Removed NWBBaseTypeMapper.get_nwb_file

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## PyNWB 3.0.0 (Upcoming)
 
 ### Breaking changes
-- Removed unused functions `prepend_string` and `_not_parent` from `core.py` and `file.py` @oruebel [#2032](https://github.com/NeurodataWithoutBorders/pynwb/pull/2031)
+- 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 [#2032](https://github.com/NeurodataWithoutBorders/pynwb/pull/2031)
 
 ### 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)

src/pynwb/ecephys.py

@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ class EventWaveform(MultiContainerInterface):
     }
 
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
-        if not self._in_construct_mode:
+        if not self._in_construct_mode: # pragma: no cover
             raise ValueError(
                 "The EventWaveform neurodata type is deprecated. If you are interested in using it, "
                 "please create an issue on https://github.com/NeurodataWithoutBorders/nwb-schema/issues."

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):