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[2/8] incubator-brooklyn git commit: Introduce relationships between brooklyn objects

Introduce relationships between brooklyn objects

adds BrooklynObject.relations() and relationships such as MANAGER_OF and IN_GROUP.
includes tests, also convering persistence.
also adds self-bounding generics to BrooklynObject, and lifts getConfig(key) to Configurable to avoid generics conflicts (not sure why `public <T> T getConfig(ConfigKey<T> key)` declared in two interfaces is incompatible but it is apparently).

however there is much still to do:
* add relations to CAMP, and to the REST API and UI
* use relations for groups and children, and for locations, policies, etc (ensuring old persistence is still supported)


Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/commit/772e707f
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/tree/772e707f
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/diff/772e707f

Branch: refs/heads/master
Commit: 772e707f81fd34e3db2eafca3067890f384cb9e1
Parents: e3553a1
Author: Alex Heneveld <al...@cloudsoftcorp.com>
Authored: Mon Jun 22 23:09:15 2015 -0700
Committer: Alex Heneveld <al...@cloudsoftcorp.com>
Committed: Fri Oct 23 14:06:54 2015 +0100

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 .../brooklyn/basic/relations/Relationship.java  |  38 ++++
 .../org/apache/brooklyn/api/entity/Entity.java  |   2 +
 .../api/mgmt/rebind/mementos/Memento.java       |   5 +-
 .../brooklyn/api/objs/BrooklynObject.java       |  15 ++
 .../apache/brooklyn/api/objs/Configurable.java  |   5 +
 .../apache/brooklyn/api/sensor/Enricher.java    |  12 --
 .../core/catalog/internal/CatalogItemDo.java    |  20 +-
 .../internal/CatalogItemDtoAbstract.java        |   9 +-
 .../core/enricher/AbstractEnricher.java         |   2 +-
 .../brooklyn/core/entity/AbstractEntity.java    |   5 +-
 .../brooklyn/core/entity/EntityInternal.java    |   2 +-
 .../brooklyn/core/entity/EntityRelations.java   | 160 ++++++++++++++++
 .../apache/brooklyn/core/feed/AbstractFeed.java |   2 +-
 .../core/location/AbstractLocation.java         |   4 +-
 .../access/PortForwardManagerClient.java        |   5 +
 .../location/internal/LocationInternal.java     |   2 +-
 .../AbstractBrooklynObjectRebindSupport.java    |  23 ++-
 .../core/mgmt/rebind/dto/AbstractMemento.java   |  36 ++--
 .../mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicEnricherMemento.java   |   1 -
 .../mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicEntityMemento.java     |   2 -
 .../core/mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicFeedMemento.java  |   1 -
 .../mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicLocationMemento.java   |   1 -
 .../mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicPolicyMemento.java     |   1 -
 .../mgmt/rebind/dto/MementosGenerators.java     |  12 +-
 .../core/objs/AbstractBrooklynObject.java       |  32 +++-
 .../core/objs/AbstractEntityAdjunct.java        |   9 +-
 .../brooklyn/core/objs/BrooklynDynamicType.java |   4 +-
 .../core/objs/BrooklynObjectInternal.java       |  13 +-
 .../brooklyn/core/policy/AbstractPolicy.java    |   2 +-
 .../relations/AbstractBasicRelationSupport.java |  55 ++++++
 .../relations/ByObjectBasicRelationSupport.java | 103 ++++++++++
 .../brooklyn/core/relations/Relationships.java  | 188 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../entity/group/AbstractGroupImpl.java         |   2 +
 .../effector/EffectorSayHiGroovyTest.groovy     |   2 +-
 .../relations/RelationsEntityBasicTest.java     |  55 ++++++
 .../relations/RelationsEntityRebindTest.java    |  51 +++++
 .../core/relations/RelationshipTest.java        |  58 ++++++
 .../util/core/internal/FlagUtilsTest.java       |   5 +
 .../brooklyn/camp/brooklyn/ObjectsYamlTest.java |   5 +
 39 files changed, 876 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/api/src/main/java/brooklyn/basic/relations/Relationship.java
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diff --git a/api/src/main/java/brooklyn/basic/relations/Relationship.java b/api/src/main/java/brooklyn/basic/relations/Relationship.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc17e6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/main/java/brooklyn/basic/relations/Relationship.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package brooklyn.basic.relations;
+
+import brooklyn.basic.relations.Relationship;
+
+
+public interface Relationship<SourceType,TargetType> {
+
+    public String getRelationshipTypeName();
+    public Class<SourceType> getSourceType();
+    public Class<TargetType> getTargetType();
+    
+    public String getSourceName();
+    public String getSourceNamePlural();
+
+    public String getTargetName();
+    public String getTargetNamePlural();
+
+    public Relationship<TargetType,SourceType> getInverseRelationship();
+
+}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/api/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/api/entity/Entity.java
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diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/api/entity/Entity.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/api/entity/Entity.java
index e01d5e2..a15f4e1 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/api/entity/Entity.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/api/entity/Entity.java
@@ -314,6 +314,8 @@ public interface Entity extends BrooklynObject {
 
     GroupSupport groups();
 
+    RelationSupport<Entity> relations();
+    
     @Beta
     public interface SensorSupport {
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/api/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/api/mgmt/rebind/mementos/Memento.java
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diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/api/mgmt/rebind/mementos/Memento.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/api/mgmt/rebind/mementos/Memento.java
index 4a21117..b57780d 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/api/mgmt/rebind/mementos/Memento.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/api/mgmt/rebind/mementos/Memento.java
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ package org.apache.brooklyn.api.mgmt.rebind.mementos;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.apache.brooklyn.api.entity.Entity;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.api.mgmt.rebind.RebindSupport;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.api.objs.BrooklynObject;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.api.objs.EntityAdjunct;
 
 /**
@@ -77,7 +79,8 @@ public interface Memento extends Serializable {
 
     public Collection<Object> getTags();
     
+    Map<String, Set<BrooklynObject>> getRelations();
+    
     /** Null for {@link Entity}, but important for adjuncts; see {@link EntityAdjunct#getUniqueTag()} */
     public String getUniqueTag();
-    
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/api/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/api/objs/BrooklynObject.java
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diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/api/objs/BrooklynObject.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/api/objs/BrooklynObject.java
index f3fcad4..8648491 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/api/objs/BrooklynObject.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/api/objs/BrooklynObject.java
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ import org.apache.brooklyn.api.sensor.SensorEventListener;
 import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 
+import brooklyn.basic.relations.Relationship;
+
 /**
  * Super-type of entity, location, policy and enricher.
  */
@@ -70,6 +72,12 @@ public interface BrooklynObject extends Identifiable, Configurable {
      */
     SubscriptionSupport subscriptions();
 
+    /**
+     * Relations specify a typed, directed connection between two entities.
+     * Generic type is overridden in sub-interfaces.
+     */
+    public RelationSupport<?> relations();
+    
     public interface TagSupport {
         /**
          * @return An immutable copy of the set of tags on this entity. 
@@ -141,4 +149,11 @@ public interface BrooklynObject extends Identifiable, Configurable {
          */
         boolean unsubscribe(SubscriptionHandle handle);
     }
+    
+    public interface RelationSupport<T extends BrooklynObject> {
+        public <U extends BrooklynObject> void add(Relationship<? super T,U> relationship, U target);
+        public <U extends BrooklynObject> void remove(Relationship<? super T,U> relationship, U target);
+        public Set<Relationship<? super T,? extends BrooklynObject>> getRelationships();
+        public <U extends BrooklynObject> Set<U> getRelations(Relationship<? super T,U> relationship);
+    }
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/api/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/api/objs/Configurable.java
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diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/api/objs/Configurable.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/api/objs/Configurable.java
index 513c8d7..5f1b294 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/api/objs/Configurable.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/api/objs/Configurable.java
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ public interface Configurable {
     @Deprecated
     public <T> T setConfig(ConfigKey<T> key, T val);
 
