AssetRelation (The Adobe AEM Quickstart and Web Application. 6.6.0)

```
@ProviderType
public interface AssetRelation
```
AssetRelation defines the Asset relation.
To get a relation see Asset.listRelations(String). To create a relation see Asset.addRelation(String, String, java.util.Map) and Asset.addRelation(String, String) To update additional properties for a relation see getProperties()

Since:

1.3

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Asset`	`getAsset()`	Returns the related `Asset`
`java.lang.String`	`getName()`	Returns the name of the relation
`ModifiableValueMap`	`getProperties()`	Returns additional properties for the Asset relation.
`ValueMap`	`getValueMap()`	Returns the additional properties for the Asset relation as a ValueMap.

- Method Detail
  - getAsset
```
Asset getAsset()
```
    Returns the related Asset
    
    Returns:
    
    asset instance of related asset
  - getProperties
```
ModifiableValueMap getProperties()
```
    Returns additional properties for the Asset relation. It returns a ModifiableValueMap, that can be used to modify existing relation properties. If there are no properties or the user does not have write permissions, then null is returned
    
    Returns:
    
    properties of the Asset Relation as ModifiableValueMap, returns null if no properties found.
  - getValueMap
```
ValueMap getValueMap()
```
    Returns the additional properties for the Asset relation as a ValueMap.
    
    Returns:
    
    properties of the Asset Relation as ValueMap, will not be null
  - getName
```
java.lang.String getName()
```
    Returns the name of the relation
    
    Returns:
    
    name of the relation