def destroy(self):
''' Completely blows away the underlying database. This process
is not reversable.
:throws DatabaseException: If an error has occurred
'''
options = self.get_open_options()
try:
error = new_native_string()
LDB.leveldb_destroy_db(options, self.filename, get_reference_to(error))
self.handle_error(error)
finally:
if LDB and options:
LDB.leveldb_options_destroy(options)
self.close()
