Package org.apache.cayenne.map

Class ObjRelationship

java.lang.Object
org.apache.cayenne.map.Relationship
org.apache.cayenne.map.ObjRelationship
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, ConfigurationNode, CayenneMapEntry, XMLSerializable
public class ObjRelationship extends Relationship implements ConfigurationNode
Describes an association between two Java classes mapped as source and target ObjEntity. Maps to a path of DbRelationships.
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  • Field Details

    • DEFAULT_COLLECTION_TYPE

      public static final String DEFAULT_COLLECTION_TYPE
      Denotes a default type of to-many relationship collection which is a Java List.
      Since:
      3.0
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    • deleteRule

      protected int deleteRule

    • usedForLocking

      protected boolean usedForLocking

    • dbRelationships

      protected List<DbRelationship> dbRelationships

    • collectionType

      protected String collectionType
      Stores the type of collection mapped by a to-many relationship. Null for to-one relationships.
      Since:
      3.0

    • mapKey

      protected String mapKey
      Stores a property name of a target entity used to create a relationship map. Only has effect if collectionType property is set to "java.util.Map".
      Since:
      3.0

  • Constructor Details

    • ObjRelationship

      public ObjRelationship()

    • ObjRelationship

      public ObjRelationship(String name)

  • Method Details

    • getSourceEntity

      public ObjEntity getSourceEntity()
      Description copied from class: Relationship
      Returns relationship source entity.
      Overrides:
      getSourceEntity in class Relationship

    • acceptVisitor

      public <T> T acceptVisitor(ConfigurationNodeVisitor<T> visitor)
      Specified by:
      acceptVisitor in interface ConfigurationNode
      Since:
      3.1

    • encodeAsXML

      public void encodeAsXML(XMLEncoder encoder, ConfigurationNodeVisitor delegate)
      Prints itself as XML to the provided XMLEncoder.
      Specified by:
      encodeAsXML in interface XMLSerializable
      Since:
      1.1

    • getTargetEntity

      public ObjEntity getTargetEntity()
      Returns a target ObjEntity of this relationship. Entity is looked up in the parent DataMap using "targetEntityName".
      Specified by:
      getTargetEntity in class Relationship

    • getReverseRelationshipName

      public String getReverseRelationshipName()
      Returns the name of a complimentary relationship going in the opposite direction or null if it doesn't exist.
      Since:
      1.2

    • getReverseRelationship

      public ObjRelationship getReverseRelationship()
      Returns a "complimentary" ObjRelationship going in the opposite direction. Returns null if no such relationship is found.
      Specified by:
      getReverseRelationship in class Relationship

    • createReverseRelationship

      public ObjRelationship createReverseRelationship()
      Creates a complimentary reverse relationship from target entity to the source entity. A new relationship is created regardless of whether one already exists. Returned relationship is not attached to the source entity and has no name. Throws a CayenneRuntimeException if reverse DbRelationship is not mapped.
      Since:
      3.0

    • getDbRelationships

      public List<DbRelationship> getDbRelationships()
      Returns an immutable list of underlying DbRelationships.

    • addDbRelationship

      public void addDbRelationship(DbRelationship dbRel)
      Appends a DbRelationship to the existing list of DbRelationships.

    • removeDbRelationship

      public void removeDbRelationship(DbRelationship dbRel)
      Removes the relationship dbRel from the list of relationships.

    • clearDbRelationships

      public void clearDbRelationships()

    • isOptional

      public boolean isOptional()
      Returns a boolean indicating whether the presence of a non-null source key(s) will not guarantee a presence of a target record. PK..FK relationships are all optional, but there are other more subtle cases, such as PK..PK, etc.
      Since:
      3.0

    • isSourceDefiningTargetPrecenseAndType

      public boolean isSourceDefiningTargetPrecenseAndType(EntityResolver entityResolver)
      Returns true if the relationship is non-optional and target has no subclasses.
      Since:
      3.0

    • isSourceIndependentFromTargetChange

      public boolean isSourceIndependentFromTargetChange()
      Returns a boolean indicating whether modifying a target of such relationship in any way will not change the underlying table row of the source.
      Since:
      1.1

    • isToDependentEntity

      public boolean isToDependentEntity()
      Returns true if underlying DbRelationships point to dependent entity.

