This chapter explains mapping associations between objects.
这个章节解释两个对象之间的映射关联
Instead of working with foreign keys in your code, you will always work with references to objects instead and Doctrine will convert those references to foreign keys internally.
不用在代码中使用外键,而用多个对象之间的引用,doctrine会将这些引用的转化为外键
- A reference to a single object is represented by a foreign key.
- 一个引用到单一的对象代表了一个外键
- A collection of objects is represented by many foreign keys pointing to the object holding the collection
- 一个对象集合是由许多外键指向一个对象,该对象持有一个集合
This chapter is split into three different sections.
这篇文章分成了3个不同的章节
- A list of all the possible association mapping use-cases is given.
- 列出了所有可能的关联映射实例
- Mapping Defaults are explained that simplify the use-case examples.
- Mapping Defaults阐述了简化实例
- Collections are introduced that contain entities in associations.
- Collections 介绍了在关联中包含实体
To gain a full understanding of associations you should also read about owning and inverse sides of associations
想要完全的明白associations你应该阅读 owning and inverse sides of associations
6.1. Many-To-One, Unidirectional
A many-to-one association is the most common association between objects.
many-to-one是使用最多两个对象之间的关联
The above @JoinColumn is optional as it would default to address_id and id anyways. You can omit it and let it use the defaults. 上面的@JoinColumn 是可选的,他的默认值为address_id和id, 你可以不写让它使用默认的值
Generated MySQL Schema:
生成的mysql的结构:
6.2. One-To-One, Unidirectional
Here is an example of a one-to-one association with a Product entity that references one Shipping entity. TheShipping does not reference back to the Product so that the reference is said to be unidirectional, in one direction only.
这个例子是一个one-to-one关联的。一个Product实体引用一个Shipping实体,Shipping对象不吃油Product的引用。因此这个引用叫做单向,只有一个方向
Note that the @JoinColumn is not really necessary in this example, as the defaults would be the same.
注意@JoinColumn在这个例子中不是必须的,默认也一样
Generated MySQL Schema:
生成的mysql结构
6.3. One-To-One, Bidirectional
Here is a one-to-one relationship between a Customer and a Cart. The Cart has a reference back to theCustomer so it is bidirectional.
这是一个one-to-one关系,Customer和Cart, Cart对象持有Customer对象的引用。这是一个双向引用
Note that the @JoinColumn is not really necessary in this example, as the defaults would be the same.
注意@JoinColumn在这个例子中不是必须的,默认也一样
Generated MySQL Schema:
See how the foreign key is defined on the owning side of the relation, the table Cart.
外键定义在主空方,也就是Cart方
6.4. One-To-One, Self-referencing
You can define a self-referencing one-to-one relationships like below.
你可以定义如下一个自身引用的one-to-one关系
Note that the @JoinColumn is not really necessary in this example, as the defaults would be the same.
注意@JoinColumn在这个例子中不是必须的,默认也一样
With the generated MySQL Schema:
6.5. One-To-Many, Bidirectional
A one-to-many association has to be bidirectional, unless you are using an additional join-table. This is necessary, because of the foreign key in a one-to-many association being defined on the “many” side. Doctrine needs a many-to-one association that defines the mapping of this foreign key.
一个one-to-many关联应该是双向的,否则你需要使用一个附加的联表。这是必须的,因为一个外键在one-to-many关系中定义在many方。Doctrine需要many-to-one关联来定义映射那个外键
This bidirectional mapping requires the mappedBy attribute on the OneToMany association and the inversedByattribute on the ManyToOne association.
双向映射需要mappedBy属性在OneToMany中和inversedBy 属性在ManyToOne中
Note that the @JoinColumn is not really necessary in this example, as the defaults would be the same.
注意@JoinColumn在这个例子中不是必须的,默认也一样
Generated MySQL Schema:
6.6. One-To-Many, Unidirectional with Join Table
A unidirectional one-to-many association can be mapped through a join table. From Doctrine’s point of view, it is simply mapped as a unidirectional many-to-many whereby a unique constraint on one of the join columns enforces the one-to-many cardinality.