+    /**
+     * Convenience method for {@code config().get(key)}
+     */
+    <T> T getConfig(ConfigKey<T> key);
+
     ConfigurationSupport config();
     
     @Beta

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/api/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/api/sensor/Enricher.java
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diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/api/sensor/Enricher.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/api/sensor/Enricher.java
index aaaecf0..7d34e6c 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/api/sensor/Enricher.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/api/sensor/Enricher.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import org.apache.brooklyn.api.mgmt.rebind.mementos.EnricherMemento;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.api.objs.Configurable;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.api.objs.EntityAdjunct;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.api.policy.Policy;
-import org.apache.brooklyn.config.ConfigKey;
 
 import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
 
@@ -48,17 +47,6 @@ public interface Enricher extends EntityAdjunct, Rebindable, Configurable {
     EnricherType getEnricherType();
 
     /**
-     * Convenience method for {@code config().get(key)}
-     */
-    <T> T getConfig(ConfigKey<T> key);
-    
-    /**
-     * @deprecated since 0.7.0; use {@link #config()}, such as {@code policy.config().setConfig(key, val)}
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    <T> T setConfig(ConfigKey<T> key, T val);
-
-    /**
      * Users are strongly discouraged from calling or overriding this method.
      * It is for internal calls only, relating to persisting/rebinding entities.
      * This method may change (or be removed) in a future release without notice.

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/catalog/internal/CatalogItemDo.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/catalog/internal/CatalogItemDo.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/catalog/internal/CatalogItemDo.java
index 0545a06..7f3a54a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/catalog/internal/CatalogItemDo.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/catalog/internal/CatalogItemDo.java
@@ -23,17 +23,16 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
-import org.apache.brooklyn.config.ConfigKey;
-import org.apache.brooklyn.core.objs.BrooklynObjectInternal;
-import org.apache.brooklyn.core.objs.BrooklynObjectInternal.SubscriptionSupportInternal;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.api.catalog.CatalogItem;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.api.mgmt.ManagementContext;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.api.mgmt.rebind.RebindSupport;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.api.mgmt.rebind.mementos.CatalogItemMemento;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.config.ConfigKey;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.core.objs.BrooklynObjectInternal;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 
-public class CatalogItemDo<T,SpecT> implements CatalogItem<T,SpecT>, BrooklynObjectInternal {
+public class CatalogItemDo<T,SpecT> implements CatalogItem<T,SpecT>, BrooklynObjectInternal<CatalogItem<T,SpecT>,CatalogItemDo<T,SpecT>> {
 
     protected final CatalogDo catalog;
     protected final CatalogItemDtoAbstract<T,SpecT> itemDto;
@@ -65,6 +64,19 @@ public class CatalogItemDo<T,SpecT> implements CatalogItem<T,SpecT>, BrooklynObj
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
     }
     
+    /**
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException; relations are not supported for catalog items
+     */
+    @Override
+    public RelationSupportInternal<CatalogItem<T,SpecT>> relations() {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public <U> U getConfig(ConfigKey<U> key) {
+        return config().get(key);
+    }
+    
     @Override
     public <U> U setConfig(ConfigKey<U> key, U val) {
         return config().set(key, val);

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/catalog/internal/CatalogItemDtoAbstract.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/catalog/internal/CatalogItemDtoAbstract.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/catalog/internal/CatalogItemDtoAbstract.java
index c950b7b..078cd27 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/catalog/internal/CatalogItemDtoAbstract.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/catalog/internal/CatalogItemDtoAbstract.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 
-public abstract class CatalogItemDtoAbstract<T, SpecT> extends AbstractBrooklynObject implements CatalogItem<T, SpecT> {
+public abstract class CatalogItemDtoAbstract<T, SpecT> extends AbstractBrooklynObject<CatalogItem<T, SpecT>, CatalogItemDtoAbstract<T, SpecT>> implements CatalogItem<T, SpecT> {
 
     private static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CatalogItemDtoAbstract.class);
 
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ public abstract class CatalogItemDtoAbstract<T, SpecT> extends AbstractBrooklynO
     }
     
     @Override
+    public <U> U getConfig(ConfigKey<U> key) {
+        return config().get(key);
+    }
+    
+    @Override
     public <U> U setConfig(ConfigKey<U> key, U val) {
         return config().set(key, val);
     }
@@ -245,7 +250,7 @@ public abstract class CatalogItemDtoAbstract<T, SpecT> extends AbstractBrooklynO
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected AbstractBrooklynObject configure(Map<?, ?> flags) {
+    protected CatalogItemDtoAbstract<T, SpecT> configure(Map<?, ?> flags) {
         FlagUtils.setFieldsFromFlags(flags, this);
         return this;
     }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/enricher/AbstractEnricher.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/enricher/AbstractEnricher.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/enricher/AbstractEnricher.java
index 8c3f41e..2597baa 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/enricher/AbstractEnricher.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/enricher/AbstractEnricher.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 /**
 * Base {@link Enricher} implementation; all enrichers should extend this or its children
 */
-public abstract class AbstractEnricher extends AbstractEntityAdjunct implements Enricher {
+public abstract class AbstractEnricher extends AbstractEntityAdjunct<Enricher,AbstractEnricher> implements Enricher {
 
     public static final ConfigKey<Boolean> SUPPRESS_DUPLICATES = ConfigKeys.newBooleanConfigKey("enricher.suppressDuplicates",
         "Whether duplicate values published by this enricher should be suppressed");

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/entity/AbstractEntity.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/entity/AbstractEntity.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/entity/AbstractEntity.java
index 65ec72f..5b52321 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/entity/AbstractEntity.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/entity/AbstractEntity.java
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
  * The legacy (pre 0.5) mechanism for creating entities is for others to call the constructor directly.
  * This is now deprecated.
  */
-public abstract class AbstractEntity extends AbstractBrooklynObject implements EntityLocal, EntityInternal {
+public abstract class AbstractEntity extends AbstractBrooklynObject<Entity,EntityInternal> implements EntityLocal, EntityInternal {
     
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractEntity.class);
     
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractEntity extends AbstractBrooklynObject implements E
         entityType = new EntityDynamicType(this);
         
         if (isLegacyConstruction()) {
-            AbstractBrooklynObject checkWeGetThis = configure(flags);
+            AbstractEntity checkWeGetThis = configure(flags);
             assert this.equals(checkWeGetThis) : this+" configure method does not return itself; returns "+checkWeGetThis+" instead of "+this;
 
             boolean deferConstructionChecks = (flags.containsKey("deferConstructionChecks") && TypeCoercions.coerce(flags.get("deferConstructionChecks"), Boolean.class));
@@ -2082,4 +2082,5 @@ public abstract class AbstractEntity extends AbstractBrooklynObject implements E
         super.onTagsChanged();
         getManagementSupport().getEntityChangeListener().onTagsChanged();
     }
+    
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/entity/EntityInternal.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/entity/EntityInternal.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/entity/EntityInternal.java
index 27b09a4..af81c21 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/entity/EntityInternal.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/entity/EntityInternal.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
  * for the brooklyn framework only).
  */
 @Beta
-public interface EntityInternal extends BrooklynObjectInternal, EntityLocal, Rebindable {
+public interface EntityInternal extends BrooklynObjectInternal<Entity,EntityInternal>, EntityLocal, Rebindable {
     
