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EORelationship class documentation

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Date: Generated at 2026-02-09


Contents -

  1. Software documentation for the EORelationship class
  2. Software documentation for the EORelationship(EORelationshipEditing) category
  3. Software documentation for the EORelationship(EORelationshipPrivate2) category
  4. Software documentation for the EORelationship(EORelationshipValueMapping) category
  5. Software documentation for the EORelationship(EORelationshipXX) category
  6. EORelationship types

Software documentation for the EORelationship class

EORelationship : NSObject

class_EORelationship NSObject NSObject EORelationship EORelationship NSObject->EORelationship p_EOPropertyListEncoding EOPropertyListEncoding p_EOPropertyListEncoding->EORelationship
Declared in:
EOAccess/EORelationship.h
Conforms to:
EOPropertyListEncoding
Description forthcoming.

EORelationship declares 19 Instance Variables

Method summary


relationshipWithPropertyList: owner: 

+ (id) relationshipWithPropertyList: (NSDictionary*)propertyList owner: (id)owner;
Description forthcoming.

anyInverseRelationship 

- (EORelationship*) anyInverseRelationship;
Description forthcoming.

componentRelationships 

- (NSArray*) componentRelationships;
Description forthcoming.

definition 

- (NSString*) definition;
Description forthcoming.

deleteRule 

- (EODeleteRule) deleteRule;
Description forthcoming.

destinationAttributes 

- (NSArray*) destinationAttributes;
Description forthcoming.

destinationEntity 

- (EOEntity*) destinationEntity;
Description forthcoming.

docComment 

- (NSString*) docComment;
Accessing documentation comments

entity 

- (EOEntity*) entity;
Description forthcoming.

hiddenInverseRelationship 

- (EORelationship*) hiddenInverseRelationship;
Description forthcoming.

inverseRelationship 

- (EORelationship*) inverseRelationship;
Description forthcoming.

isBidirectional 

- (BOOL) isBidirectional;
Description forthcoming.

isCompound 

- (BOOL) isCompound;
Description forthcoming.

isFlattened 

- (BOOL) isFlattened;
Description forthcoming.

isMandatory 

- (BOOL) isMandatory;
Description forthcoming.

isParentRelationship 

- (BOOL) isParentRelationship;
Description forthcoming.

isToMany 

- (BOOL) isToMany;
Description forthcoming.

joinSemantic 

- (EOJoinSemantic) joinSemantic;
Description forthcoming.

joinSemanticString 

- (NSString*) joinSemanticString;
Description forthcoming.

joins 

- (NSArray*) joins;
Description forthcoming.

name 

- (NSString*) name;
Description forthcoming.

numberOfToManyFaultsToBatchFetch 

- (unsigned int) numberOfToManyFaultsToBatchFetch;
Description forthcoming.

ownsDestination 

- (BOOL) ownsDestination;
Description forthcoming.

propagatesPrimaryKey 

- (BOOL) propagatesPrimaryKey;
Description forthcoming.

qualifierWithSourceRow: 

- (EOQualifier*) qualifierWithSourceRow: (NSDictionary*)sourceRow;
Description forthcoming.

referencesProperty: 

- (BOOL) referencesProperty: (id)property;
Description forthcoming.

sourceAttributes 

- (NSArray*) sourceAttributes;
Description forthcoming.

userInfo 

- (NSDictionary*) userInfo;
Description forthcoming.



