# Relation

## AV. Relation

A class that is used to access all of the children of a many-to-many relationship. Each instance of AV.Relation is associated with a particular parent object and key.

## Constructor

#### new Relation(parent, key)

Source:
  - relation.js, line 19
See:
  - AV.Object#relation

Creates a new Relation for the given parent object and key. This constructor should rarely be used directly, but rather created by AV.Object#relation.

##### Parameters:

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
`parent` | AV.Object | The parent of this relation.
`key` | String | The key for this relation on the parent.

### Methods

#### (static) reverseQuery(parentClass, relationKey, child) → {AV.Query}

Source:
  - relation.js, line 35

Creates a query that can be used to query the parent objects in this relation.

##### Parameters:

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
`parentClass` | String | The parent class or name.
`relationKey` | String | The relation field key in parent.
`child` | AV.Object | The child object.

##### Returns:

Type
  AV.Query

#### add(objects)

Source:
  - relation.js, line 61

Adds a AV.Object or an array of AV.Objects to the relation.

##### Parameters:

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
`objects` | AV.Object | Array.<AV.Object> | The item or items to add.

#### query() → {AV.Query}

Source:
  - relation.js, line 98

Returns a AV.Query that is limited to objects in this relation.

##### Returns:

Type
  AV.Query

#### remove(objects)

Source:
  - relation.js, line 75

Removes a AV.Object or an array of AV.Objects from this relation.

##### Parameters:

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
`objects` | AV.Object | Array.<AV.Object> | The item or items to remove.

#### toJSON() → {Object}

Source:
  - relation.js, line 89

Returns a JSON version of the object suitable for saving to disk.

##### Returns:

Type
  Object