Neo4J 2.0.0 - IndexDefinition for relationship indices?

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Neo4J 2.0 provides new API for indexing and finding nodes (Schema, IndexDefinition, Label and findNodesByLabelAndProperty).

But what about relationships? Relationship indexing was one of the features of so called "legacy indexing". Are there any plans for relationship schema? Will relationship indices become obsolete and deprecated one day? Will we see findRelationshipsByTypeAndProperty in new API? Do I need to use both "legacy" and "new" indexing to get the full power of Neo4J? It's strange.

Did you solve the problem? I have a tree with a lot of leaves and would like to get all leaves that are related to an node with an specific property which is currently very slow. I think i have to create an relationship index ... how can i do that ?? can't find a way, autoindexing does not seem to work. — TekTimmy

Stefan Armbruster Stefan Armbruster · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-29T11:42:27

In 2.0 there will be schema indexes on nodes but not on relationships. The only way to index relationships is by legacy or auto indexes. In most projects I've seen, only nodes were indexed but not relationships.

Can you clarify your use case with respect to relationship indexing?

Neo4J 2.0.0 - IndexDefinition for relationship indices?

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