Inheritance / Polymorphism

Given than i have these models:

public class Zoo {
  private int id;
  private Date openning_hour;
  private Date closing_hour;
  private String manager;
  private ArrayList<Animal> animals;
}

public abstract class Animal  {
  private String name;
  private int zoo_id;
}

public class Dog extends Animal {
  private boolean canSmellFromFar;
}

public class Spider extends Animal {
  private boolean bites;
}

and if i have two tables (Zoo, Animal), and we have a Query getAllAnimalIntTheZoo(int zooId). can it return sub-types of Animal?

[gabrielpaim]

Hi there,

I’d like to know if is there any update on this. Is there any plans for SqlDelight to support polymorphism/inheritance?

@AlecStrong Would you still recommend the same approach to deal with this still? That is, joining all inherited tables into a single view and treating it on mapper as a STI. I find it somehow uncomfortable, but maybe it still remains as good strategy to deal with it.

Thank you!

[AlecStrong]

If you mean the generated *Model.java files then no, those shouldn’t be checked in (as they exist under the generated folder). If you mean the files you write which implement *Model then yes, those should be checked in.