RelationDescriptor (Atlassian Confluence 8.0.0 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

ValidatingRelationDescriptor<S,T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractRelationDescriptor, AuthenticatedUserRelationDescriptor, CollaboratorRelationDescriptor, CumulativeContributorRelationDescriptor, DefaultValidatingRelationDescriptor, FavouriteRelationDescriptor, LikeRelationDescriptor, NamedRelationDescriptor, TouchedRelationDescriptor
```
@ExperimentalSpi
public interface RelationDescriptor<S extends Relatable,T extends Relatable>
```
Defines relation name, type and who may have such relations.
Please do implement ths interface directly, if you need to create your own relation please use AbstractRelationDescriptor or NamedRelationDescriptor

Since:

5.9

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getRelationName()`	Get relation name.
`Class<S>`	`getSourceClass()`	Returns class of source entity of the relation.
`Class<T>`	`getTargetClass()`	Returns class of target entity of the relation.

- Method Detail
  - getRelationName
```
String getRelationName()
```
    Get relation name. Relation name should be unique per relation type. For example: "favouriteContentRelation", "watchRelation" etc.
    
    Returns:
    
    relation name.
  - getSourceClass
```
Class<S> getSourceClass()
```
    Returns class of source entity of the relation. Source entity is always subclass of Relatable
    
    Returns:
    
    type of source entity
  - getTargetClass
```
Class<T> getTargetClass()
```
    Returns class of target entity of the relation. Target entity is always subclass of Relatable
    
    Returns:
    
    type of target entity