     void addLocations(Collection<? extends Location> locations);
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/entity/EntityRelations.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/entity/EntityRelations.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/entity/EntityRelations.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b20845
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/entity/EntityRelations.java
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.brooklyn.core.entity;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.apache.brooklyn.api.entity.Application;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.api.entity.Entity;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.api.entity.Group;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.api.mgmt.ManagementContext;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.api.objs.BrooklynObject;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.api.policy.Policy;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.core.objs.BrooklynObjectInternal;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.core.relations.Relationships;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.util.collections.MutableMap;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+
+import brooklyn.basic.relations.Relationship;
+
+/** TODO these relations are not used yet; see issue where this is introduced and email thread */
+@Beta
+public class EntityRelations<T extends BrooklynObject> {
+
+    /** {@link #MANAGER_OF} indicates that one entity is the manager of another entity,
+     * in the internal Brooklyn management hierarchy model.
+     * Apart from root {@link Application} entities, every deployed entity must have exactly one manager.  
+     * The inverse relationship is {@link #MANAGED_BY}. */ 
+    public static final Relationship<Entity,Entity> MANAGER_OF = Relationships.newRelationshipPair(
+        "manager", "managers", Entity.class, "manager_of", 
+        "managed child", "managed children", Entity.class, "managed_by");
+    /** Inverse of {@link #MANAGER_OF}. */
+    public static final Relationship<Entity,Entity> MANAGED_BY = MANAGER_OF.getInverseRelationship();
+    
+    /** {@link #GROUP_CONTAINS} indicates that one entity, typically a {@link Group},
+     * has zero or more entities which are labelled as "members" of that group entity.
+     * What membership means will depend on the group entity.
+     * An entity may be a member of any number of other entities.  
+     * The inverse relationship is {@link #IN_GROUP}. */ 
+    public static final Relationship<Entity,Entity> GROUP_CONTAINS = Relationships.newRelationshipPair(
+        "group", "groups", Entity.class, "group_contains",
+        "member", "members", Entity.class, "in_group");
+    /** Inverse of {@link #GROUP_CONTAINS}. */
+    public static final Relationship<Entity,Entity> IN_GROUP = GROUP_CONTAINS.getInverseRelationship();
+
+    /** {@link #HAS_TARGET} indicates that one entity directs to one or more other entities.
+     * What this targeting relationship means depends on the targetter.
+     * The inverse relationship is {@link #TARGETTED_BY}. */
+    public static final Relationship<Entity,Entity> HAS_TARGET = Relationships.newRelationshipPair(
+        "targetter", "targetters", Entity.class, "has_target", 
+        "target", "targets", Entity.class, "targetted_by");
+    /** Inverse of {@link #HAS_TARGET}. */
+    public static final Relationship<Entity,Entity> TARGETTED_BY = HAS_TARGET.getInverseRelationship();
+
+    /** {@link #ACTIVE_PARENT_OF} indicates that one entity is should be considered as the logical parent of another,
+     * e.g. for presentation purposes to the end user.
+     * Frequently this relationship coincides with a {@link #MANAGED_BY} relationship, 
+     * but sometimes some managed children are there for purposes the designers consider less important,
+     * and they can choose to suppress the {@link #ACTIVE_PARENT_OF} relationship 
+     * so that the active children is a subset of the managed children.
+     * <p>
+     * One recommended consideration is whether the child should be shown in a default tree view.
+     * Whilst a user can always fina a way to see all managed children, 
+     * it may be the case that only some of those are of primary interest,
+     * and it is to identify those that this relationship exists.
+     * <p>
+     * It is permitted that an entity be an {@link #ACTIVE_PARENT_OF} an entity for which it is not a manager,
+     * but in most cases a different relationship type is more appropriate where there is not also a management relationship.
+     * <p> 
+     * The inverse relationship is {@link #ACTIVE_CHILD_OF},
+     * and an entity should normally be an {@link #ACTIVE_CHILD_OF} zero or one entities. */
+    public static final Relationship<Entity,Entity> ACTIVE_PARENT_OF = Relationships.newRelationshipPair(
+        "parent", "parents", Entity.class, "parent_of_active", 
+        "active child", "active children", Entity.class, "active_child_of");
+    /** Inverse of {@link #ACTIVE_PARENT_OF}. */
+    public static final Relationship<Entity,Entity> ACTIVE_CHILD_OF = ACTIVE_PARENT_OF.getInverseRelationship();
+    
+    /** {@link #HAS_POLICY} indicates that an entity has a policy associated to it.
+     * The inverse relationship is {@link #POLICY_FOR}. */
+    public static final Relationship<Entity,Policy> HAS_POLICY = Relationships.newRelationshipPair(
+        "entity", "entities", Entity.class, "has_policy", 
+        "policy", "policies", Policy.class, "policy_for");
+    /** Inverse of {@link #HAS_POLICY}. */
+    public static final Relationship<Policy,Entity> POLICY_FOR = HAS_POLICY.getInverseRelationship();
+
+    // ----
+    
+    // TODO replace by relations stored in catalog when catalog supports arbitrary types
+    private static Map<String,Relationship<? extends BrooklynObject, ? extends BrooklynObject>> KNOWN_RELATIONSHIPS = MutableMap.of();
+    private static void addRelationship(Relationship<? extends BrooklynObject, ? extends BrooklynObject> r) {
+        KNOWN_RELATIONSHIPS.put(r.getRelationshipTypeName(), r);
+        if (r.getInverseRelationship()!=null) {
+            KNOWN_RELATIONSHIPS.put(r.getInverseRelationship().getRelationshipTypeName(), r.getInverseRelationship());
+        }
+    }
+    static {
+        addRelationship(MANAGER_OF);
+        addRelationship(GROUP_CONTAINS);
+        addRelationship(HAS_TARGET);
+        addRelationship(HAS_POLICY);
+    }
+    
+    /** Find the typed Relationship instance for the given relationship name, if known;
+     * behaviour is not guaranteed by the API if not known (hence the Beta marker),
+     * it may fail fast or return null or create a poor-man's relationship instance. 
+     */
+    @Beta
+    public static Relationship<? extends BrooklynObject, ? extends BrooklynObject> lookup(ManagementContext mgmt, String relationshipTypeName) {
+        if (relationshipTypeName==null) return null;
+        Relationship<? extends BrooklynObject, ? extends BrooklynObject> result = KNOWN_RELATIONSHIPS.get(relationshipTypeName);
+        if (result!=null) return result;
+        
+        /* TODO ultimately we'd like to support arbitrary relationships via persistence and lookup against the catalog;
+         * however for now, so that we can persist nicely (without catalog items for relationships) 
+         * we are smart about the relationships defined here, and we return a poor-man's version for items elsewhere.
+         * 
+         * for now, a poor-man's relationship; if not in catalog ultimately we should fail. */
+        return Relationships.newRelationshipOneway("source", "sources", BrooklynObject.class, relationshipTypeName, "target", "targets", BrooklynObject.class);
+    }
+    
+    @SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
+    public static <T extends BrooklynObject> Set<Relationship<? super T,? extends BrooklynObject>> getRelations(T source) {
+        return ((BrooklynObjectInternal)source).relations().getLocalBackingStore().getRelationships();
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
+    public static <T extends BrooklynObject,U extends BrooklynObject> Set<U> getRelationships(Relationship<? super T,U> relationship, T source) {
+        return ((BrooklynObjectInternal)source).relations().getLocalBackingStore().getRelations(relationship);
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
+    public static <T extends BrooklynObject,U extends BrooklynObject> void add(T source, Relationship<? super T,U> relationship, U target) {
+        ((BrooklynObjectInternal)source).relations().getLocalBackingStore().add(relationship, target);
+        ((BrooklynObjectInternal)target).relations().getLocalBackingStore().add(relationship.getInverseRelationship(), source);
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
+    public static <T extends BrooklynObject,U extends BrooklynObject> void remove(T source, Relationship<? super T,U> relationship, U target) {
+        ((BrooklynObjectInternal)source).relations().getLocalBackingStore().remove(relationship, target);
+        ((BrooklynObjectInternal)target).relations().getLocalBackingStore().remove(relationship.getInverseRelationship(), source);
+    }
+
+}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/feed/AbstractFeed.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/feed/AbstractFeed.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/feed/AbstractFeed.java
index a31b73e..64320cd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/feed/AbstractFeed.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/feed/AbstractFeed.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
  * These generally poll or subscribe to get sensor values for an entity.
  * They make it easy to poll over http, jmx, etc.
  */
-public abstract class AbstractFeed extends AbstractEntityAdjunct implements Feed {
+public abstract class AbstractFeed extends AbstractEntityAdjunct<Feed,AbstractFeed> implements Feed {
 
