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Joshua Spence 8756d82cf6 Remove @group annotations
Summary: I'm pretty sure that `@group` annotations are useless now... see D9855. Also fixed various other minor issues.

Test Plan: Eye-ball it.

Reviewers: #blessed_reviewers, epriestley, chad

Reviewed By: #blessed_reviewers, epriestley

Subscribers: epriestley, Korvin, hach-que

Differential Revision: https://secure.phabricator.com/D9859
2014-07-10 08:12:48 +10:00

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@title Using Edges
@group developer
Guide to the Edges infrastructure.
= Overview =
Edges are a generic way of storing a relationship between two objects (like a
Task and its attached files). If you are familiar with the Facebook associations
framework, Phabricator Edges are substantially similar.
An edge is defined by a source PHID (the edge origin), a destination PHID
(the edge destination) and an edge type (which describes the relationship,
like "is subscribed to" or "has attached file").
Every edge is directional, and stored alongside the source object. Some edges
are configured to automatically write an inverse edge, effectively building
a bidirectional relationship. The strength of storing relationships like this
is that they work when databases are partitioned or sharded.
= Reading Edges =
You can load edges with @{class:PhabricatorEdgeQuery}.
= Writing Edges =
You can edit edges with @{class:PhabricatorEdgeEditor}.
= Edges and Lisk =
@{class:PhabricatorLiskDAO} includes some builtin support for edges.