__or__()#

relationalai.Type
#Type.__or__(self, __value: Any) -> TypeUnion

Supports the | operator for expressing the union of two types.

Returns#

A TypeUnion object. TypeUnion objects behave just like Type objects.

Example#

#import relationalai as rai

model = rai.Model("books")

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

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

# Get the names and authros of all books that are nonfiction or fantasy.
with model.query() as select:
    book = Book(NonFiction | Fantasy)
    response = select(book.name, book.author)

print(response.results)
# Output:
#          name          author
# 0   Humble Pi     Matt Parker
# 1  The Hobbit  J.R.R. Tolkien

In English, this query says: “Select book.name and book.author where book is a Book object that is also a NonFiction object or a Fantasy object.”

See Also#