I recently got started with NHibernate and am having some trouble implementing the domain model outlined further down.
What I'm looking for is a way to filter the relationship between an Item and it's ItemData collection on specific DataStores. DataStores are either global, in which case they are always returned, or specific to a user identity (based on application instance).
In SQL this can be accomplished using a simple query:
SELECT * FROM Items i
INNER JOIN ItemData id ON (i.ItemId=id.ItemId)
LEFT OUTER JOIN Users u ON (id.UserId=u.UserId)
LEFT OUTER JOIN DataStore ds ON (id.DataStoreId=ds.DataStoreId)
WHERE ds.IsGlobal = 1 OR ds.UserId = @userId
Database structure:
DataStore:
- DataStoreId (PK)
- Name
- Weight
- UserId
- IsGlobal
Item:
- ItemId (PK)
- ... (non-nullable fields)
ItemData:
- ItemDataId (PK)
- ItemId
- DataStoreId
- ... (nullable fields)
Domain model:
public class ItemMap : ClassMap<Item>
{
public ItemMap()
{
Id(x => x.Id, "ItemId");
HasMany(x => x.Data)
.KeyColumn("ItemId")
.ApplyFilter<ItemDataFilter>(..?)
.Cascade.AllDeleteOrphan();
}
}
The basic theory is to fetch one ItemData row per DataStore and join each column on the weight field of the respective DataStore (first non-null value ordered by weight).
Insight as to if and how this could be accomplished in NHibernate would be much appreciated.