    • isToPK

      public boolean isToPK()
      Returns true if the underlying DbRelationships point to a at least one of the columns of the target entity.
      Since:
      1.1

    • isFlattened

      public boolean isFlattened()
      Returns true if the relationship is a "flattened" relationship. A relationship is considered "flattened" if it maps to more than one DbRelationship. Such chain of DbRelationships is also called "relationship path". All flattened relationships are at least readable, but only those formed across a many-many join table (with no custom attributes other than foreign keys) can be automatically written.
      Returns:
      flag indicating if the relationship is flattened or not.
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    • isReadOnly

      public boolean isReadOnly()
      Returns true if the relationship is flattened, but is not of the single case that can have automatic write support. Otherwise, it returns false.
      Returns:
      flag indicating if the relationship is read only or not

    • isToMany

      public boolean isToMany()
      Description copied from class: Relationship
      Returns a boolean value that determines relationship multiplicity. This defines semantics of the connection between two nodes described by the source and target entities. E.g. to-many relationship between two Persistent object classes means that a source object would have a collection of target objects. This is a read-only property.
      Overrides:
      isToMany in class Relationship

    • getDeleteRule

      public int getDeleteRule()
      Returns the deleteRule. The delete rule is a constant from the DeleteRule class, and specifies what should happen to the destination object when the source object is deleted.
      Returns:
      int a constant from DeleteRule
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    • setDeleteRule

      public void setDeleteRule(int value)
      Sets the delete rule of the relationship.
      Parameters:
      value - New delete rule. Must be one of the constants defined in DeleteRule class.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the value is not a valid delete rule.
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    • isUsedForLocking

      public boolean isUsedForLocking()
      Returns whether this attribute should be used for locking.
      Since:
      1.1

    • setUsedForLocking

      public void setUsedForLocking(boolean usedForLocking)
      Sets whether this attribute should be used for locking.
      Since:
      1.1

    • getDbRelationshipPath

      public String getDbRelationshipPath()
      Returns a dot-separated path over mapped DbRelationships.
      Since:
      1.1

    • getReverseDbRelationshipPath

      public String getReverseDbRelationshipPath() throws ExpressionException
      Returns a reversed dbRelationship path.
      Throws:
      ExpressionException
      Since:
      1.2

    • setDbRelationshipPath

      public void setDbRelationshipPath(String relationshipPath)
      Sets mapped DbRelationships as a dot-separated path.

    • setDeferredDbRelationshipPath

      public void setDeferredDbRelationshipPath(String relationshipPath)
      Sets relationship path, but does not trigger its conversion to List For internal purposes, primarily datamap loading
      Since:
      4.1 this method is public as it is used by new XML loaders

    • recalculateToManyValue

      public void recalculateToManyValue()
      Recalculates whether a relationship is toMany or toOne, based on the underlying db relationships.

    • recalculateReadOnlyValue

      @Deprecated public void recalculateReadOnlyValue()
      Deprecated.
      since 4.2
      Recalculates a new readonly value based on the underlying DbRelationships.

    • toString

      public String toString()
      Description copied from class: Relationship
      Overrides Object.toString() to return informative description.
      Overrides:
      toString in class Relationship

    • getClientRelationship

      public ObjRelationship getClientRelationship()
      Returns an ObjAttribute stripped of any server-side information, such as DbAttribute mapping.
      Since:
      1.2

    • getCollectionType

      public String getCollectionType()
      Returns the interface of collection mapped by a to-many relationship. Returns null for to-one relationships. Default for to-many is "java.util.List". Other possible values are "java.util.Set", "java.util.Collection", "java.util.Map".
      Since:
      3.0

    • setCollectionType

      public void setCollectionType(String collectionType)
      Since:
      3.0

    • getMapKey

      public String getMapKey()
      Returns a property name of a target entity used to create a relationship map. Only has effect if collectionType property is set to "java.util.Map".
      Returns:
      The attribute name used for the map key or null if the default (PK) is used as the map key.
      Since:
      3.0

    • setMapKey

      public void setMapKey(String mapKey)
      Since:
      3.0

    • isMandatory

      public boolean isMandatory()
      Description copied from class: Relationship
      Returns if relationship is mandatory
      Specified by:
      isMandatory in class Relationship