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## org.apache.cayenne.map
Class DeleteRule

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.cayenne.map.DeleteRule

    public class DeleteRule

extends Object

Defines constants for the possible values of ObjRelationship delete rules.

Field Summary
`static int` | `CASCADE` Delete the destination object(s)
`static int` | `DEFAULT_DELETE_RULE_TO_MANY` Default delete rule for one-to-many relationships.
`static int` | `DEFAULT_DELETE_RULE_TO_ONE` Default delete rule for many-to-one relationships.
`static int` | `DENY` If the relationship has any objects (toOne or toMany), deny the delete.
`static int` | `NO_ACTION`
`static int` | `NULLIFY` Remove the reference that the destination has to this source (if the inverse relationship is toOne, nullify, if toMany, remove the source object)

Constructor Summary
`DeleteRule()`

Method Summary
`static int` | `deleteRuleForName(String name)` Translates a possible delete rule name (typically returned from deleteRuleName at some stage), into a deleteRule constant
`static String` | `deleteRuleName(int deleteRule)` Returns String label for a delete rule state.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

### NO_ACTION

    public static final int NO_ACTION

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### NULLIFY

    public static final int NULLIFY

  Remove the reference that the destination has to this source (if the inverse relationship is toOne, nullify, if toMany, remove the source object)

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### CASCADE

    public static final int CASCADE

  Delete the destination object(s)

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### DENY

    public static final int DENY

  If the relationship has any objects (toOne or toMany), deny the delete. (Destination objects would therefore have to be deleted manually first)

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### DEFAULT_DELETE_RULE_TO_MANY

    public static final int DEFAULT_DELETE_RULE_TO_MANY

  Default delete rule for one-to-many relationships. It is used when new rels are created via modeler, or when synchrozining Obj- and DbEntities

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### DEFAULT_DELETE_RULE_TO_ONE

    public static final int DEFAULT_DELETE_RULE_TO_ONE

  Default delete rule for many-to-one relationships. It is used when new rels are created via modeler, or when synchrozining Obj- and DbEntities

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Constructor Detail

### DeleteRule

    public DeleteRule()

Method Detail

### deleteRuleName

    public static String deleteRuleName(int deleteRule)

  Returns String label for a delete rule state. Used for save/load (xml), display in modeler etc. Must remain the same, or else great care taken with loading old maps.

### deleteRuleForName

    public static int deleteRuleForName(String name)

  Translates a possible delete rule name (typically returned from deleteRuleName at some stage), into a deleteRule constant

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