core/orm/topic.py

from datetime import datetime
from sqlalchemy import Table, Column, Integer, String, ForeignKey, DateTime, UniqueConstraint
from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
from orm.base import Base


Connection = Table('topic_connections',
	Base.metadata,
    Column('child', Integer, ForeignKey('topic.id')),
    Column('parent', Integer, ForeignKey('topic.id')),
    UniqueConstraint('parent', 'child', name='unique_usage')
)


class Topic(Base):
	__tablename__ = 'topic'

	slug: str = Column(String, unique = True, nullable = False)
	createdAt: str = Column(DateTime, nullable=False, default = datetime.now, comment="Created at")
	createdBy: str = Column(ForeignKey("user.id"), nullable=False, comment="Author")
	value: str = Column(String, nullable=False, comment="Value")
	# list of Topics where the current node is the "other party" or "child"
	parents = relationship(lambda: Topic, secondary=Connection, primaryjoin=slug==Connection.c.parent, secondaryjoin=slug==Connection.c.child, viewonly=True)
	# list of Topics where the current node is the "parent" 
	children = relationship(lambda: Topic, secondary=Connection, primaryjoin=slug==Connection.c.child, secondaryjoin=slug==Connection.c.parent)