Re: [Neo4j] unique indexes

2011-06-10 Thread yougotrooted
Right, I can leverage that. I could have a ConncurrentSkipListSet or something with the nodes unique Id in it. If I add() the nodes unique Id to the Set and it returns true, I know I can safely add children. If it returns false then I know another thread beat me to it, and I can requeue the

Re: [Neo4j] unique indexes

2011-06-10 Thread yougotrooted
The only way I know of is to synchronize writes to the DB. This shouldn't be a problem for me actually, even with a cluster, since what I really need is for each node with a particular relationship to have a unique "name" property, like how good parents would ensure their children all have un