One purpose of the reference not is that you don't have to rely on indexing for getting to certain nodes.
If you connect your nodes to the reference node in a way that puts them in certain categories you can always get to them via traversal. Connections to the reference node are also used for visualization (e.g. for Neoclipse) HTH Michael >From the docs of the method: Node getReferenceNode() Returns the reference node, which is a "starting point" in the node space. Usually, a client attaches relationships to this node that leads into various parts of the node space. For more information about common node space organizational patterns, see the design guide at http://wiki.neo4j.org/content/Design_Guide. Specifically: http://wiki.neo4j.org/content/Design_Guide#Subreferences Am 20.02.2011 um 21:19 schrieb Mark Nijhof: > Hi, > > Silly question perhaps, but what is the purpose of the root node? Why would > I want to get it? > > -Mark > > -- > Mark Nijhof > m: 0047 95 00 99 37 > e: mark.nij...@cre8ivethought.com > b: cre8ivethought.com/blog/index > > > > "Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if > both are frozen." > > -- Edward V Berard > _______________________________________________ > Neo4j mailing list > User@lists.neo4j.org > https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user _______________________________________________ Neo4j mailing list User@lists.neo4j.org https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user
