ManagedEntity class

Mapping information between a table in a database and a ManagedObject object.

An entity defines the mapping between a database table and ManagedObject subclass. Entities are created by declaring ManagedObject subclasses and instantiating a ManagedDataModel. In general, you do not need to use or create instances of this class.

An entity describes the properties that a subclass of ManagedObject will have and their representation in the underlying database. Each of these properties are represented by an instance of a ManagedPropertyDescription subclass. A property is either an attribute or a relationship.

Attribute values are scalar (see ManagedPropertyType) - int, String, DateTime, double and bool. Attributes are typically backed by a column in the underlying database for a ManagedObject, but may also represent transient values defined by the instanceType. Attributes are represented by ManagedAttributeDescription.

The value of a relationship property is a reference to another ManagedObject. If a relationship property has Relate metadata, the property is backed be a foreign key column in the underlying database. Relationships are represented by ManagedRelationshipDescription.

Constructors

ManagedEntity(String _tableName, Type instanceType, String tableDefinition)

Creates an instance of this type..

Properties

attributes ↔ Map<String, ManagedAttributeDescription?>

All attribute values of this entity.

getter/setter pair

defaultProperties → List<String>?

The list of default property names of this object.

no setter

hashCode → int

Derived from this' tableName.

no setter, override

instanceType → Type

The type of instances represented by this entity.

final

name → String

The name of this entity.

no setter

primaryKey ↔ String

Name of primary key property.

getter/setter pair

primaryKeyAttribute → ManagedAttributeDescription?

no setter

properties → Map<String, ManagedPropertyDescription?>

All properties (relationships and attributes) of this entity.

no setter

relationships ↔ Map<String, ManagedRelationshipDescription?>

All relationship values of this entity.

getter/setter pair

runtime → ManagedEntityRuntime

Set of callbacks that are implemented differently depending on compilation target.

no setter

runtimeType → Type

A representation of the runtime type of the object.

no setter, inherited

symbolMap ↔ Map<Symbol, String>

A map from accessor symbol name to property name.

getter/setter pair

tableDefinition → String

The name of type of persistent instances represented by this entity.

final

tableName → String

Name of table in database this entity maps to.

no setter

uniquePropertySet ↔ List<ManagedPropertyDescription>?

Set of properties that, together, are unique for each instance of this entity.

getter/setter pair

validators ↔ List<ManagedValidator>

List of ManagedValidators for attributes of this entity.

getter/setter pair

Methods

document(APIDocumentContext context) → APISchemaObject

documentComponents(APIDocumentContext context) → void

Tells this object to add its components to context.

identifyAttribute<T, U extends ManagedObject>(T propertyIdentifier(U x)) → ManagedAttributeDescription

Returns an attribute in this entity for a property selector.

identifyProperties<T, U extends ManagedObject>(T propertiesIdentifier(U x)) → List<KeyPath>

Returns a list of properties selected by propertiesIdentifier.

identifyProperty<T, U extends ManagedObject>(T propertyIdentifier(U x)) → KeyPath

Returns a property selected by propertyIdentifier.

identifyRelationship<T, U extends ManagedObject>(T propertyIdentifier(U x)) → ManagedRelationshipDescription

Returns a relationship in this entity for a property selector.

instanceOf<T extends ManagedObject>({ManagedBacking? backing}) → T

Creates a new instance of this entity's instance type.

noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic

Invoked when a nonexistent method or property is accessed.

inherited

setOf<T extends ManagedObject>(Iterable objects) → ManagedSet<T>?

toString() → String

A string representation of this object.

override

Operators

operator ==(Object other) → bool

Two entities are considered equal if they have the same tableName.

override