Struct EdgeMetadata 

pub struct EdgeMetadata {
    pub relationship_type: Option<String>,
    pub weight: Option<f64>,
    pub weights: Option<HashMap<String, f64>>,
    pub properties: Option<HashMap<String, Value>>,
    pub edge_text: Option<String>,
}

Edge metadata for relationships between DataPoints.

Matches the Python Edge(BaseModel) class. Supports single weight, multiple named weights, arbitrary properties, and an edge_text field that is auto-populated from relationship_type when not explicitly set (mirroring Python’s field_validator("edge_text") behavior).

Examples

use cognee_models::EdgeMetadata;

// Auto-populates edge_text from relationship_type
let edge = EdgeMetadata::new(Some("contains".into()), None, None);
assert_eq!(edge.edge_text.as_deref(), Some("contains"));

// Explicit edge_text takes priority
let edge = EdgeMetadata::new(
    Some("contains".into()),
    Some(0.5),
    Some("relationship_name: contains; entity: Alice".into()),
);
assert_eq!(edge.edge_text.as_deref(), Some("relationship_name: contains; entity: Alice"));

Fields

relationship_type: Option<String>

Relationship type name (e.g., “works_at”, “contains”).

weight: Option<f64>

Single weight value (backward compatible with Python’s weight field).

weights: Option<HashMap<String, f64>>

Multiple named weights (e.g., {"strength": 0.8, "confidence": 0.9}).

properties: Option<HashMap<String, Value>>

Arbitrary edge properties (flexible key-value storage).

edge_text: Option<String>

Text representation for embedding. Auto-populated from relationship_type if not explicitly set (matches Python’s field_validator behavior).

Implementations

impl EdgeMetadata

pub fn new( relationship_type: Option<String>, weight: Option<f64>, edge_text: Option<String>, ) -> EdgeMetadata

Create a new EdgeMetadata, auto-populating edge_text from relationship_type if edge_text is not provided (matches Python’s field_validator behavior).

pub fn with_all( relationship_type: Option<String>, weight: Option<f64>, weights: Option<HashMap<String, f64>>, properties: Option<HashMap<String, Value>>, edge_text: Option<String>, ) -> EdgeMetadata

Create an EdgeMetadata with all fields specified.

pub fn ensure_edge_text(&mut self)

Auto-populate edge_text from relationship_type if edge_text is None.

This mirrors Python’s field_validator("edge_text") which sets edge_text = relationship_type when edge_text is not provided.

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for EdgeMetadata

fn clone(&self) -> EdgeMetadata

Returns a duplicate of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Debug for EdgeMetadata

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result<(), Error>

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl Default for EdgeMetadata

fn default() -> EdgeMetadata

Returns the “default value” for a type.

impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for EdgeMetadata

Custom Deserialize implementation that auto-populates edge_text from relationship_type after deserialization, matching Python’s field_validator behavior. This ensures that JSON like {"relationship_type": "contains"} will produce edge_text == Some("contains").

fn deserialize<D>( deserializer: D, ) -> Result<EdgeMetadata, <D as Deserializer<'de>>::Error>

where D: Deserializer<'de>,

Deserialize this value from the given Serde deserializer.

impl PartialEq for EdgeMetadata

fn eq(&self, other: &EdgeMetadata) -> bool

Tests for self and other values to be equal, and is used by ==.

fn ne(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

Tests for !=. The default implementation is almost always sufficient, and should not be overridden without very good reason.

impl Serialize for EdgeMetadata

fn serialize<__S>( &self, __serializer: __S, ) -> Result<<__S as Serializer>::Ok, <__S as Serializer>::Error>

where __S: Serializer,

Serialize this value into the given Serde serializer.

impl StructuralPartialEq for EdgeMetadata