Recursive Pointer

[jeffreyjackson]

Hello! First off, thank you @cbaker6 for your efforts on this SDK. Ive pulled it in for a new front-end project to try it out. This project is using an existing backend thats been around for a few years.

I understand my question goes against the grain regarding value-types for swift, but coming from a previous design on the old school SDK - im trying to figure out the correct approach to this since the backend architecture and object names are already in place.

The example I'm trying to address is similar to a recursive representation of departments.

Simply:

struct Organization: ParseObject {
    init() {
        
    }
    // omitting default fields here ...
    
    // custom fields 
    var organizationDescription: String
    var parentOrganization: Organization?  <-- this is implemented and works as intended with the original SDK
}

I understand I could includeKey in the query previously, which isn't necessary for this new frontEnd Im working on. However, the user could potentially query for organization where they all match a specific parentOrganization of the same type. Alternatively for a given organization, I could query for the parent if needed.

What would be your recommendation to overcome this current design pattern?

[cbaker6]

Sure, I’ve answered similar questions in the past, below are some of the answers:

• Understanding Pointers #109 (comment)
• Tree Parse object parse-community/Parse-Swift#161 (comment)
• https://community.parseplatform.org/t/pulling-data-out-of-pointer-object-without-having-to-fetch-again/2191

[jeffreyjackson]

thank you @cbaker6 !