libs-gscoredata/NSEntityDescription.h
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/* Interface of the NSEntityDescription class for the GNUstep
Core Data framework.
Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Written by: Saso Kiselkov <diablos@manga.sk>
Date: August 2005
This file is part of the GNUstep Core Data framework.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02111 USA.
*/
#ifndef _NSEntityDescription_h_
#define _NSEntityDescription_h_
#import <Foundation/NSObject.h>
@class NSString, NSArray, NSDictionary;
@class NSManagedObjectModel, NSManagedObjectContext;
@interface NSEntityDescription : NSObject <NSCopying, NSCoding>
{
NSString * _name;
BOOL _abstract;
NSString * _managedObjectClassName;
NSArray * _properties;
NSDictionary * _userInfo;
NSArray * _subentities;
// weak reference
NSEntityDescription * _superentity;
// weak reference
NSManagedObjectModel * _model;
/**
* This counts the number of references to the model of this entity.
* It is needed because a single model may have several references
* to an entity (such as the entity being in several configurations).
*/
unsigned int _modelRefCount;
}
// Convenience class methods.
+ (NSEntityDescription *) entityForName: (NSString *) anEntityName
inManagedObjectContext: (NSManagedObjectContext *) aContext;
+ (id) insertNewObjectForEntityForName: (NSString *) anEntityName
inManagedObjectContext: (NSManagedObjectContext *) aContext;
- (NSDictionary *) attributesByName;
// - (id) copy;
- (BOOL) isAbstract;
- (NSString *) managedObjectClassName;
- (NSManagedObjectModel *) managedObjectModel;
- (NSString *) name;
- (NSArray *) properties;
- (NSDictionary *) propertiesByName;
- (NSDictionary *) relationshipsByName;
- (NSArray *) relationshipsWithDestinationEntity:(NSEntityDescription *) _destinationEntity;
- (void) setAbstract: (BOOL) flag;
- (void) setManagedObjectClassName: (NSString *) aClassName;
- (void) setName: (NSString *) aName;
- (void) setProperties: (NSArray *) someProperties;
- (void) setSubentities: (NSArray *) someSubentities;
- (void) setUserInfo: (NSDictionary *) someUserInfo;
- (NSArray *) subentities;
- (NSDictionary *) subentitiesByName;
- (NSEntityDescription *) superentity;
- (NSDictionary *) userInfo;
- (BOOL) _isSubentityOfEntity: (NSEntityDescription *) otherEntity;
@end
#endif // _NSEntityDescription_h_