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<h1 id="relations">Relations<a class="headerlink" href="#relations" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h1>
<p>Fluent relations allow you to relate your models in three different ways:</p>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Relations</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>One to One</td>
<td>Parent / Child</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>One to Many</td>
<td>Parent / Children</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Many to Many</td>
<td>Siblings</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2 id="one-to-many">One to Many<a class="headerlink" href="#one-to-many" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p>We'll start with one-to-many since it's the easiest type of relation to understand.</p>
<p>Take the following database schema:</p>
<p><code>users</code></p>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>id</th>
<th>name</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>&lt;id type&gt;</td>
<td>string</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><code>pets</code></p>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>id</th>
<th>name</th>
<th>user_id</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>&lt;id type&gt;</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>&lt;id type&gt;</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<div class="admonition seealso">
<p class="admonition-title">Seealso</p>
<p>Visit the <a href="../database/#preparations">database preparations</a> guide for more information
on how to create schema.</p>
</div>
<p>Here each pet has exactly one owner (a user) and each owner can have multiple pets.
This is a one-to-many relationship. One owner has many pets.</p>
<div class="admonition tip">
<p class="admonition-title">Tip</p>
<p>Use the <code>builder.foreignId()</code> to create foreign ids like <code>user_id</code>. This will automatically
create foreign key constraints and follow pre-set key naming conventions.</p>
</div>
<h3 id="children">Children<a class="headerlink" href="#children" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>To access the user's pets, we will use the <code>Children</code> relation.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">extension</span> <span class="nc">User</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="kd">var</span> <span class="nv">pets</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Children</span><span class="p">&lt;</span><span class="n">User</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">Pet</span><span class="p">&gt;</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">children</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<p>Imagine the children relation as <code>Children&lt;Parent, Child&gt;</code> or <code>Children&lt;From, To&gt;</code>.
Here we are relating <em>from</em> the user type <em>to</em> the pet type.</p>
<p>We can now use this relation to get all of the user's pets.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">let</span> <span class="nv">pets</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="k">try</span> <span class="n">user</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">pets</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">all</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="c1">// [Pet]</span>
</pre></div>
<p>This will create SQL similar to:</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="k">SELECT</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="k">FROM</span> <span class="o">`</span><span class="n">pets</span><span class="o">`</span> <span class="k">WHERE</span> <span class="o">`</span><span class="n">user_id</span><span class="o">`</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;...&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>
</pre></div>
<p>Relations work similarly to <a href="../query/">queries</a>.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">let</span> <span class="nv">pet</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="k">try</span> <span class="n">user</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">pets</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="bp">filter</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&quot;name&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">&quot;Spud&quot;</span><span class="p">).</span><span class="bp">first</span><span class="p">()</span>
</pre></div>
<h3 id="parent">Parent<a class="headerlink" href="#parent" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>To access a pet's owner from the pet, we will use the <code>Parent</code> relation.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">extension</span> <span class="nc">Pet</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="kd">let</span> <span class="nv">userId</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Identifier</span>
<span class="p">...</span>
<span class="kd">var</span> <span class="nv">owner</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Parent</span><span class="p">&lt;</span><span class="n">Pet</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">User</span><span class="p">&gt;</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">parent</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">id</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">userId</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<p>Imagine the parent relation as <code>Parent&lt;Child, Parent&gt;</code> or <code>Parent&lt;From, To&gt;</code>.
Here we are relating <em>from</em> the pet type <em>to</em> the parent type.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>Notice the <code>Parent</code> relation requires an identifier to be passed in.
Make sure to load this identifier in your model's <code>init(row:)</code> method.</p>
</div>
<p>We can now use this relation to get the pet's owner.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">let</span> <span class="nv">owner</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="k">try</span> <span class="n">pet</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">owner</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="kr">get</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="c1">// User?</span>
</pre></div>
<h4 id="migration">Migration<a class="headerlink" href="#migration" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h4>
<p>Adding a parent identifier to the child table can be done using the <code>.parent()</code> method on
the schema builder.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="k">try</span> <span class="n">database</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">create</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Pet</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="kc">self</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="n">builder</span> <span class="k">in</span>
<span class="p">...</span>
<span class="n">builder</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">parent</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">User</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="kc">self</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<h2 id="one-to-one">One to One<a class="headerlink" href="#one-to-one" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p>One-to-one relations work exactly the same as one-to-many relations. You can use the
code from the previous example and simply call <code>.first()</code> and all calls from the parent type.</p>
<p>However, you can add a convenience for doing this. Let's assume we wanted to change the previous
example from one-to-many to one-to-one.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">extension</span> <span class="nc">User</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="kd">func</span> <span class="nf">pet</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="kr">throws</span> <span class="p">-&gt;</span> <span class="n">Pet</span><span class="p">?</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">return</span> <span class="k">try</span> <span class="n">children</span><span class="p">().</span><span class="bp">first</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<h2 id="many-to-many">Many to Many<a class="headerlink" href="#many-to-many" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p>Many to many relations require a table in between to store which model is related to which.