     private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractFeed.class);
 

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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/location/AbstractLocation.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/location/AbstractLocation.java
index b5a91c7..996b1a0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/location/AbstractLocation.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/location/AbstractLocation.java
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ import com.google.common.reflect.TypeToken;
  * 
  * Override {@link #configure(Map)} to add special initialization logic.
  */
-public abstract class AbstractLocation extends AbstractBrooklynObject implements LocationInternal, HasHostGeoInfo, Configurable {
+public abstract class AbstractLocation extends AbstractBrooklynObject<Location,LocationInternal> implements LocationInternal, HasHostGeoInfo, Configurable {
     
     private static final long serialVersionUID = -7495805474138619830L;
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractLocation extends AbstractBrooklynObject implements
         locationType = new LocationDynamicType(this);
         
         if (isLegacyConstruction()) {
-            AbstractBrooklynObject checkWeGetThis = configure(properties);
+            AbstractLocation checkWeGetThis = configure(properties);
             assert this.equals(checkWeGetThis) : this+" configure method does not return itself; returns "+checkWeGetThis+" instead of "+this;
 
             boolean deferConstructionChecks = (properties.containsKey("deferConstructionChecks") && TypeCoercions.coerce(properties.get("deferConstructionChecks"), Boolean.class));

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/location/access/PortForwardManagerClient.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/location/access/PortForwardManagerClient.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/location/access/PortForwardManagerClient.java
index fb27ada..d312f53 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/location/access/PortForwardManagerClient.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/location/access/PortForwardManagerClient.java
@@ -394,6 +394,11 @@ public class PortForwardManagerClient implements PortForwardManager {
     }
 
     @Override
+    public RelationSupport<?> relations() {
+        return getDelegate().relations();
+    }
+    
+    @Override
     public <T> T setConfig(ConfigKey<T> key, T val) {
         return getDelegate().config().set(key, val);
     }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/location/internal/LocationInternal.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/location/internal/LocationInternal.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/location/internal/LocationInternal.java
index 18bceef..fe9f669 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/location/internal/LocationInternal.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/location/internal/LocationInternal.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
 /**
  * Information about locations private to Brooklyn.
  */
-public interface LocationInternal extends BrooklynObjectInternal, Location {
+public interface LocationInternal extends BrooklynObjectInternal<Location,LocationInternal>, Location {
 
     @Beta
     public static final ConfigKey<String> ORIGINAL_SPEC = ConfigKeys.newStringConfigKey("spec.original", "The original spec used to instantiate a location");

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/AbstractBrooklynObjectRebindSupport.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/AbstractBrooklynObjectRebindSupport.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/AbstractBrooklynObjectRebindSupport.java
index 326df67..74a7dca 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/AbstractBrooklynObjectRebindSupport.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/AbstractBrooklynObjectRebindSupport.java
@@ -18,10 +18,15 @@
  */
 package org.apache.brooklyn.core.mgmt.rebind;
 
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
 import org.apache.brooklyn.api.mgmt.rebind.RebindContext;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.api.mgmt.rebind.RebindSupport;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.api.mgmt.rebind.mementos.Memento;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.api.objs.BrooklynObject;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.api.objs.EntityAdjunct;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.core.entity.EntityRelations;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.core.mgmt.rebind.dto.MementosGenerators;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.core.objs.AbstractBrooklynObject;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.core.objs.AbstractEntityAdjunct.AdjunctTagSupport;
@@ -29,13 +34,15 @@ import org.apache.brooklyn.util.text.Strings;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import brooklyn.basic.relations.Relationship;
+
 public abstract class AbstractBrooklynObjectRebindSupport<T extends Memento> implements RebindSupport<T> {
 
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractBrooklynObjectRebindSupport.class);
     
-    private final AbstractBrooklynObject instance;
+    private final AbstractBrooklynObject<?,?> instance;
     
-    public AbstractBrooklynObjectRebindSupport(AbstractBrooklynObject instance) {
+    public AbstractBrooklynObjectRebindSupport(AbstractBrooklynObject<?,?> instance) {
         this.instance = instance;
     }
     
@@ -55,6 +62,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractBrooklynObjectRebindSupport<T extends Memento> imp
         //catalogItemId already set when creating the object
         addConfig(rebindContext, memento);
         addTags(rebindContext, memento);
+        addRelations(rebindContext, memento);
         addCustoms(rebindContext, memento);
         
         doReconstruct(rebindContext, memento);
@@ -66,6 +74,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractBrooklynObjectRebindSupport<T extends Memento> imp
 
     protected abstract void addCustoms(RebindContext rebindContext, T memento);
     
+    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
     protected void addTags(RebindContext rebindContext, T memento) {
         if (instance instanceof EntityAdjunct && Strings.isNonBlank(memento.getUniqueTag())) {
             ((AdjunctTagSupport)(instance.tags())).setUniqueTag(memento.getUniqueTag());
@@ -75,6 +84,16 @@ public abstract class AbstractBrooklynObjectRebindSupport<T extends Memento> imp
         }
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
+    protected void addRelations(RebindContext rebindContext, T memento) {
+        for (Map.Entry<String,Set<BrooklynObject>> rEntry : memento.getRelations().entrySet()) {
+            Relationship<? extends BrooklynObject, ? extends BrooklynObject> r = EntityRelations.lookup(instance.getManagementContext(), rEntry.getKey());
+            if (r==null) throw new IllegalStateException("Unsupported relationship -- "+rEntry.getKey() + " -- in "+memento);
+            for (BrooklynObject item: rEntry.getValue())
+                instance.relations().add((Relationship)r, item);
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void addPolicies(RebindContext rebindContext, T Memento) {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();

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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/AbstractMemento.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/AbstractMemento.java
index 77ebdbb..1fae585 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/AbstractMemento.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/AbstractMemento.java
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.apache.brooklyn.api.mgmt.rebind.mementos.Memento;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.api.objs.BrooklynObject;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.core.BrooklynVersion;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.core.config.Sanitizer;
-import org.apache.brooklyn.core.entity.Entities;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Objects;
 import com.google.common.base.Objects.ToStringHelper;
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractMemento implements Memento, Serializable {
         protected String catalogItemId;
         protected Map<String, Object> customFields = Maps.newLinkedHashMap();
         protected List<Object> tags = Lists.newArrayList();
+        protected Map<String,Set<BrooklynObject>> relations = Maps.newLinkedHashMap();
         
