code: public int delDependency(Object id) {
          int returnCode = NO_EXCEPTION;
          if (!this.disableDependencyId) {
              if (delayOffload) {
                  auxDataDependencyTable.removeDependency(id);
              }
              returnCode = delValueSet(DEP_ID_DATA, id);
          }
          return returnCode;
      }
docs: ***********************************************************************
  delDependency()
  This removes the specified dependency Id and its ValueSet (with all of its elements)
  from the disk.
  ***********************************************************************