Use the CIMClient method, deleteClass, to delete a class. This method removes the class and throws a CIMException.
You must first remove any existing subclasses or instances before deleting a base class.
This example uses the deleteClass method to delete a class in the default namespace root\cimv2. This program takes four required string arguments:
hostname
classname
username
password
import javax.wbem.cim.CIMClass; import javax.wbem.cim.CIMException; import javax.wbem.cim.CIMNameSpace; import javax.wbem.cim.CIMObjectPath; import javax.wbem.client.CIMClient; import javax.wbem.client.UserPrincipal; import javax.wbem.client.PasswordCredential; import java.rmi.*; import java.util.Enumeration; /** * Deletes the class specified in the command line. Works in the default * namespace root\cimv2. */ public class DeleteClass { public static void main(String args[]) throws CIMException { CIMClient cc = null; // if not four arguments, show usage and exit if (args.length != 4) { System.out.println("Usage: DeleteClass host className " + "username password"); System.exit(1); } try { // args[0] contains the hostname. We create a CIMNameSpace // (cns) pointing to the default namespace on the specified host CIMNameSpace cns = new CIMNameSpace(args[0]); // args[2] and args[3] contain the username and password. // We create a UserPrincipal (up) using the username and // a PasswordCredential using the password. UserPrincipal up = new UserPrincipal(args[2]); PasswordCredential pc = new PasswordCredential(args[3]); cc = new CIMClient(cns, up, pc); // Get the class name (args[4]) and create a CIMObjectPath CIMObjectPath cop = new CIMObjectPath(args[1]); // delete the class cc.deleteClass(cop); } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println("Exception: "+e); } if (cc != null) { cc.close(); } } }