//
// MCPRelation.h
// MCPModeler
//
// Created by Serge Cohen (serge.cohen@m4x.org) on 11/08/04.
// Copyright 2004 Serge Cohen. All rights reserved.
//
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#import
@class MCPModel;
@class MCPClassDescription;
@class MCPAttribute;
@class MCPJoin;
typedef enum {
OnDeleteNullify = 1,
OnDeleteDeny = 2,
OnDeleteCascade = 3,
OnDeleteDefault = 4,
OnDeleteNoAction = 5
} MCPRelationDeleteRule;
@interface MCPRelation : NSObject < NSCoding > {
@protected
NSString *name; // Name of the relation
MCPRelationDeleteRule deleteRule; // Delete rule : what to do of the destination when origin is deleted
MCPRelation *inverseRelation; // The inverse relation (or nil if no inverse present)
MCPClassDescription *origin; // The class description from which the relation originate
MCPClassDescription *destination; // The class description to which the relation arrives
NSMutableArray *joins; // Joining attributes (array of MCPJoin)
BOOL isToMany; // Is the relation to many (or to one)
BOOL isMandatory; // Is the relation mandatory for the class description (origin)
BOOL ownsDestination; // The origin class description owns the destination class description(ies)
}
#pragma mark Class methods
+ (void) initialize;
+ (NSArray *) existingDeleteRules;
- (NSArray *) existingDeleteRules;
#pragma mark Life cycle
- (id) initWithName:(NSString *) iName from:(MCPClassDescription *) iFrom to:(MCPClassDescription *) iTo;
- (void) invalidateRelation;
- (void) dealloc;
#pragma mark NSCoding protocol
- (id) initWithCoder:(NSCoder *) decoder;
- (void) encodeWithCoder:(NSCoder *) encoder;
#pragma mark Managing joins
//- (MCPJoin *) addNewJoin;
- (MCPJoin *) addJoinFrom:(MCPAttribute *) iFrom to:(MCPAttribute *) iTo;
- (void) removeJoinFrom:(MCPAttribute *) iFrom to:(MCPAttribute *) iTo;
//- (void) unjoinAttribute:(MCPAttribute *) iAttribute;
#pragma mark Setters
- (void) setDestination:(MCPClassDescription *) iDestination;
- (void) setName:(NSString *) iName;
- (void) setDeleteRule:(MCPRelationDeleteRule) iDeleteRule;
- (void) setInverseRelation:(MCPRelation *) iInverseRelation;
- (void) insertObject:(MCPJoin *) iJoin inJoinsAtIndex:(unsigned int) index;
- (void) removeObjectFromJoinsAtIndex:(unsigned int) index;
- (void) setIsToMany:(BOOL) iIsToMany;
- (void) setIsMandatory:(BOOL) iIsMandatory;
- (void) setOwnsDestintation:(BOOL) iOwnsDestination;
#pragma mark Getters
- (NSString *) name;
- (MCPRelationDeleteRule) deleteRule;
- (MCPRelation *) inverseRelation;
- (MCPClassDescription *) origin;
- (MCPClassDescription *) destination;
- (NSArray *) joins;
- (unsigned int) countOfJoins;
- (MCPJoin *) objectInJoinsAtIndex:(unsigned int) index;
- (unsigned int) indexOfJoinIdenticalTo:(id) iJoin;
- (BOOL) isToMany;
- (BOOL) isMandatory;
- (BOOL) ownsDestination;
#pragma mark Some Usefull methods
- (MCPAttribute *) destinationAttributeForOrigin:(MCPAttribute *) iFrom;
- (MCPAttribute *) originAttributeForDestination:(MCPAttribute *) iTo;
#pragma mark Some general methods:
- (BOOL) isEqual:(id) iObject;
- (NSString *) descriptionWithLocale:(NSDictionary *) locale;
@end