This table is called a pivot table.</p>
<p>You can use any entity you want as a pivot, but Fluent provides a default one called <code>Pivot</code>.</p>
<p>Take the following schema.</p>
<p><code>pets</code></p>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>id</th>
<th>name</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>&lt;id type&gt;</td>
<td>string</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><code>pet_toy</code></p>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>id</th>
<th>pet_id</th>
<th>toy_id</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>&lt;id type&gt;</td>
<td>&lt;id type&gt;</td>
<td>&lt;id type&gt;</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><code>toys</code></p>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>id</th>
<th>name</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>&lt;id type&gt;</td>
<td>string</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Here each pet can own many toys and each toy can belong to many pets. This is a many-to-many relationship.</p>
<h3 id="siblings">Siblings<a class="headerlink" href="#siblings" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>To represent this many-to-many relationship, we will use the <code>Siblings</code> relation.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">extension</span> <span class="nc">Pet</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="kd">var</span> <span class="nv">toys</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Siblings</span><span class="p">&lt;</span><span class="n">Pet</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">Toy</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">Pivot</span><span class="p">&lt;</span><span class="n">Pet</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">Toy</span><span class="p">&gt;</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">siblings</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<p>Imagine the siblings relations as <code>Siblings&lt;From, To, Through&gt;</code>.
Here we are relating <em>from</em> the pet type <em>to</em> the toy type <em>through</em> the pet/toy pivot.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>The generic syntax might look a little intimidating at first, but it allows for a very powerful API.</p>
</div>
<p>With this relation added on pets, we can fetch a pet's toys.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">let</span> <span class="nv">toys</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">pet</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">toys</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">all</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="c1">// [Toy]</span>
</pre></div>
<p>The siblings relation works similarly to <a href="../query/">queries</a> and parent/children relations. </p>
<h4 id="migration_1">Migration<a class="headerlink" href="#migration_1" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h4>
<p>If you are using a <code>Pivot</code> type, you can simply add it to your Droplet's preparation array.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="n">drop</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">preparations</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">append</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Pivot</span><span class="p">&lt;</span><span class="n">Pet</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">Toy</span><span class="p">&gt;)</span>
</pre></div>
<p>If you are using a <code>Pivot</code> for your "through" model, it will also have methods for adding and removing models from the relation.</p>
<h4 id="add">Add<a class="headerlink" href="#add" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h4>
<p>To add a new model to the relation, use the <code>.add()</code> method.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="k">try</span> <span class="n">pet</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">toys</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">add</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">toy</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>The newly created pivot will be returned.</p>
</div>
<h4 id="remove">Remove<a class="headerlink" href="#remove" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h4>
<p>To remove a model from being related, use the <code>.remove()</code> method.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="k">try</span> <span class="n">pet</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">toys</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">remove</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">toy</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
<h4 id="is-attached">Is Attached<a class="headerlink" href="#is-attached" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h4>
<p>To check if a model is related, use the <code>.isAttached()</code> method.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="k">if</span> <span class="k">try</span> <span class="n">pet</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">toys</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">isAttached</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">to</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">toy</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="c1">// it is attached</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<h4 id="custom-through">Custom Through<a class="headerlink" href="#custom-through" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h4>
<p>You can use any entity type as the "through" entity in your siblings relation. </p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">extension</span> <span class="nc">User</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="kd">var</span> <span class="nv">posts</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Siblings</span><span class="p">&lt;</span><span class="n">User</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">Post</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">Comment</span><span class="p">&gt;</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">siblings</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<p>In the above example we are pivoting on the comments entity to retreive all posts the user
has commented on.</p>
<p>As long as the "through" entity has a <code>user_id</code> and <code>post_id</code>, the siblings relation will work.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>If the <code>Comment</code>entity does not conform to <code>PivotProtocol</code>, the
<code>add</code>, <code>remove</code>, and <code>isAttached</code> methods will not be available.</p>
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