         // only supported for EntityAdjuncts
         protected String uniqueTag;
@@ -65,29 +66,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractMemento implements Memento, Serializable {
             catalogItemId = other.getCatalogItemId();
             customFields.putAll(other.getCustomFields());
             tags.addAll(other.getTags());
+            relations.putAll(other.getRelations());
             uniqueTag = other.getUniqueTag();
             return self();
         }
-        // this method set is incomplete; and they are not used, as the protected fields are set directly
-        // kept in case we want to expose this elsewhere, but we should complete the list
-//        public B brooklynVersion(String val) {
-//            brooklynVersion = val; return self();
-//        }
-//        public B id(String val) {
-//            id = val; return self();
-//        }
-//        public B type(String val) {
-//            type = val; return self();
-//        }
-//        public B typeClass(Class<?> val) {
-//            typeClass = val; return self();
-//        }
-//        public B displayName(String val) {
-//            displayName = val; return self();
-//        }
-//        public B catalogItemId(String val) {
-//            catalogItemId = val; return self();
-//        }
         
         /**
          * @deprecated since 0.7.0; use config/attributes so generic persistence will work, rather than requiring "custom fields"
@@ -104,6 +86,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractMemento implements Memento, Serializable {
     private String displayName;
     private String catalogItemId;
     private List<Object> tags;
+    private Map<String, Set<BrooklynObject>> relations;
     
     // for EntityAdjuncts; not used for entity
     private String uniqueTag;
@@ -124,6 +107,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractMemento implements Memento, Serializable {
         catalogItemId = builder.catalogItemId;
         setCustomFields(builder.customFields);
         tags = toPersistedList(builder.tags);
+        relations = toPersistedMap(builder.relations);
         uniqueTag = builder.uniqueTag;
     }
 
@@ -172,6 +156,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractMemento implements Memento, Serializable {
     }
 
     @Override
+    public Map<String, Set<BrooklynObject>> getRelations() {
+        return fromPersistedMap(relations);
+    }
+    
+    @Override
     public String getUniqueTag() {
         return uniqueTag;
     }
@@ -199,7 +188,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractMemento implements Memento, Serializable {
     
     protected ToStringHelper newVerboseStringHelper() {
         return Objects.toStringHelper(this).add("id", getId()).add("type", getType())
-                .add("displayName", getDisplayName()).add("customFields", Sanitizer.sanitize(getCustomFields()));
+                .add("displayName", getDisplayName())
+                .add("tags", getTags())
+                .add("relations", getRelations())
+                .add("customFields", Sanitizer.sanitize(getCustomFields()));
     }
     
     protected <T> List<T> fromPersistedList(List<T> l) {

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicEnricherMemento.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicEnricherMemento.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicEnricherMemento.java
index 254b803..80c502d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicEnricherMemento.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicEnricherMemento.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.apache.brooklyn.api.mgmt.rebind.mementos.EnricherMemento;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.core.config.Sanitizer;
-import org.apache.brooklyn.core.entity.Entities;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Objects.ToStringHelper;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicEntityMemento.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicEntityMemento.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicEntityMemento.java
index 7418813..8294562 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicEntityMemento.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicEntityMemento.java
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ public class BasicEntityMemento extends AbstractTreeNodeMemento implements Entit
             feeds.addAll(other.getFeeds());
             members.addAll(other.getMembers());
             effectors.addAll(other.getEffectors());
-            tags.addAll(other.getTags());
             return this;
         }
         public EntityMemento build() {
@@ -319,7 +318,6 @@ public class BasicEntityMemento extends AbstractTreeNodeMemento implements Entit
                 .add("attributes", Sanitizer.sanitize(getAttributes()))
                 .add("policies", getPolicies())
                 .add("enrichers", getEnrichers())
-                .add("tags", getTags())
                 .add("locations", getLocations());
     }
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicFeedMemento.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicFeedMemento.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicFeedMemento.java
index 2f07443..072756f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicFeedMemento.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicFeedMemento.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.apache.brooklyn.api.mgmt.rebind.mementos.FeedMemento;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.core.config.Sanitizer;
-import org.apache.brooklyn.core.entity.Entities;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Objects.ToStringHelper;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicLocationMemento.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicLocationMemento.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicLocationMemento.java
index 16c9e92..71ddcaa 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicLocationMemento.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicLocationMemento.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.api.mgmt.rebind.mementos.LocationMemento;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.api.mgmt.rebind.mementos.TreeNode;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.core.config.Sanitizer;
-import org.apache.brooklyn.core.entity.Entities;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.util.core.config.ConfigBag;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Objects.ToStringHelper;

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicPolicyMemento.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicPolicyMemento.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicPolicyMemento.java
index 31ce3b2..87a0dfb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicPolicyMemento.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/BasicPolicyMemento.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.apache.brooklyn.api.mgmt.rebind.mementos.PolicyMemento;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.core.config.Sanitizer;
-import org.apache.brooklyn.core.entity.Entities;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Objects.ToStringHelper;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/MementosGenerators.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/MementosGenerators.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/MementosGenerators.java
index e5d0359..6cfda79 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/MementosGenerators.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/mgmt/rebind/dto/MementosGenerators.java
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ import org.apache.brooklyn.api.objs.BrooklynObject;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.api.objs.EntityAdjunct;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.api.policy.Policy;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.api.sensor.AttributeSensor;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.api.sensor.AttributeSensor.SensorPersistenceMode;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.api.sensor.Enricher;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.api.sensor.Feed;
-import org.apache.brooklyn.api.sensor.AttributeSensor.SensorPersistenceMode;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.config.ConfigKey;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.core.catalog.internal.CatalogItemDo;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.core.enricher.AbstractEnricher;
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
 import com.google.common.base.Predicates;
 
+import brooklyn.basic.relations.Relationship;
+
 public class MementosGenerators {
 
     private MementosGenerators() {}
@@ -429,6 +431,7 @@ public class MementosGenerators {
         return builder.build();
     }
     
+    @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
     private static void populateBrooklynObjectMementoBuilder(BrooklynObject instance, AbstractMemento.Builder<?> builder) {
         if (Proxy.isProxyClass(instance.getClass())) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("Attempt to create memento from proxy "+instance+" (would fail with wrong type)");
@@ -445,6 +448,13 @@ public class MementosGenerators {
         for (Object tag : instance.tags().getTags()) {
             builder.tags.add(tag); 
         }
+        if (!(instance instanceof CatalogItem)) {
+            // CatalogItem is a BrooklynObject so it can be persisted
+            // but it does not support relations
+            for (Relationship<?,? extends BrooklynObject> relationship: instance.relations().getRelationships()) {
+                builder.relations.put(relationship.getRelationshipTypeName(), instance.relations().getRelations((Relationship)relationship));
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     protected static Object configValueToPersistable(Object value) {

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/objs/AbstractBrooklynObject.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/objs/AbstractBrooklynObject.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/objs/AbstractBrooklynObject.java
index 385d279..a0e02c5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/objs/AbstractBrooklynObject.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/objs/AbstractBrooklynObject.java
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@ import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.apache.brooklyn.api.internal.ApiObjectsFactory;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.api.mgmt.ManagementContext;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.api.objs.BrooklynObject;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.core.entity.AbstractEntity;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.core.mgmt.internal.ManagementContextInternal;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.core.mgmt.rebind.RebindManagerImpl;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.core.objs.proxy.InternalFactory;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.core.relations.ByObjectBasicRelationSupport;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.util.core.config.ConfigBag;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.util.core.flags.SetFromFlag;
 import org.apache.brooklyn.util.text.Identifiers;
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 
-public abstract class AbstractBrooklynObject implements BrooklynObjectInternal {
+public abstract class AbstractBrooklynObject<PublicSelfType extends BrooklynObject,InternalSelfType extends BrooklynObjectInternal<PublicSelfType,InternalSelfType>> implements BrooklynObjectInternal<PublicSelfType,InternalSelfType> {
 
     private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractBrooklynObject.class);
 
