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Relationship management

The relationship between entities can be declared using this syntax:

relationship <type> {  <from entity>[{<relationship name>[(<display field>)] <validation>*}]   to   <to entity>[{<relationship name>[(<display field>)] <validation>*}]}

The <type> is one from OneToMany, ManyToOne, OneToOne, or ManyToMany and as the name suggests, declares the relationship type between <from entity> and <to entity>.

<from entity> is the name of the owner entity of the relationship or the source. <to entity> is the destination of the relationship.

<relationship name> is optional and can be used to specify the field names to create for the relationship in the domain object. <display field> can be specified in braces to control the field ...