ODM: References not being created on both documents
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12-06-2021 - |
Question
Say I have two simple Documents like this, where a person can have many papers, but a paper can only belong to one person.
namespace Dashboard\Document;
use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Mapping\ClassMetadata;
use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Mapping\Annotations as ODM;
/** @ODM\Document(db="testing", collection="person")
* @ODM\InheritanceType("COLLECTION_PER_CLASS")
*/
class Person
{
/**
* @ODM\Id
*/
protected $id;
/** @ODM\Field(type="string") */
protected $slug;
/** @ODM\Field(type="string") */
protected $name;
/** @ODM\ReferenceMany(targetDocument="Paper", cascade={"all"}) */
protected $papers;
public function __get($property) {
return $this->$property;
}
public function __set($property, $value) {
$this->$property = $value;
}
public function toArray() {
return get_object_vars($this);
}
}
namespace Dashboard\Document;
use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Mapping\ClassMetadata;
use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Mapping\Annotations as ODM;
/** @ODM\Document(db="testing", collection="paper")
* @ODM\InheritanceType("COLLECTION_PER_CLASS")
*/
class Paper
{
/**
* @ODM\Id
*/
protected $id;
/** @ODM\Field(type="string") */
protected $name;
/** @ODM\ReferenceOne(targetDocument="Person", cascade={"all"}) */
protected $person;
public function __get($property) {
return $this->$property;
}
public function __set($property, $value) {
$this->$property = $value;
}
public function toArray() {
return get_object_vars($this);
}
}
I thought I read somewhere when you create a reference on one end, Doctrine ODM will auto create the references on both sides for you. So if I execute the statement below, I will see a reference to Person from a Paper document, AS WELL AS references to Paper(s) in a Person document.
//For demo sake; $person already contains a Person document
try {
$paper = $dm->getRepository('\Dashboard\Document\Paper')
->find($paperId);
} catch (\Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\MongoDBException $e) {
$this->setStatusFailure($e->getMessage());
$this->sendResponse();
}
$paper->person = $person;
$dm->persist($paper);
$dm->flush();
When I do that, and check the mongodb, the reference from paper-->person is there. But I see no reference person-->paper shown in the db. I thought the cascade annotations helped with this, but obviously I'm missing something.
How can I ensure the reference is contained on both ends, so I can run queries to see all the papers that belong a single person? Does this have to be done manually, or can I have doctrine handle this for me?
UPDATE
The first paragraph on this page made me think it was possible.
Solution
Turns out I should have read that whole page. If I use mappedBy & inversedBy, and always persist the document that has inversedBy in it's Annotation, then I get that bi-directional relationship
/** @ODM\ReferenceOne(targetDocument="Person", cascade={"all"}, inversedBy="papers") */
protected $person;
//Will give me a relationship I can query on both sides
$person->papers->add($paper);