EdmNavigationProperty

Class Overview

A CSDL NavigationProperty element.

A NavigationProperty element defines a navigation property, which provides a reference to the other end of an association. Unlike properties defined with the Property element, navigation properties do not define the shape and characteristics of data. They provide a way to navigate an association between two entity types.

Note that navigation properties are optional on both entity types at the ends of an association. If you define a navigation property on one entity type at the end of an association, you do not have to define a navigation property on the entity type at the other end of the association.

The data type returned by a navigation property is determined by the multiplicity of its remote association end. For example, suppose a navigation property, OrdersNavProp, exists on a Customer entity type and navigates a one-to-many association between Customer and Order. Because the remote association end for the navigation property has multiplicity many (*), its data type is a collection (of Order). Similarly, if a navigation property, CustomerNavProp, exists on the Order entity type, its data type would be Customer since the multiplicity of the remote end is one (1).

Summary

[Expand] Inherited Fields
From class org.odata4j.edm.EdmPropertyBase private final String name
From class org.odata4j.edm.EdmItem private final ImmutableList<? extends NamespacedAnnotation<?>> annotations private final EdmDocumentation documentation

[Expand] Inherited Methods
From class org.odata4j.edm.EdmPropertyBase String getName() Gets the name.
From class org.odata4j.edm.EdmItem NamespacedAnnotation<?> findAnnotation(String namespaceUri, String localName) Iterable<? extends NamespacedAnnotation<?>> getAnnotations() EdmDocumentation getDocumentation()
From class java.lang.Object Object clone() boolean equals(Object arg0) void finalize() final Class<?> getClass() int hashCode() final void notify() final void notifyAll() String toString() final void wait() final void wait(long arg0, int arg1) final void wait(long arg0)
From interface org.odata4j.core.Named abstract String getName() Gets the name.