From d2c0ad498f9e67ac2fedcedae567a7602e9bbd74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Darin Kelkhoff <darin.kelkhoff@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:59:20 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] add method getAssociationByName

---
 .../model/metadata/tables/QTableMetaData.java     | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/tables/QTableMetaData.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/tables/QTableMetaData.java
index 5bbba5b6..e6078562 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/tables/QTableMetaData.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/tables/QTableMetaData.java
@@ -1329,6 +1329,21 @@ public class QTableMetaData implements QAppChildMetaData, Serializable, MetaData
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Getter for an association by name
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public Optional<Association> getAssociationByName(String name)
+   {
+      if(associations == null)
+      {
+         return (Optional.empty());
+      }
+
+      return (getAssociations().stream().filter(a -> a.getName().equals(name)).findFirst());
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** Setter for associations
     *******************************************************************************/