Instance Variables for EORelationship Class

_batchCount

@protected unsigned int _batchCount;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_definitionArray

@protected EOExpressionArray* _definitionArray;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_destination

@protected EOEntity* _destination;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_destinationAttributes

@protected NSArray* _destinationAttributes;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_destinationNames

@protected NSMutableDictionary* _destinationNames;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_docComment

@protected NSString* _docComment;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_entity

@protected EOEntity* _entity;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_hiddenInverseRelationship

@protected EORelationship* _hiddenInverseRelationship;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_internalInfo

@protected NSDictionary* _internalInfo;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_inverseRelationship

@protected EORelationship* _inverseRelationship;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_joinSemantic

@protected EOJoinSemantic _joinSemantic;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_joins

@protected NSMutableArray* _joins;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_name

@protected NSString* _name;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_qualifier

@protected EOQualifier* _qualifier;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_sourceAttributes

@protected NSArray* _sourceAttributes;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_sourceNames

@protected NSMutableDictionary* _sourceNames;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_sourceRowToForeignKeyMapping

@protected id _sourceRowToForeignKeyMapping;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_sourceToDestinationKeyMap

@protected NSDictionary* _sourceToDestinationKeyMap;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_userInfo

@protected NSDictionary* _userInfo;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.




Software documentation for the EORelationship(EORelationshipEditing) category

EORelationship(EORelationshipEditing)

Declared in:
EOAccess/EORelationship.h
Description forthcoming.

Method summary


addJoin: 

- (void) addJoin: (EOJoin*)join;
Description forthcoming.

beautifyName 

- (void) beautifyName;
Description forthcoming.

removeJoin: 

- (void) removeJoin: (EOJoin*)join;
Description forthcoming.

setDefinition: 

- (void) setDefinition: (NSString*)definition;
Description forthcoming.

setDeleteRule: 

- (void) setDeleteRule: (EODeleteRule)deleteRule;
Description forthcoming.

setDocComment: 

- (void) setDocComment: (NSString*)docComment;
Description forthcoming.

setEntity: 

- (void) setEntity: (EOEntity*)entity;
Description forthcoming.

setInternalInfo: 

- (void) setInternalInfo: (NSDictionary*)dictionary;
Description forthcoming.

setIsBidirectional: 

- (void) setIsBidirectional: (BOOL)flag;
Description forthcoming.

setIsMandatory: 

- (void) setIsMandatory: (BOOL)isMandatory;
Description forthcoming.

setJoinSemantic: 

- (void) setJoinSemantic: (EOJoinSemantic)joinSemantic;
Description forthcoming.

setName: 

- (void) setName: (NSString*)name;
Description forthcoming.

setNumberOfToManyFaultsToBatchFetch: 

- (void) setNumberOfToManyFaultsToBatchFetch: (unsigned int)size;
Description forthcoming.

setOwnsDestination: 

- (void) setOwnsDestination: (BOOL)flag;
Description forthcoming.

setPropagatesPrimaryKey: 

- (void) setPropagatesPrimaryKey: (BOOL)flag;
Description forthcoming.

setToMany: 

- (void) setToMany: (BOOL)flag;
Description forthcoming.

setUserInfo: 

- (void) setUserInfo: (NSDictionary*)dictionary;
Description forthcoming.

validateName: 

- (NSException*) validateName: (NSString*)name;
Description forthcoming.

Software documentation for the EORelationship(EORelationshipPrivate2) category

EORelationship(EORelationshipPrivate2)

Declared in:
EOAccess/EORelationship.h
Description forthcoming.

Method summary


_definitionArray 

- (EOExpressionArray*) _definitionArray;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this method indicates that it is private, for internal use only, and you should not use the method in your code.

_deleteRuleFromString: 

- (EODeleteRule) _deleteRuleFromString: (NSString*)deleteRuleString;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this method indicates that it is private, for internal use only, and you should not use the method in your code.

_flushCache 

- (void) _flushCache;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this method indicates that it is private, for internal use only, and you should not use the method in your code.

_foreignKeyForSourceRow: 

- (EOMutableKnownKeyDictionary*) _foreignKeyForSourceRow: (NSDictionary*)row;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this method indicates that it is private, for internal use only, and you should not use the method in your code.

_joinsChanged 

- (void) _joinsChanged;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this method indicates that it is private, for internal use only, and you should not use the method in your code.

_leftSideKeyMap 

- (NSDictionary*) _leftSideKeyMap;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this method indicates that it is private, for internal use only, and you should not use the method in your code.

_rightSideKeyMap 

- (NSDictionary*) _rightSideKeyMap;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this method indicates that it is private, for internal use only, and you should not use the method in your code.

_sourceAttributeNames 

- (NSArray*) _sourceAttributeNames;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this method indicates that it is private, for internal use only, and you should not use the method in your code.

_sourceRowToForeignKeyMapping 

- (EOMKKDSubsetMapping*) _sourceRowToForeignKeyMapping;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this method indicates that it is private, for internal use only, and you should not use the method in your code.

_stringFromDeleteRule: 

- (NSString*) _stringFromDeleteRule: (EODeleteRule)deleteRule;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this method indicates that it is private, for internal use only, and you should not use the method in your code.

_substitutionRelationshipForRow: 

- (EORelationship*) _substitutionRelationshipForRow: (NSDictionary*)row;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this method indicates that it is private, for internal use only, and you should not use the method in your code.

auxiliaryQualifier 

- (EOQualifier*) auxiliaryQualifier;
Description forthcoming.

isPropagatesPrimaryKeyPossible 

- (BOOL) isPropagatesPrimaryKeyPossible;
Description forthcoming.

joinForAttribute: 

- (EOJoin*) joinForAttribute: (EOAttribute*)attribute;
Description forthcoming.

qualifierOmittingAuxiliaryQualifierWithSourceRow: 

- (EOQualifier*) qualifierOmittingAuxiliaryQualifierWithSourceRow: (NSDictionary*)row;
Description forthcoming.

setAuxiliaryQualifier: 

- (void) setAuxiliaryQualifier: (EOQualifier*)qualifier;
Description forthcoming.

Software documentation for the EORelationship(EORelationshipValueMapping) category

EORelationship(EORelationshipValueMapping)

Declared in:
EOAccess/EORelationship.h
Description forthcoming.

Method summary


validateValue: 

- (NSException*) validateValue: (id*)valueP;
Description forthcoming.

Software documentation for the EORelationship(EORelationshipXX) category

EORelationship(EORelationshipXX)

Declared in:
EOAccess/EORelationship.h
Description forthcoming.

Method summary


_intermediateAttributes 

- (NSArray*) _intermediateAttributes;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this method indicates that it is private, for internal use only, and you should not use the method in your code.

_setSourceToDestinationKeyMap: 

- (void) _setSourceToDestinationKeyMap: (NSDictionary*)sourceToDestinationKeyMap;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this method indicates that it is private, for internal use only, and you should not use the method in your code.

_sourceToDestinationKeyMap 

- (NSDictionary*) _sourceToDestinationKeyMap;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this method indicates that it is private, for internal use only, and you should not use the method in your code.

firstRelationship 

- (EORelationship*) firstRelationship;
Description forthcoming.

foreignKeyInDestination 

- (BOOL) foreignKeyInDestination;
Description forthcoming.

intermediateEntity 

- (EOEntity*) intermediateEntity;
Description forthcoming.

isMultiHop 

- (BOOL) isMultiHop;
Description forthcoming.

isToManyToOne 

- (BOOL) isToManyToOne;
Description forthcoming.

lastRelationship 

- (EORelationship*) lastRelationship;
Description forthcoming.

primaryKeyForTargetRowFromSourceDBSnapshot: 

- (NSDictionary*) primaryKeyForTargetRowFromSourceDBSnapshot: (NSDictionary*)dbSnapshot;
Description forthcoming.

qualifierForDBSnapshot: 

- (EOQualifier*) qualifierForDBSnapshot: (NSDictionary*)dbSnapshot;
Description forthcoming.

relationshipPath 

- (NSString*) relationshipPath;
Description forthcoming.

EORelationship types

EOJoinSemantic

typedef enum ... EOJoinSemantic;
Description forthcoming.


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