Module: Parse::Associations::HasOne

Included in:
Object
Defined in:
lib/parse/model/associations/has_one.rb

Overview

The has_one creates a one-to-one association with another Parse class. This association says that the other class in the association contains a foreign pointer column which references instances of this class. If your model contains a column that is a Parse pointer to another class, you should use belongs_to for that association instead.

Defining a has_one property generates a helper query method to fetch a particular record from a foreign class. This is useful for setting up the inverse relationship accessors of a belongs_to. In the case of the has_one relationship, the :field option represents the name of the column of the foreign class where the Parse pointer is stored. By default, the lower-first camel case version of the Parse class name is used.

In the example below, a Band has a local column named manager which has a pointer to a Parse::User (:user) record. This setups up the accessor for Band objects to access the band’s manager.

Since we know there is a column named manager in the Band class that points to a single Parse::User, you can setup the inverse association read accessor in the Parse::User class. Note, that to change the association, you need to modify the manager property on the band instance since it contains the belongs_to property.

# every band has a manager
class Band < Parse::Object
  belongs_to :manager, as: :user
end

band = Band.first id: '12345'
# the user represented by this manager
user = band.manger

# every user manages a band
class Parse::User
  # inverse relationship to `Band.belongs_to :manager`
  has_one :band, field: :manager
end

user = Parse::User.first

user.band # similar to performing: Band.first(:manager => user)

You may optionally use has_one with scopes, in order to fine tune the query result. Using the example above, you can customize the query with a scope that only fetches the association if the band is approved. If the association cannot be fetched, nil is returned.

# adding to previous example
class Band < Parse::Object
  property :approved, :boolean
  property :approved_date, :date
end

# every user manages a band
class Parse::User
  has_one :recently_approved, ->{ where(order: :approved_date.desc) }, field: :manager, as: :band
  has_one :band_by_status, ->(status) { where(approved: status) },  field: :manager, as: :band
end

# gets the band most recently approved
user.recently_approved
# equivalent: Band.first(manager: user, order: :approved_date.desc)

# fetch the managed band that is not approved
user.band_by_status(false)
# equivalent: Band.first(manager: user, approved: false)

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Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.has_one(key, scope = nil, opts = {}) ⇒ Parse::Object

Creates a one-to-one association with another Parse model.

Parameters:

  • key (Symbol) —

    The singularized version of the foreign class and the name of the foreign column in the foreign Parse table where the pointer is stored.

  • scope (Proc) (defaults to: nil) —

    A proc that can customize the query by applying additional constraints when fetching the associated record. Works similarly as ActiveModel associations described in section Customizing the Query

Options Hash (opts):

  • :field (Symbol) —

    override the name of the remote column where the pointer is stored. By default this is inferred as the columnized of the key parameter.

  • :as (Symbol) —

    override the inferred Parse::Object subclass. By default this is inferred as the singularized camel case version of the key parameter. This option allows you to override the Parse model used to perform the query for the association, while allowing you to have a different accessor name.

  • scope_only (Boolean) —

    Setting this option to true, makes the association fetch based only on the scope provided and does not use the local instance object as a foreign pointer in the query. This allows for cases where another property of the local class, is needed to match the resulting records in the association.

Returns:

  • (Parse::Object) —

    a Parse::Object subclass when using the accessor when fetching the association.

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