@@ -55,8 +57,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractBrooklynObject implements BrooklynObjectInternal {
     @SetFromFlag(value = "tags")
     private final Set<Object> tags = Sets.newLinkedHashSet();
 
+    private RelationSupportInternal<PublicSelfType> relations = new ByObjectBasicRelationSupport<PublicSelfType>(getPublicThis(), new RelationChangedCallback());
+    
     private volatile ManagementContext managementContext;
-
+    
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    /** returns this cast to T, e.g. EntityInternal */
+    protected InternalSelfType getThis() { return (InternalSelfType)this; }
+    
+    /** returns this cast to PublicT, e.g. Entity */
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    protected PublicSelfType getPublicThis() { return (PublicSelfType)this; }
+    
     public abstract void setDisplayName(String newName);
 
     public AbstractBrooklynObject() {
@@ -86,7 +98,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractBrooklynObject implements BrooklynObjectInternal {
      * @deprecated since 0.7.0; only used for legacy brooklyn types where constructor is called directly
      */
     @Deprecated
-    protected AbstractBrooklynObject configure() {
+    protected InternalSelfType configure() {
         return configure(Collections.emptyMap());
     }
 
@@ -105,7 +117,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractBrooklynObject implements BrooklynObjectInternal {
      * @deprecated since 0.7.0; only used for legacy brooklyn types where constructor is called directly
      */
     @Deprecated
-    protected abstract AbstractBrooklynObject configure(Map<?, ?> flags);
+    protected abstract InternalSelfType configure(Map<?, ?> flags);
 
     protected boolean isLegacyConstruction() {
         return _legacyConstruction;
@@ -245,4 +257,16 @@ public abstract class AbstractBrooklynObject implements BrooklynObjectInternal {
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public RelationSupportInternal<PublicSelfType> relations() {
+        return relations;
+    }
+
+    private class RelationChangedCallback implements Runnable {
+        @Override
+        public void run() {
+            requestPersist();
+        }
+    }
+
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/objs/AbstractEntityAdjunct.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/objs/AbstractEntityAdjunct.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/objs/AbstractEntityAdjunct.java
index 3fc2839..63745d3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/objs/AbstractEntityAdjunct.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/objs/AbstractEntityAdjunct.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 /**
  * Common functionality for policies and enrichers
  */
-public abstract class AbstractEntityAdjunct extends AbstractBrooklynObject implements BrooklynObjectInternal, EntityAdjunct, Configurable {
+public abstract class AbstractEntityAdjunct<PublicSelfType extends BrooklynObject,InternalSelfType extends AbstractEntityAdjunct<PublicSelfType,InternalSelfType>> extends AbstractBrooklynObject<PublicSelfType,InternalSelfType> implements BrooklynObjectInternal<PublicSelfType,InternalSelfType>, EntityAdjunct, Configurable {
     private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractEntityAdjunct.class);
 
     private boolean _legacyNoConstructionInit;
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractEntityAdjunct extends AbstractBrooklynObject imple
         _legacyNoConstructionInit = (properties != null) && Boolean.TRUE.equals(properties.get("noConstructionInit"));
         
         if (isLegacyConstruction()) {
-            AbstractBrooklynObject checkWeGetThis = configure(properties);
+            InternalSelfType checkWeGetThis = configure(properties);
             assert this.equals(checkWeGetThis) : this+" configure method does not return itself; returns "+checkWeGetThis+" instead of "+this;
 
             boolean deferConstructionChecks = (properties.containsKey("deferConstructionChecks") && TypeCoercions.coerce(properties.get("deferConstructionChecks"), Boolean.class));
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractEntityAdjunct extends AbstractBrooklynObject imple
     @Override
     @Deprecated
     @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
-    public AbstractEntityAdjunct configure(Map flags) {
+    public InternalSelfType configure(Map flags) {
         // TODO only set on first time through
         boolean isFirstTime = true;
         
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractEntityAdjunct extends AbstractBrooklynObject imple
             }
         }
         
-        return this;
+        return (InternalSelfType) this;
     }
     
     /**
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractEntityAdjunct extends AbstractBrooklynObject imple
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
     public <T> T getConfig(ConfigKey<T> key) {
         return config().get(key);
     }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/objs/BrooklynDynamicType.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/objs/BrooklynDynamicType.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/objs/BrooklynDynamicType.java
index 3642448..d7c73dd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/objs/BrooklynDynamicType.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/objs/BrooklynDynamicType.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
  * for this reason it does *not* implement BrooklynType, but 
  * callers can call {@link #getSnapshot()} to get a snapshot such instance.  
  */
-public abstract class BrooklynDynamicType<T extends BrooklynObject, AbstractT extends AbstractBrooklynObject> {
+public abstract class BrooklynDynamicType<T extends BrooklynObject, AbstractT extends AbstractBrooklynObject<T,?>> {
 
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BrooklynDynamicType.class);
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ public abstract class BrooklynDynamicType<T extends BrooklynObject, AbstractT ex
      * Prefers keys which overwrite other keys, and prefers keys which are lower in the hierarchy;
      * logs warnings if there are two conflicting keys which don't have an overwriting relationship.
      */
-    protected static void buildConfigKeys(Class<? extends BrooklynObject> clazz, AbstractBrooklynObject optionalInstance, 
+    protected static void buildConfigKeys(Class<? extends BrooklynObject> clazz, AbstractBrooklynObject<?,?> optionalInstance, 
             Map<String, FieldAndValue<ConfigKey<?>>> configKeys) {
         ListMultimap<String,FieldAndValue<ConfigKey<?>>> configKeysAll = 
                 ArrayListMultimap.<String, FieldAndValue<ConfigKey<?>>>create();

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/objs/BrooklynObjectInternal.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/objs/BrooklynObjectInternal.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/objs/BrooklynObjectInternal.java
index 6888c52..658a9da 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/objs/BrooklynObjectInternal.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/objs/BrooklynObjectInternal.java
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ import org.apache.brooklyn.util.guava.Maybe;
 
 import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
 
-public interface BrooklynObjectInternal extends BrooklynObject, Rebindable {
+public interface BrooklynObjectInternal<PublicSelfType extends BrooklynObject, InternalSelfType extends BrooklynObjectInternal<PublicSelfType,InternalSelfType>> extends BrooklynObject, Rebindable {
     
     void setCatalogItemId(String id);
     
-    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")  // subclasses typically apply stronger typing
-    RebindSupport getRebindSupport();
+    // subclasses typically apply stronger typing
+    RebindSupport<?> getRebindSupport();
     
