module ActiveFedora::Persistence::ClassMethods

def eradicate(uri)

method. It shouldn't be used in the general course of repository operations.
NOTE: this is in violation of the linked data platform and is only here as a convience
Removes an object's tombstone so another object with the same uri may be created.
def eradicate(uri)
  gone?(uri) ? delete_tombstone(uri) : false
end