Delete Objects from relation

The API removes specific objects from a relationship with their parent.

Blocking API

Using DictionaryCustom Class

int result = Backendless.Data.Of( "TABLE-NAME" ).DeleteRelation( 
                              Dictionary<string, object> parentObject,
                              string relationColumnName,
                              object[] children );

int result = Backendless.Data.Of<E>().DeleteRelation( 
                            E parentObject,
                            string relationColumnName,
                            object[] children );

Non-Blocking API

Using DictionaryCustom Class

Backendless.Data.Of( "TABLE-NAME" ).DeleteRelation( 
                 Dictionary<string, object> parentObject,
                 string relationColumnName,
                 object[] children,
                 AsyncCallback<int> callback );

Backendless.Data.Of<E>().DeleteRelation( 
                 E parentObject,
                 string relationColumnName,
                 object[] children,
                 AsyncCallback;<int> callback );

where:

Argument	Description
TABLE-NAME	Name of the table where the parent object is stored.
E	.NET class of the parent object. The class name identifies the table where the parent object is stored.
parentObject	The object for which the relation with the specified children will be deleted. When this argument is an instance of Dictionary<string, object> (for the dictionary-based approach), it must contain the "objectId" property.
relationColumnName	Name of the column identifying the relation. Relationship between the specified objects from the children collection will be deleted for the column in parentObject.
children	An array of child objects for which the relationship with the parentObject will be deleted. Each object must have a valid value for the objectId property.
callback	A responder object which will receive a callback when the relation has been deleted or if an error occurs. Applies to the asynchronous method only.

Return Value

Number of child objects for which the relationship has been deleted. The asynchronous call receives the return value through a callback executed on the AsyncCallback object.

Example

The example below deletes a relation between a Person object and its children. The child objects are referenced explicitly in the API call.The relation column is address.

Using DictionaryCustom Class

Dictionary<string, object> parentObject = new Dictionary<string, object>();
parentObject[ "objectId" ] = "41230622-DC4D-204F-FF5A-F893A0324800";

Dictionary<string, object> childObject1 = new Dictionary<string, object>();
childObject1[ "objectId" ] = "XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXX";

Dictionary<string, object> childObject2 = new Dictionary<string, object>();
childObject2[ "objectId" ] = "ZZZZ-ZZZZ-ZZZZZ-ZZZZZ";

object[] children = new object[] { childObject1, childObject2 };

AsyncCallback<int> deleteRelationCallback = new AsyncCallback<int>(
  howMany =>
  {
    System.Console.WriteLine( String.Format( "Server has removed {0} objects from the relation", howMany ) );
  },
  error =>
  {
    System.Console.WriteLine( "Server returned an error " + error.Message );
  } );

Backendless.Data.Of( "Person" ).DeleteRelation( 
                  parentObject, 
                  "address", 
                  children, 
                  deleteRelationCallback );

Person personObject = // personObject retrieval is out of scope in this example
Address addressObject1 = // addressObject retrieval is out of scope in this example
Address addressObject2 = // addressObject retrieval is out of scope in this example
object[] childObjects = new object[] { addressObject1, addressObject2 };

AsyncCallback<int> deleteRelationCallback = new AsyncCallback<int>(
  howMany =>
  {
    System.Console.WriteLine( String.Format( "Server has removed {0} objects from the relation", howMany ) );
  },
  error =>
  {
    System.Console.WriteLine( "Server returned an error " + error.Message );
  } );

Backendless.Data.Of<Person>().DeleteRelation( 
                      personObject, 
                      "address", 
                      childObjects,
                      deleteRelationCallback );

Codeless Reference

where:

Argument	Description
table name	Name of the table where which contains the parent object as identified by parent object.
parent object	Id of the object for which the relation will be deleted.
relation name	Name of the column which identifies the relation within the parent table (identified as table name).
children	Represents a list containing unique identifiers(objectIds) of the children objects relations that must be deleted from the data table.
return result	When this box is checked, the operation returns the number of removed child objects relations.

Returns the number of removed child objects relations.

Consider the first object with one-to-many relations(skills column) in the parent data table called employees:

By clicking the record (1:N Relations) in the skills column of the parent data table presented above, you get redirected to the child data table called uniqueSkills, where you can see the related children objects:

Suppose you want to remove two relations. The following example demonstrates the removal of the Objective-C and Javascript relations from the parent object:

The objectId values for each relation are:

1. Objective-C: "4E205196-59B0-45A6-BACB-303A66BEFF22"

2. Javascript: "D08FA6A7-4534-4B43-AF06-BC4CBFE54C60"

After the operation runs, the Objective-C and Javascript relations get deleted.