     @Override
     ConfigurationSupportInternal config();
@@ -123,4 +123,11 @@ public interface BrooklynObjectInternal extends BrooklynObject, Rebindable {
     public interface SubscriptionSupportInternal extends BrooklynObject.SubscriptionSupport {
         public void unsubscribeAll();
     }
+    
+    RelationSupportInternal<PublicSelfType> relations();
+    
+    public interface RelationSupportInternal<T extends BrooklynObject> extends BrooklynObject.RelationSupport<T> {
+        @Beta
+        RelationSupport<T> getLocalBackingStore();
+    }
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/policy/AbstractPolicy.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/policy/AbstractPolicy.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/policy/AbstractPolicy.java
index 1c9bb1c..3cb39e9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/policy/AbstractPolicy.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/policy/AbstractPolicy.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import com.google.common.base.Objects;
 /**
  * Base {@link Policy} implementation; all policies should extend this or its children
  */
-public abstract class AbstractPolicy extends AbstractEntityAdjunct implements Policy, Configurable {
+public abstract class AbstractPolicy extends AbstractEntityAdjunct<Policy,AbstractPolicy> implements Policy, Configurable {
     @SuppressWarnings("unused")
     private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractPolicy.class);
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/relations/AbstractBasicRelationSupport.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/relations/AbstractBasicRelationSupport.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/relations/AbstractBasicRelationSupport.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e87d0ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/relations/AbstractBasicRelationSupport.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.brooklyn.core.relations;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.apache.brooklyn.api.objs.BrooklynObject;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.core.entity.EntityRelations;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.core.objs.BrooklynObjectInternal.RelationSupportInternal;
+
+import brooklyn.basic.relations.Relationship;
+
+public abstract class AbstractBasicRelationSupport<SourceType extends BrooklynObject> implements RelationSupportInternal<SourceType> {
+
+    final SourceType source;
+    
+    public AbstractBasicRelationSupport(SourceType source) { this.source = source; }
+        
+    @Override
+    public Set<Relationship<? super SourceType, ? extends BrooklynObject>> getRelationships() {
+        return EntityRelations.getRelations(source);
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public <U extends BrooklynObject> Set<U> getRelations(Relationship<? super SourceType, U> relationship) {
+        return EntityRelations.getRelationships(relationship, source);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public <U extends BrooklynObject> void add(Relationship<? super SourceType, U> relationship, U target) {
+        EntityRelations.add(source, relationship, target);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public <U extends BrooklynObject> void remove(Relationship<? super SourceType, U> relationship, U target) {
+        EntityRelations.remove(source, relationship, target);
+    }
+
+}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/relations/ByObjectBasicRelationSupport.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/relations/ByObjectBasicRelationSupport.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/relations/ByObjectBasicRelationSupport.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1152e85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/relations/ByObjectBasicRelationSupport.java
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.brooklyn.core.relations;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.apache.brooklyn.api.objs.BrooklynObject;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.api.objs.BrooklynObject.RelationSupport;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.util.collections.MutableMap;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.util.collections.MutableSet;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
+import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
+import com.google.common.collect.Multimaps;
+
+import brooklyn.basic.relations.Relationship;
+
+public class ByObjectBasicRelationSupport<SourceType extends BrooklynObject> extends AbstractBasicRelationSupport<SourceType> {
+
+    DataForBasicRelations<SourceType> data;
+    
+    public ByObjectBasicRelationSupport(SourceType source, Runnable relationChangeCallback) { 
+        super(source); 
+        data = new DataForBasicRelations<SourceType>(relationChangeCallback);
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public RelationSupport<SourceType> getLocalBackingStore() {
+        return data;
+    }
+
+    public static class DataForBasicRelations<T extends BrooklynObject> implements RelationSupport<T> {
+        
+        Runnable relationChangeCallback;
+        
+        public DataForBasicRelations(Runnable relationChangeCallback) {
+            this.relationChangeCallback = relationChangeCallback;
+        }
+        
+        // TODO for now, relationships are stored here (and persisted); ideally we'd look them up in catalog
+        private Map<String,Relationship<? super T,? extends BrooklynObject>> relationships = MutableMap.of();
+        
+        private Multimap<String,BrooklynObject> relations = Multimaps.newMultimap(MutableMap.<String,Collection<BrooklynObject>>of(), 
+            new Supplier<Collection<BrooklynObject>>() {
+                public Collection<BrooklynObject> get() {
+                    return MutableSet.of();
+                }
+            });
+
+        public Set<Relationship<? super T,? extends BrooklynObject>> getRelationships() {
+            synchronized (relations) {
+                return MutableSet.copyOf(relationships.values());
+            }
+        }
+        
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") @Override 
+        public <U extends BrooklynObject> Set<U> getRelations(Relationship<? super T, U> relationship) {
+            synchronized (relations) {
+                return (Set<U>)MutableSet.copyOf(relations.get(relationship.getRelationshipTypeName()));
+            }
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public <U extends BrooklynObject> void add(Relationship<? super T,U> relationship, U target) {
+            synchronized (relations) {
+                relationships.put(relationship.getRelationshipTypeName(), relationship);
+                relations.put(relationship.getRelationshipTypeName(), target);
+            }
+            onRelationsChanged();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public <U extends BrooklynObject> void remove(Relationship<? super T,U> relationship, U target) {
+            synchronized (relations) {
+                relations.remove(relationship.getRelationshipTypeName(), target);
+            }
+            onRelationsChanged();
+        }
+
+        protected void onRelationsChanged() {
+            if (relationChangeCallback!=null) relationChangeCallback.run();
+        }
+    }
+
+}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/relations/Relationships.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/relations/Relationships.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/relations/Relationships.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f7ad54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/relations/Relationships.java
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.brooklyn.core.relations;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Objects;
+
+import brooklyn.basic.relations.Relationship;
+
+public class Relationships {
+
+    private static abstract class AbstractBasicRelationship<SourceType,TargetType> implements Relationship<SourceType,TargetType> {
+        private final String relationshipTypeName;
+        private final String sourceName;
+        private final String sourceNamePlural;
+        private final Class<TargetType> targetType;
+        
+        private AbstractBasicRelationship(String relationshipTypeName, String sourceName, String sourceNamePlural, Class<TargetType> targetType) {
+            this.relationshipTypeName = relationshipTypeName;
+            this.sourceName = sourceName;
+            this.sourceNamePlural = sourceNamePlural;
+            this.targetType = targetType;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getRelationshipTypeName() {
+            return relationshipTypeName;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getSourceName() {
+            return sourceName;
+        }
+        
+        @Override
+        public String getSourceNamePlural() {
+            return sourceNamePlural;
+        }
+        
+        @Override
+        public Class<TargetType> getTargetType() {
+            return targetType;
+        }
+        
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+            if (this == obj) return true;
+            if (obj == null) return false;
+            if (!(obj instanceof AbstractBasicRelationship)) return false;
+            
+            @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+            AbstractBasicRelationship other = (AbstractBasicRelationship) obj;
+
+            // only look at type name and class; name of source and target is informational
+            if (!Objects.equal(relationshipTypeName, other.relationshipTypeName)) return false;
+            if (!Objects.equal(getSourceType(), other.getSourceType())) return false;
+            if (!Objects.equal(targetType, other.targetType)) return false;
+
+            if (getInverseRelationship() == null) {
+                // require both null or...
+                if (other.getInverseRelationship() != null)
+                    return false;
+            } else {
+                // ... they have same type name
+                // (don't recurse as that sets up infinite loop)
+                if (other.getInverseRelationship() == null)
+                    return false;
+                if (!Objects.equal(getInverseRelationship().getRelationshipTypeName(), other.getInverseRelationship().getRelationshipTypeName())) return false;
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+        
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode() {
+            // comments as per equals
+            return Objects.hashCode(relationshipTypeName, getSourceType(), targetType,
+                getInverseRelationship()!=null ? getInverseRelationship().getRelationshipTypeName() : null);
+        }
+        
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return relationshipTypeName;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class BasicRelationshipWithInverse<SourceType,TargetType> extends AbstractBasicRelationship<SourceType,TargetType> {
+        private BasicRelationshipWithInverse<TargetType,SourceType> inverseRelationship;
+        
+        private BasicRelationshipWithInverse(String relationshipTypeName, String sourceName, String sourceNamePlural, Class<TargetType> targetType) {
+            super(relationshipTypeName, sourceName, sourceNamePlural, targetType);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Relationship<TargetType,SourceType> getInverseRelationship() {
+            return inverseRelationship;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Class<SourceType> getSourceType() {
+            if (getInverseRelationship()==null) return null;
+            return getInverseRelationship().getTargetType();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getTargetName() {
+            if (getInverseRelationship()==null) return null;
+            return getInverseRelationship().getSourceName();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getTargetNamePlural() {
+            if (getInverseRelationship()==null) return null;
+            return getInverseRelationship().getSourceNamePlural();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class BasicRelationshipOneWay<SourceType,TargetType> extends AbstractBasicRelationship<SourceType,TargetType> {
+        
+        private final String targetName;
+        private final String targetNamePlural;
+        private final Class<SourceType> sourceType;
+
+        private BasicRelationshipOneWay(String sourceName, String sourceNamePlural, Class<SourceType> sourceType, String toTargetRelationshipTypeName, 
+                String targetName, String targetNamePlural, Class<TargetType> targetType) {
+            super(toTargetRelationshipTypeName, sourceName, sourceNamePlural, targetType);
+            this.targetName = targetName;
+            this.targetNamePlural = targetNamePlural;
+            this.sourceType = sourceType;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Class<SourceType> getSourceType() {
+            return sourceType;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getTargetName() {
+            return targetName;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getTargetNamePlural() {
+            return targetNamePlural;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Relationship<TargetType, SourceType> getInverseRelationship() {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static <SourceType,TargetType> Relationship<SourceType,TargetType> newRelationshipPair(
+            String sourceName, String sourceNamePlural, Class<SourceType> sourceType, String toTargetRelationshipTypeName,   
+            String targetName, String targetNamePlural, Class<TargetType> targetType, String toSourceRelationshipTypeName) {
+        BasicRelationshipWithInverse<SourceType, TargetType> r1 = new BasicRelationshipWithInverse<SourceType, TargetType>(
+            toTargetRelationshipTypeName, sourceName, sourceNamePlural, targetType);
+        BasicRelationshipWithInverse<TargetType, SourceType> r2 = new BasicRelationshipWithInverse<TargetType, SourceType>(
+            toSourceRelationshipTypeName, targetName, targetNamePlural, sourceType);
+        r1.inverseRelationship = r2;
+        r2.inverseRelationship = r1;
+        return r1;
+    }
+
+    public static <SourceType,TargetType> Relationship<SourceType,TargetType> newRelationshipOneway(
+            String sourceName, String sourceNamePlural, Class<SourceType> sourceType, String toTargetRelationshipTypeName,   
+            String targetName, String targetNamePlural, Class<TargetType> targetType) {
+        return new BasicRelationshipOneWay<SourceType,TargetType>(
+            sourceName, sourceNamePlural, sourceType, toTargetRelationshipTypeName,
+            targetName, targetNamePlural, targetType);
+    }
+    
+}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/entity/group/AbstractGroupImpl.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/entity/group/AbstractGroupImpl.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/entity/group/AbstractGroupImpl.java
index 8108c9f..d8814bd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/entity/group/AbstractGroupImpl.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/entity/group/AbstractGroupImpl.java
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractGroupImpl extends AbstractEntity implements Abstra
 
