/** * @author Ed Spencer * @class Ext.data.Association * @extends Object * * <p>Associations enable you to express relationships between different {@link Ext.data.Model Models}. Let's say we're * writing an ecommerce system where Users can make Orders - there's a relationship between these Models that we can * express like this:</p> * <pre><code> Ext.define('User', { extend: 'Ext.data.Model', fields: ['id', 'name', 'email'], hasMany: {model: 'Order', name: 'orders'} }); Ext.define('Order', { extend: 'Ext.data.Model', fields: ['id', 'user_id', 'status', 'price'], belongsTo: 'User' }); </code></pre> * * <p>We've set up two models - User and Order - and told them about each other. You can set up as many associations on * each Model as you need using the two default types - {@link Ext.data.HasManyAssociation hasMany} and * {@link Ext.data.BelongsToAssociation belongsTo}. There's much more detail on the usage of each of those inside their * documentation pages. If you're not familiar with Models already, {@link Ext.data.Model there is plenty on those too}.</p> * * <p><u>Further Reading</u></p> * * <ul style="list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 20px;"> * <li>{@link Ext.data.HasManyAssociation hasMany associations} * <li>{@link Ext.data.BelongsToAssociation belongsTo associations} * <li>{@link Ext.data.Model using Models} * </ul> * * <b>Self association models</b> * <p>We can also have models that create parent/child associations between the same type. Below is an example, where * groups can be nested inside other groups:</p> * <pre><code> // Server Data { "groups": { "id": 10, "parent_id": 100, "name": "Main Group", "parent_group": { "id": 100, "parent_id": null, "name": "Parent Group" }, "child_groups": [{ "id": 2, "parent_id": 10, "name": "Child Group 1" },{ "id": 3, "parent_id": 10, "name": "Child Group 2" },{ "id": 4, "parent_id": 10, "name": "Child Group 3" }] } } // Client code Ext.define('Group', { extend: 'Ext.data.Model', fields: ['id', 'parent_id', 'name'], proxy: { type: 'ajax', url: 'data.json', reader: { type: 'json', root: 'groups' } }, associations: [{ type: 'hasMany', model: 'Group', primaryKey: 'id', foreignKey: 'parent_id', autoLoad: true, associationKey: 'child_groups' // read child data from child_groups }, { type: 'belongsTo', model: 'Group', primaryKey: 'id', foreignKey: 'parent_id', autoLoad: true, associationKey: 'parent_group' // read parent data from parent_group }] }); Ext.onReady(function(){ Group.load(10, { success: function(group){ console.log(group.getGroup().get('name')); group.groups().each(function(rec){ console.log(rec.get('name')); }); } }); }); * </code></pre> * * @constructor * @param {Object} config Optional config object */ Ext.define('Ext.data.Association', { /** * @cfg {String} ownerModel The string name of the model that owns the association. Required */ /** * @cfg {String} associatedModel The string name of the model that is being associated with. Required */ /** * @cfg {String} primaryKey The name of the primary key on the associated model. Defaults to 'id'. * In general this will be the {@link Ext.data.Model#idProperty} of the Model. */ primaryKey: 'id', /** * @cfg {Ext.data.reader.Reader} reader A special reader to read associated data */ /** * @cfg {String} associationKey The name of the property in the data to read the association from. * Defaults to the name of the associated model. */ defaultReaderType: 'json', statics: { create: function(association){ if (!association.isAssociation) { if (Ext.isString(association)) { association = { type: association }; } switch (association.type) { case 'belongsTo': return Ext.create('Ext.data.BelongsToAssociation', association); case 'hasMany': return Ext.create('Ext.data.HasManyAssociation', association); //TODO Add this back when it's fixed // case 'polymorphic': // return Ext.create('Ext.data.PolymorphicAssociation', association); default: //<debug> Ext.Error.raise('Unknown Association type: "' + association.type + '"'); //</debug> } } return association; } }, constructor: function(config) { Ext.apply(this, config); var types = Ext.ModelManager.types, ownerName = config.ownerModel, associatedName = config.associatedModel, ownerModel = types[ownerName], associatedModel = types[associatedName], ownerProto; //<debug> if (ownerModel === undefined) { Ext.Error.raise("The configured ownerModel was not valid (you tried " + ownerName + ")"); } if (associatedModel === undefined) { Ext.Error.raise("The configured associatedModel was not valid (you tried " + associatedName + ")"); } //</debug> this.ownerModel = ownerModel; this.associatedModel = associatedModel; /** * The name of the model that 'owns' the association * @property ownerName * @type String */ /** * The name of the model is on the other end of the association (e.g. if a User model hasMany Orders, this is 'Order') * @property associatedName * @type String */ Ext.applyIf(this, { ownerName : ownerName, associatedName: associatedName }); }, /** * Get a specialized reader for reading associated data * @return {Ext.data.reader.Reader} The reader, null if not supplied */ getReader: function(){ var me = this, reader = me.reader, model = me.associatedModel; if (reader) { if (Ext.isString(reader)) { reader = { type: reader }; } if (reader.isReader) { reader.setModel(model); } else { Ext.applyIf(reader, { model: model, type : me.defaultReaderType }); } me.reader = Ext.createByAlias('reader.' + reader.type, reader); } return me.reader || null; } });