Added 'entity_class_byname' field

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   parameter definition, paramater value and list value items.
   ``parsed_value`` replaces the ``value`` and ``type`` (``default_value`` and ``default_type`` for parameter definitions)
   fields and accepts the value directly so manual conversion using ``to_database()`` is not needed anymore.
+- Added a read-only field ``entity_class_byname`` to EntityClassItem (accessible from EntityItem as well)
+  which works analogously to ``entity_byname``.
 
 ### Changed
 

spinedb_api/mapped_items.py

@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@
 # Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with
 # this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ######################################################################################################################
+from collections.abc import Iterator
 import inspect
 from operator import itemgetter
 import re
-from typing import ClassVar
-from .db_mapping_base import MappedItemBase
+from typing import ClassVar, Union
+from .db_mapping_base import DatabaseMappingBase, MappedItemBase
 from .exception import SpineDBAPIError
 from .helpers import DisplayStatus, name_from_dimensions, name_from_elements
 from .parameter_value import (
@@ -36,7 +37,12 @@ def item_factory(item_type):
 
 _ENTITY_BYNAME_VALUE = (
     "A tuple with the entity name as single element if the entity is 0-dimensional, "
-    "or the 0-dimensional element names if the entity is multi-dimensional."
+    "or the 0-dimensional element names if it is multi-dimensional."
+)
+
+_ENTITY_CLASS_BYNAME_VALUE = (
+    "A tuple with the class name as single element if the class is 0-dimensional, "
+    "or the 0-dimensional class names if it is multi-dimensional."
 )
 
 
@@ -64,6 +70,7 @@ class EntityClassItem(MappedItemBase):
             "value": "The dimension names for a multi-dimensional class.",
             "optional": True,
         },
+        "entity_class_byname": {"type": tuple, "value": _ENTITY_CLASS_BYNAME_VALUE},
         "description": {"type": str, "value": "The class description.", "optional": True},
         "display_icon": {
             "type": int,
@@ -109,6 +116,8 @@ def __getitem__(self, key):
         if key in ("superclass_id", "superclass_name"):
             mapped_table = self._db_map.mapped_table("superclass_subclass")
             return mapped_table.find_item({"subclass_id": self["id"]}, fetch=True).get(key)
+        if key == "entity_class_byname":
+            return tuple(_byname_iter(self, "dimension_id_list", self._db_map))
         return super().__getitem__(key)
 
     def merge(self, other):
@@ -144,6 +153,7 @@ class EntityItem(MappedItemBase):
     _references = {"class_id": "entity_class", "element_id_list": "entity"}
     _external_fields = {
         "entity_class_name": ("class_id", "name"),
+        "entity_class_byname": ("class_id", "entity_class_byname"),
         "dimension_id_list": ("class_id", "dimension_id_list"),
         "dimension_name_list": ("class_id", "dimension_name_list"),
         "superclass_id": ("class_id", "superclass_id"),
@@ -180,19 +190,9 @@ def unique_values_for_item(cls, item, skip_keys=()):
             if None not in sc_value:
                 yield (key, sc_value)
 
-    def _byname_iter(self, entity):
-        element_id_list = entity["element_id_list"]
-        if not element_id_list:
-            yield entity["name"]
-        else:
-            find_by_id = self._db_map.mapped_table("entity").find_item_by_id
-            for el_id in element_id_list:
-                element = find_by_id(el_id)
-                yield from self._byname_iter(element)
-
     def __getitem__(self, key):
         if key == "entity_byname":
-            return tuple(self._byname_iter(self))
+            return tuple(_byname_iter(self, "element_id_list", self._db_map))
         return super().__getitem__(key)
 
     def resolve_internal_fields(self, skip_keys=()):
@@ -1149,3 +1149,16 @@ def commit(self, _commit_id):
     x for x in tuple(locals().values()) if inspect.isclass(x) and issubclass(x, MappedItemBase) and x != MappedItemBase
 )
 ITEM_CLASS_BY_TYPE = {klass.item_type: klass for klass in ITEM_CLASSES}
+
+
+def _byname_iter(
+    item: Union[EntityClassItem, EntityItem], id_list_name: str, db_map: DatabaseMappingBase
+) -> Iterator[str]:
+    id_list = item[id_list_name]
+    if not id_list:
+        yield item["name"]
+    else:
+        find_by_id = db_map.mapped_table(item.item_type).find_item_by_id
+        for id_ in id_list:
+            element = find_by_id(id_)
+            yield from _byname_iter(element, id_list_name, db_map)

tests/test_DatabaseMapping.py

@@ -2039,6 +2039,19 @@ def test_update_list_value_with_parsed_value(self):
             value_item.update(parsed_value=2.3)
             self.assertEqual(value_item["parsed_value"], 2.3)
 
+    def test_entity_class_bynames(self):
+        with DatabaseMapping("sqlite://", create=True) as db_map:
+            item = self._assert_success(db_map.add_entity_class_item(name="Object"))
+            self.assertEqual(item["entity_class_byname"], ("Object",))
+            self._assert_success(db_map.add_entity_class_item(name="Subject"))
+            item = self._assert_success(db_map.add_entity_class_item(dimension_name_list=("Subject", "Object")))
+            self.assertEqual(item["entity_class_byname"], ("Subject", "Object"))
+            self._assert_success(db_map.add_entity_class_item(dimension_name_list=("Object", "Subject")))
+            item = self._assert_success(
+                db_map.add_entity_class_item(dimension_name_list=("Subject__Object", "Object__Subject"))
+            )
+            self.assertEqual(item["entity_class_byname"], ("Subject", "Object", "Object", "Subject"))
+
 
 class TestDatabaseMappingLegacy(unittest.TestCase):
     """'Backward compatibility' tests, i.e. pre-entity tests converted to work with the entity structure."""