Two Steps Retrieval¶
Important
Two Step Retrieval loads only a partial set of the related objects (default size of the retrieved related collection is 10). To load additional related objects, use the Relation Paging API .
With this approach a collection of related objects for a specific relation property in a parent object is retrieved from the server. The client application must know parent object's objectId
. The API loads a collection of related children for one property at a time. Child objects retrieved in paged sets, see the Relation Paging API sectionfor additional details.
Suppose the Person
table has a one-to-many relationship column friends
pointing to the Users
table. The code below retrieves related BackendlessUser
objects for a specific Person
object:
Prepare LoadRelationsQueryBuilder:
var loadRelationsQueryBuilder = LoadRelationsQueryBuilder<Dictionary<String, Object>>.Create();
loadRelationsQueryBuilder.SetRelationName( "friends" );
String parentObjectId = // removed for brevity
var friends = Backendless.Data.Of( "Person" ).LoadRelations( parentObjectId,
loadRelationsQueryBuilder );
foreach( var friend in friends )
System.Console.WriteLine( friend[ "email" ]);
String parentObjectId = // removed for brevity
var task = Backendless.Data.Of( "Person" ).LoadRelationsAsync( parentObjectId,
loadRelationsQueryBuilder );
task.Wait();
var friends = task.Result;
foreach( var friend in friends )
System.Console.WriteLine( friend[ "email" ] );
Prepare LoadRelationsQueryBuilder:
var loadRelationsQueryBuilder = LoadRelationsQueryBuilder<BackendlessUser>.Create();
loadRelationsQueryBuilder.SetRelationName( "friends" );
String parentObjectId = ""; // removed for brevity
var friends = Backendless.Data.Of<Person>().LoadRelations( parentObjectId,
loadRelationsQueryBuilder );
foreach( var friend in friends )
System.Console.WriteLine( friend.Email );
String parentObjectId = ""; // removed for brevity
var task = Backendless.Data.Of<Person>().LoadRelationsAsync( parentObjectId,
loadRelationsQueryBuilder );
task.Wait();
var friends = task.Result;
foreach( var friend in friends )
System.Console.WriteLine( friend.Email );