Objects referencing each other

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Vladimir Prushk... · Nov 10, 2017

#Object Data Model #Caché

Is it okay to have to objects of different classes referencing each other ?

set woman.husband = man
set man.wife = woman

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Chris Stewart · Nov 10, 2017

Yes, but using a relationship to do this would automate a lot of cross referencing. For the example above, a 1-1 relationship would keep each side correct, when an update is made on either side

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score 0 · Answer 1 · 2017-11-10T17:48:47-05:00

Check your XML/JSON serializations, as you can get a loop easily (or output too much) with this architecture decisions.