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Relationship Class

Base class for all link table ECRelationships

Extends

Extended by

Methods

Name Description
constructor(props: RelationshipProps, iModel: IModelDb): Relationship Protected    
delete(): void Delete this Relationship from the iModel.  
insert(): string Insert this Relationship into the iModel.  
toJSON(): RelationshipProps Obtain the JSON representation of this Entity.  
update(): void Update this Relationship in the iModel.  
getInstance<T extends Relationship>(iModel: IModelDb, criteria: string | SourceAndTarget): T Static    
onDeletedDependency(_props: RelationshipProps, _iModel: IModelDb): void Static Callback invoked by saveChanges on an ElementDrivesElement relationship when the relationship instance has been deleted.  
onRootChanged(_props: RelationshipProps, _iModel: IModelDb): void Static Callback invoked by saveChanges on an ElementDrivesElement relationship when its input has changed or is the output of some upstream relationship whose input has changed.  

Inherited methods

Name Inherited from Description
collectReferenceIds(_referenceIds: EntityReferenceSet): void Protected Inherited Entity Collect the Ids of this entity's references at this level of the class hierarchy.
forEach(func: PropertyHandler, includeCustom: booleantrue): void Inherited Entity Call a function for each property of this Entity.
forEachProperty(func: PropertyCallback, includeCustom: booleantrue): void Inherited Entity Call a function for each property of this Entity.
getMetaData(): Promise<EntityClass> Inherited Entity query metadata for this entity class from the iModel's schema
getReferenceIds(): EntityReferenceSet Inherited Entity Get the set of this entity's entity references, EntityReferenceSet.
deserialize(props: DeserializeEntityArgs): EntityProps Static Inherited Entity Converts an ECSqlRow of an Entity to an EntityProps.
is(otherClass: ): boolean Static Inherited Entity return whether this Entity class is a subclass of another Entity class
serialize(props: EntityProps, _iModel: IModelDb): ECSqlRow Static Inherited Entity Converts an EntityProps to an ECSqlRow.

Properties

Name Type Description
className Accessor Static ReadOnly string The name of the BIS class associated with this class.  
sourceId Readonly string    
targetId Readonly string    

Inherited properties

Name Type Inherited from Description
_customHandledProps Protected Static Readonly Inherited CustomHandledProperty[] Entity List of properties that are need to be custom handled during deserialization and serialization.
classFullName Accessor Inherited ReadOnly string Entity Get the full BIS class name of this Entity in the form "schema:class".
classFullName Accessor Static Inherited ReadOnly string Entity Get the full BIS class name of this Entity in the form "schema:class"
className Accessor Inherited ReadOnly string Entity The name of the BIS class associated with this class.
id Inherited string Entity The Id of this Entity.
iModel Inherited IModelDb Entity The IModelDb that contains this Entity
isInstanceOfEntity Readonly Inherited "true" Entity An immutable property used to discriminate between Entity and EntityProps, used to inform the TypeScript compiler that these two types
schema Static Inherited Entity The Schema that defines this class.
schemaItemKey Accessor Inherited ReadOnly SchemaItemKey Entity Get the item key used by the ecschema-metadata package to identify this entity class
schemaItemKey Accessor Static Inherited ReadOnly SchemaItemKey Entity Serves as a unique identifier for this class. Typed variant of classFullName.
schemaName Accessor Inherited ReadOnly string Entity The name of the BIS Schema that defines this class

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Last Updated: 20 June, 2025