     @Override
     public Collection<Entity> getMembers() {
+        // TODO use this instead; see issue and email thread where this comment was introduced
+//        relations().getRelations(EntityRelations.GROUP_CONTAINS);
         synchronized (members) {
             return ImmutableSet.<Entity>copyOf(members);
         }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/core/src/test/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/effector/EffectorSayHiGroovyTest.groovy
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diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/effector/EffectorSayHiGroovyTest.groovy b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/effector/EffectorSayHiGroovyTest.groovy
index 5dd776e..02b1076 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/effector/EffectorSayHiGroovyTest.groovy
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/effector/EffectorSayHiGroovyTest.groovy
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import org.testng.annotations.Test
 /**
  * Test the operation of the {@link Effector} implementations.
  *
- * TODO clarify test purpose
+ * TODO delete? the groovy causes compile errors, and EffectorSayHiTest does most of what this does
  */
 public class EffectorSayHiGroovyTest {
     private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(EffectorSayHiTest.class);

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/core/src/test/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/relations/RelationsEntityBasicTest.java
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diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/relations/RelationsEntityBasicTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/relations/RelationsEntityBasicTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea4bcb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/relations/RelationsEntityBasicTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.brooklyn.core.relations;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+
+import org.apache.brooklyn.api.entity.EntitySpec;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.core.entity.EntityRelations;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.core.test.BrooklynAppUnitTestSupport;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.core.test.entity.TestEntity;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.util.collections.MutableSet;
+import org.testng.Assert;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+@Test
+public class RelationsEntityBasicTest extends BrooklynAppUnitTestSupport {
+
+    @Override
+    protected void setUpApp() {
+        super.setUpApp();
+    }
+    
+    public void testCustomEntityRelation() {
+        TestEntity t1 = app.createAndManageChild(EntitySpec.create(TestEntity.class));
+        TestEntity t2 = app.createAndManageChild(EntitySpec.create(TestEntity.class));
+        
+        t1.relations().add(EntityRelations.HAS_TARGET, t2);
+        Assert.assertEquals(t1.relations().getRelations(EntityRelations.HAS_TARGET), Collections.singleton(t2));
+        Assert.assertEquals(t2.relations().getRelations(EntityRelations.HAS_TARGET), Collections.emptySet());
+        Assert.assertEquals(t2.relations().getRelations(EntityRelations.TARGETTED_BY), Collections.singleton(t1));
+        
+        t1.relations().add(EntityRelations.HAS_TARGET, t2);
+        Assert.assertEquals(t1.relations().getRelations(EntityRelations.HAS_TARGET), Collections.singleton(t2));
+        
+        t1.relations().add(EntityRelations.HAS_TARGET, t1);
+        Assert.assertEquals(t1.relations().getRelations(EntityRelations.HAS_TARGET), MutableSet.of(t1, t2));
+    }
+    
+}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-brooklyn/blob/772e707f/core/src/test/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/relations/RelationsEntityRebindTest.java
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diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/relations/RelationsEntityRebindTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/relations/RelationsEntityRebindTest.java
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+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/brooklyn/core/relations/RelationsEntityRebindTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.brooklyn.core.relations;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+import org.apache.brooklyn.api.entity.Entity;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.api.entity.EntitySpec;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.core.entity.EntityRelations;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.core.mgmt.rebind.RebindTestFixtureWithApp;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.core.test.entity.TestApplication;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.core.test.entity.TestEntity;
+import org.testng.Assert;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+@Test
+public class RelationsEntityRebindTest extends RebindTestFixtureWithApp {
+
+    public void testCustomEntityRelation() throws Exception {
+        TestEntity origT1 = origApp.createAndManageChild(EntitySpec.create(TestEntity.class));
+        TestEntity origT2 = origApp.createAndManageChild(EntitySpec.create(TestEntity.class));
+        origT1.relations().add(EntityRelations.HAS_TARGET, origT2);
+        
+        TestApplication newApp = rebind();
+        Iterator<Entity> ci = newApp.getChildren().iterator();
+        Entity t1 = ci.next();
+        Entity t2 = ci.next();
+        
+        Assert.assertEquals(t1.relations().getRelations(EntityRelations.HAS_TARGET), Collections.singleton(t2));
+        Assert.assertEquals(t2.relations().getRelations(EntityRelations.HAS_TARGET), Collections.emptySet());
+        Assert.assertEquals(t2.relations().getRelations(EntityRelations.TARGETTED_BY), Collections.singleton(t1));
+    }
+    
+}