meta:class 127 meta:class relationships.ini file directive Return to [[relationships.ini file]] [[toc]] The ''meta:class'' directive allows you to ascribe special meaning to a relationship which Xataface can use in various parts of your application to provide enhanced capabilities. For example you can specify a relationship as a "parent" relationship, thereby using the relationship to obtain the "parent" of records of this table. This can be used to help build breadcrumbs. You can also specify a relationship as a "children" relationship which would treat records in the relationship as children of the current record. This can be used in conjunction with the [[list:type]]=treetable directive of the [[relationships.ini file]] to build a tree table that navigates all child records and subtrees. The Dataface_Record class contains some methods for retrieving the parent and children of records and these methods will take into account any settings you make here. ===Allowed Values=== {| class="listing listing2" |- ! Name ! Description ! Version |- | parent | Designates the relationship as a 'parent' relationship, meaning that the first record in this relationship will be treated as the parent of the current record. This setting can be overridden by the [[getParent]] method of the table delegate class if implemented. | 0.8 |- | children | Designates the relationship as a 'children' relationship meaning that records of the the relationship will be treated as a children. This setting can be overridden by the [[getChildren]] method of the table delegate class if implemented. | 0.8 |} ==See Also== # '''[[list:type]]''' - [[relationships.ini file]] directive to use a treetable for the related record list of a relationship. # '''[[getChildren]]''' - Delegate class method to explicitly define the Dataface_Record objects that are to be considered as child records of the current record. # '''[[getParent]]''' - Delegate class method to explicitly define the Dataface_Record object that is to be considered as the parent record of the current record. en