You can reference other Realm models from your Realm model. This lets you create the following types of relationships between Realm objects:
You can also embed one Realm object directly within another to create a nested data structure. Embedded objects are similar to relationships, but provide additional constraints. For more information about these constraints and how to create embedded objects, refer to the Embedded Objects data type documentation.
Tip Querying Related ObjectsIn Flutter v1.9.0 and later, you can use the getBacklinks() method to find objects that link to another object through a relationship. For more information, refer to Query Related Objects.
A to-one relationship means that an object is related in a specific way to no more than one other object.
To set up a to-one relationship, create a property in your model whose type is another model. Multiple objects can reference the same object.
Important To-one relationships must be optionalWhen you declare a to-one relationship in your object model, it must be an optional property. If you try to make a to-one relationship required, Realm throws an exception at runtime.
@RealmModel()class _Bike { @PrimaryKey() late ObjectId id; late String name; late _Person? owner;}@RealmModel()class _Person { @PrimaryKey() late ObjectId id; late String firstName; late String lastName; late int? age;}A to-many relationship means that an object is related in a specific way to multiple objects.
You can create a relationship between one object and any number of objects using a property of type List<T> in your application, where T is a Realm model class.
@RealmModel()class _Scooter { @PrimaryKey() late ObjectId id; late String name; late _Person? owner;}@RealmModel()class _ScooterShop { @PrimaryKey() late ObjectId id; late String name; late List<_Scooter> scooters;}An inverse relationship links a Realm object back to any other realm objects that refer to it in to-one or to-many relationships.
Inverse relationships have the following properties:
You must explicitly define a property in the object's model as an inverse relationship. The schema cannot infer the inverse relationship.
Inverse relationships automatically update themselves with corresponding backlinks. You can find the same set of Realm objects with a manual query, but the inverse relationship field reduces boilerplate query code and capacity for error.
You cannot manually set the value of an inverse relationship property. Instead, Realm updates implicit relationships when you add or remove an object in the relationship.
Backlinks only work with Realm objects. Objects that haven't been added to a realm yet do not have backlinks.
For example, the to-many relationship "a User has many Tasks" does not automatically create the inverse relationship "a Task belongs to one User". If you don't specify the inverse relationship in the Task object model, you need to run a separate query to look up the user that is assigned to a given task.
Use the Backlink property annotation to define an inverse relationship. Pass a Symbol of the field name of the to-one or to-many field for which you are creating the backlink as an argument to Backlink(). Include an Iterable of the object model you are backlinking to in the field below the annotation.
@RealmModel()class _User { @PrimaryKey() late ObjectId id; late String username; late List<_Task> tasks;}@RealmModel()class _Task { @PrimaryKey() late ObjectId id; late String description; late bool isComplete; @Backlink(#tasks) late Iterable<_User> linkedUser;}If you are using Atlas Device Sync, inverse relationships are not present in the server-side Device Sync schema in your App Services App. Since you can't directly set the value of an inverse relationship, the relationship does not exist in Device Sync schema.
For more information on the server-side Device Sync schema, refer to Configure and Update Your Data Model in the Atlas App Services documentation.
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