/** Permanently removes all locally stored message history, remove recent contacts. */
public void eraseLocallyStoredHistory() throws IOException {
List<ComparableEvtObj> toRemove = null;
synchronized (recentMessages) {
toRemove = new ArrayList<ComparableEvtObj>(recentMessages);
recentMessages.clear();
}
if (recentQuery != null) {
for (ComparableEvtObj msc : toRemove) {
recentQuery.fireContactRemoved(msc);
}
}
}
