/**
* remove any direct messages (dm in twitter slang) that were sent and received by the user prior
* to a certain date)
*/
public void deleteDirectMessages() {
try {
boolean found = true;
int start = 1;
int increment = twitterConfig.getIncrementCount();
// Removing messages sent to user
while (found) {
found = false;
ResponseList<DirectMessage> responses =
twitter.getDirectMessages(new Paging(start, start + increment));
for (DirectMessage dm : responses) {
if (earlier.getTime() > dm.getCreatedAt().getTime()) {
twitter.destroyDirectMessage(dm.getId());
logger.debug("delete dm: " + dm.getId());
found = true;
}
}
}
found = true;
start = 1;
increment = twitterConfig.getIncrementCount();
// Removing messages sent by user.
while (found) {
found = false;
ResponseList<DirectMessage> responses =
twitter.getSentDirectMessages(new Paging(start, start + increment));
for (DirectMessage dm : responses) {
if (earlier.getTime() > dm.getCreatedAt().getTime()) {
twitter.destroyDirectMessage(dm.getId());
logger.debug("delete dm: " + dm.getId());
found = true;
}
}
}
} catch (TwitterException e) {
logger.error("Twitter exception occurred", e);
}
}
