com.google.cloud.firestore

Class CollectionReference

java.lang.Object

com.google.cloud.firestore.Query

com.google.cloud.firestore.CollectionReference

public final class CollectionReference
extends Query

A CollectionReference can be used for adding documents, getting document references, and querying for documents (using the methods inherited from Query)

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.google.cloud.firestore.Query

Query.Direction

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
com.google.api.core.ApiFuture<DocumentReference>	add(Map<String,Object> fields) Adds a new document to this collection with the specified data, assigning it a document ID automatically.
com.google.api.core.ApiFuture<DocumentReference>	add(Object pojo) Adds a new document to this collection with the specified POJO as contents, assigning it a document ID automatically.
DocumentReference	document() Returns a DocumentReference pointing to a new document with an auto-generated ID within this collection.
DocumentReference	document(String childPath) Gets a DocumentReference instance that refers to the document that is a child of this Collection.
String	getId() The id of a collection refers to the last component of path pointing to a collection, e.g.
DocumentReference	getParent() Returns a DocumentReference to the containing Document if this is a subcollection, else null.
String	getPath() A string representing the path of the referenced collection (relative to the root of the database).

Methods inherited from class com.google.cloud.firestore.Query

endAt, endBefore, equals, get, getFirestore, hashCode, limit, offset, orderBy, orderBy, orderBy, orderBy, select, select, startAfter, startAt, stream, whereEqualTo, whereEqualTo, whereGreaterThan, whereGreaterThan, whereGreaterThanOrEqualTo, whereGreaterThanOrEqualTo, whereLessThan, whereLessThan, whereLessThanOrEqualTo, whereLessThanOrEqualTo

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getId

@Nonnull
public String getId()

The id of a collection refers to the last component of path pointing to a collection, e.g. "collection-id" in "projects/project-id/databases/database-id/documents/collection-id".

Returns:

The ID of the collection.

getParent

@Nullable
public DocumentReference getParent()

Returns a DocumentReference to the containing Document if this is a subcollection, else null.

Returns:

A DocumentReference pointing to the parent document.

getPath

@Nonnull
public String getPath()

A string representing the path of the referenced collection (relative to the root of the database).

Returns:

The slash-separated path relative to the root of the database.

document

@Nonnull
public DocumentReference document()

Returns a DocumentReference pointing to a new document with an auto-generated ID within this collection.

Returns:

A DocumentReference pointing to a new document with an auto-generated ID.

document

@Nonnull
public DocumentReference document(@Nonnull
                                           String childPath)

Gets a DocumentReference instance that refers to the document that is a child of this Collection.

Parameters:

childPath - A relative and slash-separated path to a document.

Returns:

The DocumentReference instance.

add

@Nonnull
public com.google.api.core.ApiFuture<DocumentReference> add(@Nonnull
                                                                     Map<String,Object> fields)

Adds a new document to this collection with the specified data, assigning it a document ID automatically.

Parameters:

fields - A Map containing the data for the new document.

Returns:

An ApiFuture that will be resolved with the DocumentReference of the newly created document.

See Also:

document()

add

public com.google.api.core.ApiFuture<DocumentReference> add(Object pojo)

Adds a new document to this collection with the specified POJO as contents, assigning it a document ID automatically.

Parameters:

pojo - The POJO that will be used to populate the contents of the document

Returns:

An ApiFuture that will be resolved with the DocumentReference of the newly created document.

See Also:

document()