单向的one-to-many关联可以通过一个关联联表来映射。从Doctrine的观点来看,它可以简单的映射为一个单向的many-to-many。并且在关联表里面通过一个唯一约束来强制处理的one-to-many
The following example sets up such a unidirectional one-to-many association:
Generates the following MySQL Schema:
6.7. One-To-Many, Self-referencing
You can also setup a one-to-many association that is self-referencing. In this example we setup a hierarchy of Category objects by creating a self referencing relationship. This effectively models a hierarchy of categories and from the database perspective is known as an adjacency list approach.
你可以设置一个自身引用的one-to-many关联。在这个例子中设置一个Categroy的层级结构通过创建一个自身引用关系。 这是一个有效地模型类别的层次结构,从数据库的角度被称为邻接表的方法。
Note that the @JoinColumn is not really necessary in this example, as the defaults would be the same.
Generated MySQL Schema:
6.8. Many-To-Many, Unidirectional
Real many-to-many associations are less common. The following example shows a unidirectional association between User and Group entities:
Generated MySQL Schema:
Why are many-to-many associations less common? Because frequently you want to associate additional attributes with an association, in which case you introduce an association class. Consequently, the direct many-to-many association disappears and is replaced by one-to-many/many-to-one associations between the 3 participating classes.
6.9. Many-To-Many, Bidirectional
Here is a similar many-to-many relationship as above except this one is bidirectional.
The MySQL schema is exactly the same as for the Many-To-Many uni-directional case above.
6.9.1. Owning and Inverse Side on a ManyToMany association
For Many-To-Many associations you can chose which entity is the owning and which the inverse side. There is a very simple semantic rule to decide which side is more suitable to be the owning side from a developers perspective. You only have to ask yourself, which entity is responsible for the connection management and pick that as the owning side.
Take an example of two entities Article and Tag. Whenever you want to connect an Article to a Tag and vice-versa, it is mostly the Article that is responsible for this relation. Whenever you add a new article, you want to connect it with existing or new tags. Your create Article form will probably support this notion and allow to specify the tags directly. This is why you should pick the Article as owning side, as it makes the code more understandable:
This allows to group the tag adding on the Article side of the association:
6.10. Many-To-Many, Self-referencing
You can even have a self-referencing many-to-many association. A common scenario is where a User has friends and the target entity of that relationship is a User so it is self referencing. In this example it is bidirectional so User has a field named $friendsWithMe and $myFriends.
Generated MySQL Schema:
6.11. Mapping Defaults
The @JoinColumn and @JoinTable definitions are usually optional and have sensible default values. The defaults for a join column in a one-to-one/many-to-one association is as follows:
As an example, consider this mapping:
This is essentially the same as the following, more verbose, mapping:
The @JoinTable definition used for many-to-many mappings has similar defaults. As an example, consider this mapping:
This is essentially the same as the following, more verbose, mapping:
In that case, the name of the join table defaults to a combination of the simple, unqualified class names of the participating classes, separated by an underscore character. The names of the join columns default to the simple, unqualified class name of the targeted class followed by “_id”. The referencedColumnName always defaults to “id”, just as in one-to-one or many-to-one mappings.
If you accept these defaults, you can reduce the mapping code to a minimum.
6.12. Collections
Unfortunately, PHP arrays, while being great for many things, are missing features that make them suitable for lazy loading in the context of an ORM. This is why in all the examples of many-valued associations in this manual we will make use of a Collection interface and its default implementation ArrayCollection that are both defined in the Doctrine\Common\Collections namespace. A collection implements the PHP interfacesArrayAccess, Traversable and Countable.
The Collection interface and ArrayCollection class, like everything else in the Doctrine namespace, are neither part of the ORM, nor the DBAL, it is a plain PHP class that has no outside dependencies apart from dependencies on PHP itself (and the SPL). Therefore using this class in your model and elsewhere does not introduce a coupling to the ORM.
6.13. Initializing Collections
You should always initialize the collections of your @OneToMany and @ManyToMany associations in the constructor of your entities:
The following code will then work even if the Entity hasn’t been associated with an EntityManager yet: