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Asked: 2026-05-24T06:35:27+00:00

In a vector graphics manipulation program, I have a Group entity which specifies groups

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In a vector graphics manipulation program, I have a “Group” entity which specifies groups of graphics and other groups. A Group can belong to only one other Group, but can contain many other Groups. This is done through a “groups” relationship.

However, in the Xcode data modeling tool, I can’t figure out how to do this. I have the groups property but when I select “To-Many Relationship” it’s to-many both sides, I want it to be to-many only on one side only. Here is a diagram of how it is at the moment (the “group” relationship highlighted):

diagram

Is there a way to do what I want, or do I need two relationships (“subgroups” and “supergroup”) for this?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You need two relationships because each actual instance will have two separate relationships. It will belong to a single “supergroup” but will have many “subgroups”. The objects at the other ends of those relationships will not be the same objects.

    This is basically the same setup as a tree structure in which each node has a single parent but many children. E.g.

    Node{
  parent<<-->Node.children
  children<-->>Node.parent
}

    Since each relationship is logically different, they require separate defined relationships in the model.

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