// Copyright IBM Corp. 2013,2016. All Rights Reserved. // Node module: loopback-datasource-juggler // This file is licensed under the MIT License. // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT /*! * Dependencies */ var relation = require('./relation-definition'); var RelationDefinition = relation.RelationDefinition; module.exports = RelationMixin; /** * RelationMixin class. Use to define relationships between models. * * @class RelationMixin */ function RelationMixin() { } /** * Define a "one to many" relationship by specifying the model name * * Examples: * ``` * User.hasMany(Post, {as: 'posts', foreignKey: 'authorId'}); * ``` * * ``` * Book.hasMany(Chapter); * ``` * Or, equivalently: * ``` * Book.hasMany('chapters', {model: Chapter}); * ``` * * Query and create related models: * * ```js * Book.create(function(err, book) { * * // Create a chapter instance ready to be saved in the data source. * var chapter = book.chapters.build({name: 'Chapter 1'}); * * // Save the new chapter * chapter.save(); * * // you can also call the Chapter.create method with the `chapters` property which will build a chapter * // instance and save the it in the data source. * book.chapters.create({name: 'Chapter 2'}, function(err, savedChapter) { * // this callback is optional * }); * * // Query chapters for the book * book.chapters(function(err, chapters) { // all chapters with bookId = book.id * console.log(chapters); * }); * * book.chapters({where: {name: 'test'}, function(err, chapters) { * // All chapters with bookId = book.id and name = 'test' * console.log(chapters); * }); * }); *``` * @param {Object|String} modelTo Model object (or String name of model) to which you are creating the relationship. * @options {Object} parameters Configuration parameters; see below. * @property {String} as Name of the property in the referring model that corresponds to the foreign key field in the related model. * @property {String} foreignKey Property name of foreign key field. * @property {Object} model Model object */ RelationMixin.hasMany = function hasMany(modelTo, params) { return RelationDefinition.hasMany(this, modelTo, params); }; /** * Declare "belongsTo" relation that sets up a one-to-one connection with another model, such that each * instance of the declaring model "belongs to" one instance of the other model. * * For example, if an application includes users and posts, and each post can be written by exactly one user. * The following code specifies that `Post` has a reference called `author` to the `User` model via the `userId` property of `Post` * as the foreign key. * ``` * Post.belongsTo(User, {as: 'author', foreignKey: 'userId'}); * ``` * You can then access the author in one of the following styles. * Get the User object for the post author asynchronously: * ``` * post.author(callback); * ``` * Get the User object for the post author synchronously: * ``` * post.author(); * ``` * Set the author to be the given user: * ``` * post.author(user) * ``` * Examples: * * Suppose the model Post has a *belongsTo* relationship with User (the author of the post). You could declare it this way: * ```js * Post.belongsTo(User, {as: 'author', foreignKey: 'userId'}); * ``` * * When a post is loaded, you can load the related author with: * ```js * post.author(function(err, user) { * // the user variable is your user object * }); * ``` * * The related object is cached, so if later you try to get again the author, no additional request will be made. * But there is an optional boolean parameter in first position that set whether or not you want to reload the cache: * ```js * post.author(true, function(err, user) { * // The user is reloaded, even if it was already cached. * }); * ``` * This optional parameter default value is false, so the related object will be loaded from cache if available. * * @param {Class|String} modelTo Model object (or String name of model) to which you are creating the relationship. * @options {Object} params Configuration parameters; see below. * @property {String} as Name of the property in the referring model that corresponds to the foreign key field in the related model. * @property {String} foreignKey Name of foreign key property. * */ RelationMixin.belongsTo = function(modelTo, params) { return RelationDefinition.belongsTo(this, modelTo, params); }; /** * A hasAndBelongsToMany relation creates a direct many-to-many connection with another model, with no intervening model. * For example, if your application includes users and groups, with each group having many users and each user appearing * in many groups, you could declare the models this way: * ``` * User.hasAndBelongsToMany('groups', {model: Group, foreignKey: 'groupId'}); * ``` * Then, to get the groups to which the user belongs: * ``` * user.groups(callback); * ``` * Create a new group and connect it with the user: * ``` * user.groups.create(data, callback); * ``` * Connect an existing group with the user: * ``` * user.groups.add(group, callback); * ``` * Remove the user from the group: * ``` * user.groups.remove(group, callback); * ``` * * @param {String|Object} modelTo Model object (or String name of model) to which you are creating the relationship. * the relation * @options {Object} params Configuration parameters; see below. * @property {String} as Name of the property in the referring model that corresponds to the foreign key field in the related model. * @property {String} foreignKey Property name of foreign key field. * @property {Object} model Model object */ RelationMixin.hasAndBelongsToMany = function hasAndBelongsToMany(modelTo, params) { return RelationDefinition.hasAndBelongsToMany(this, modelTo, params); }; RelationMixin.hasOne = function hasOne(modelTo, params) { return RelationDefinition.hasOne(this, modelTo, params); }; RelationMixin.referencesMany = function referencesMany(modelTo, params) { return RelationDefinition.referencesMany(this, modelTo, params); }; RelationMixin.embedsOne = function embedsOne(modelTo, params) { return RelationDefinition.embedsOne(this, modelTo, params); }; RelationMixin.embedsMany = function embedsMany(modelTo, params) { return RelationDefinition.embedsMany(this, modelTo, params); };