NAME

REST::Neo4p::Relationship - Neo4j relationship object

SYNOPSIS

$n1 = REST::Neo4p::Node->new( {name => 'Harry'} );
$n2 = REST::Neo4p::Node->new( {name => 'Sally'} );
$r1 = $n1->relate_to($n2, 'met');
$r1->set_property({ when => 'July' });

$r2 = REST::Neo4p::Relationship->new( $n2 => $n1, 'dropped' );

DESCRIPTION

REST::Neo4p::Relationship objects represent Neo4j relationships.

METHODS

new()

$r1 = REST::Neo4p::Relationship->new($node1, $node2, 'ingratiates');

Creates the relationship given by the scalar third argument between the first argument and second argument, both REST::Neo4p::Node objects. An optional fourth argument is a hashref of relationship properties.

remove()

$reln->remove()

Removes the relationship from the database.

get_property()

$status = $reln->get_property('status');

Get the values of properties on nodes and relationships.

set_property()

$node1->relate_to($node2,"is_pal_of")->set_property( {duration => 'old pal'} );

Sets values of properties on nodes and relationships.

get_properties()

$props = $relationship->get_properties;
print "Come here often?" if ($props->{status} eq 'not_currently_seeing');

Get all the properties of relationship as a hashref.

remove_property()

$relationship->remove_property('name');
$relationship->remove_property(@property_names);

Remove properties from relationship.

start_node(), end_node()

$fred_node = $married_to->start_node;
$wilma_node = $married_to->end_node;

Get the start and end nodes of the relationship.

type()

$rel = $node->relate_to($node2, 'my_type');
print "This is my_type of relationship" if $rel->type eq 'my_type';

Gets a relationship's type.

Property auto-accessors

See "Property Auto-accessors" in REST::Neo4p.

as_simple()

$simple_reln = $reln1->as_simple
$rel_id = $simple_reln->{_relationship};
$value = $simple_reln->{$property_name};
$type = $simple_reln->{_type};
$start_node_id = $simple_reln->{_start};
$end_node_id = $simple_reln->{_end};

Get relationship as a simple hashref.

SEE ALSO

REST::Neo4p, REST::Neo4p::Node, REST::Neo4p::Index.

AUTHOR

Mark A. Jensen
CPAN ID: MAJENSEN
majensen -at- cpan -dot- org

LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2012-2022 Mark A. Jensen. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.