Del unused funcs

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## PyNWB 3.0.0 (Upcoming)
 
+### Breaking changes
+
+- Removed unused functions `prepend_string` and `_not_parent` in `core.py`, `_not_parent` in `file.py`, and `NWBBaseTypeMapper.get_nwb_file` in `io/core.py` @oruebel [#2036](https://github.com/NeurodataWithoutBorders/pynwb/pull/2036)
+
 ### Enhancements and minor changes
 - Added `pynwb.read_nwb` convenience method to simplify reading an NWBFile written with any backend @h-mayorquin [#1994](https://github.com/NeurodataWithoutBorders/pynwb/pull/1994)
 - Added support for NWB schema 2.8.0. @rly [#2001](https://github.com/NeurodataWithoutBorders/pynwb/pull/2001)

src/pynwb/core.py

@@ -13,14 +13,6 @@
 from pynwb import get_type_map
 
 
-def _not_parent(arg):
-    return arg['name'] != 'parent'
-
-
-def prepend_string(string, prepend='    '):
-    return prepend + prepend.join(string.splitlines(True))
-
-
 class NWBMixin(AbstractContainer):
 
     _data_type_attr = 'neurodata_type'

src/pynwb/file.py

@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@
 from .core import NWBContainer, NWBDataInterface, MultiContainerInterface, ScratchData, LabelledDict
 
 
-def _not_parent(arg):
-    return arg['name'] != 'parent'
-
-
 @register_class('LabMetaData', CORE_NAMESPACE)
 class LabMetaData(NWBContainer):
     """

src/pynwb/io/core.py

@@ -6,21 +6,12 @@
 
 from .. import register_map
 
-from pynwb.file import NWBFile
 from pynwb.core import NWBData, NWBContainer, ScratchData
 from pynwb.misc import Units
 
 
 class NWBBaseTypeMapper(ObjectMapper):
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def get_nwb_file(container):
-        curr = container
-        while curr is not None:
-            if isinstance(curr, NWBFile):
-                return curr
-            curr = container.parent
-
+    pass
 
 @register_map(NWBContainer)
 class NWBContainerMapper(NWBBaseTypeMapper):