Package intermine :: Module model :: Class Reference

Class Reference

object --+    
         |    
     Field --+
             |
            Reference

Known Subclasses:

Collection

References represent columns that refer to records in other tables

In addition the the behaviour and properties of Field, references may also have a reverse reference, if the other record points back to this one as well. And all references will have their type upgraded to a type_class during parsing

Instance Methods

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__init__(self, name, type_name, class_origin, reverse_ref=None)
In addition to the a parameters of Field, Reference also takes an optional reverse reference name (str)

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str

toString(self)

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Inherited from Field: __str__

Inherited from object: __delattr__, __format__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __repr__, __setattr__, __sizeof__, __subclasshook__