/**
* Goes through the list of areas that an element has a database connection to, and removes any
* connections from the areas to the element -- but not from the element to the areas.
*
* @param element on which connections will be removed
*/
public void deleteElementFromAreas(Element element) {
for (Area area : element.getAreas()) {
area.deleteElement(element);
areaRepository.save(area);
}
}
