNode is a remote Node, then the nodeId shall contain the absolute namespace URI. If the TargetNode is a local Node the nodeId shall contain the namespace index.

deleteBidirectional

Boolean

A Boolean parameter with the following values:

TRUEdelete the specified Reference and the opposite Reference from the TargetNode. If the TargetNode is located in a remote Server, the Server is permitted to delete the specified Reference only.

FALSEdelete only the specified Reference.

Response

responseHeader

ResponseHeader

Common response parameters (see 7.29 for ResponseHeader definition).

results []

StatusCode

List of StatusCodes for the References to delete (see 7.34 for StatusCode definition). The size and order of the list matches the size and order of the referencesToDelete request parameter.

diagnosticInfos []

DiagnosticInfo

List of diagnostic information for the References to delete (see 7.8 for DiagnosticInfo definition). The size and order of the list matches the size and order of the referencesToDelete request parameter. This list is empty if diagnostics information was not requested in the request header or if no diagnostic information was encountered in processing of the request.