__call__()#

relationalai.Type
#Type.__call__(self, *args, **kwargs) -> Instance

Returns an Instance that produces objects from Type. Must be used in a rule or query context.

Parameters#

NameTypeDescription
*argsAnyAny additional types that found objects must have.
*kwargsAnyProperties and values that found objects must have.

Returns#

An Instance object.

Example#

When you call a Type object without any arguments it returns an Instance that produces every object of that type:

#import relationalai as rai

model = rai.Model("books")

# Create Book, Fiction, and NonFiction types.
Book = model.Type("Book")
Fiction = model.Type("Fiction")
NonFiction = model.Type("NonFiction")

# Add some book instance to the Book type.
with model.rule():
    Book.add(Fiction, name="Foundation", author="Isaac Asimov")
    Book.add(NonFiction, name="Humble Pi", author="Matt Parker")

# Get the name of every book.
with model.query() as select:
    book = Book()
    response = select(book.name)

print(response.results)
# Output:
#          name
# 0  Foundation
# 1   Humble Pi

In English, this query says: “Select book.name where book is a Book object.” In logic jargon, book = Book() binds the instance book to the Book collection.

Pass property values as keyword arguments when you call a type to get an Instance that produces objects with those properties:

## Who is the author of Foundation?
with model.query() as select:
    book = Book(name="Foundation")
    response = select(book.author)

print(response.results)
# Output:
#          author
# 0  Isaac Asimov

You may pass additional types as positional parameters to produce objects with multiple types:

## What are the names of fiction books written by Isaac Asimov?
with model.query() as select:
    book = Book(Fiction, author="Isaac Asimov")
    response = select(book.name)

print(response.results)
# Output:
#          name
# 0  Foundation

If you pass a type only and no properties, the result is the intersection of objects in the types:

#with model.query() as select:
    book = Book(NonFiction)
    response = select(book.name, book.author)

print(response.results)
# Output:
#         name       author
# 0  Humble Pi  Matt Parker

See Also#