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+<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>Sencha Documentation Project</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../reset.css" type="text/css"><link rel="stylesheet" href="../prettify.css" type="text/css"><link rel="stylesheet" href="../prettify_sa.css" type="text/css"><script type="text/javascript" src="../prettify.js"></script></head><body onload="prettyPrint()"><pre class="prettyprint"><pre><span id='Ext-data.Association-method-constructor'><span id='Ext-data.Association'>/**
+</span></span> * @author Ed Spencer
+ * @class Ext.data.Association
+ * @extends Object
+ *
+ * &lt;p&gt;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:&lt;/p&gt;
+ *
+&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;
+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'
+});
+&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
+ *
+ * &lt;p&gt;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}.&lt;/p&gt;
+ *
+ * &lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;Further Reading&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+ *
+ * &lt;ul style=&quot;list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 20px;&quot;&gt;
+ *   &lt;li&gt;{@link Ext.data.HasManyAssociation hasMany associations}
+ *   &lt;li&gt;{@link Ext.data.BelongsToAssociation belongsTo associations}
+ *   &lt;li&gt;{@link Ext.data.Model using Models}
+ * &lt;/ul&gt;
+ * 
+ * &lt;b&gt;Self association models&lt;/b&gt;
+ * &lt;p&gt;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:&lt;/p&gt;
+ * &lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;
+
+// Server Data
+{
+    &quot;groups&quot;: {
+        &quot;id&quot;: 10,
+        &quot;parent_id&quot;: 100,
+        &quot;name&quot;: &quot;Main Group&quot;,
+        &quot;parent_group&quot;: {
+            &quot;id&quot;: 100,
+            &quot;parent_id&quot;: null,
+            &quot;name&quot;: &quot;Parent Group&quot;
+        },
+        &quot;child_groups&quot;: [{
+            &quot;id&quot;: 2,
+            &quot;parent_id&quot;: 10,
+            &quot;name&quot;: &quot;Child Group 1&quot;
+        },{
+            &quot;id&quot;: 3,
+            &quot;parent_id&quot;: 10,
+            &quot;name&quot;: &quot;Child Group 2&quot;
+        },{
+            &quot;id&quot;: 4,
+            &quot;parent_id&quot;: 10,
+            &quot;name&quot;: &quot;Child Group 3&quot;
+        }]
+    }
+}
+
+// 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'));
+            });
+        }
+    });
+    
+});
+ * &lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
+ *
+ * @constructor
+ * @param {Object} config Optional config object
+ */
+Ext.define('Ext.data.Association', {
+<span id='Ext-data.Association-cfg-ownerModel'>    /**
+</span>     * @cfg {String} ownerModel The string name of the model that owns the association. Required
+     */
+
+<span id='Ext-data.Association-cfg-associatedModel'>    /**
+</span>     * @cfg {String} associatedModel The string name of the model that is being associated with. Required
+     */
+
+<span id='Ext-data.Association-cfg-primaryKey'>    /**
+</span>     * @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',
+
+<span id='Ext-data.Association-cfg-reader'>    /**
+</span>     * @cfg {Ext.data.reader.Reader} reader A special reader to read associated data
+     */
+    
+<span id='Ext-data.Association-cfg-associationKey'>    /**
+</span>     * @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:
+                        //&lt;debug&gt;
+                        Ext.Error.raise('Unknown Association type: &quot;' + association.type + '&quot;');
+                        //&lt;/debug&gt;
+                }
+            }
+            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;
+
+        //&lt;debug&gt;
+        if (ownerModel === undefined) {
+            Ext.Error.raise(&quot;The configured ownerModel was not valid (you tried &quot; + ownerName + &quot;)&quot;);
+        }
+        if (associatedModel === undefined) {
+            Ext.Error.raise(&quot;The configured associatedModel was not valid (you tried &quot; + associatedName + &quot;)&quot;);
+        }
+        //&lt;/debug&gt;
+
+        this.ownerModel = ownerModel;
+        this.associatedModel = associatedModel;
+
+<span id='Ext-data.Association-property-ownerName'>        /**
+</span>         * The name of the model that 'owns' the association
+         * @property ownerName
+         * @type String
+         */
+
+<span id='Ext-data.Association-property-associatedName'>        /**
+</span>         * 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
+        });
+    },
+
+<span id='Ext-data.Association-method-getReader'>    /**
+</span>     * 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;
+    }
+});
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