From 6ecda781f5273b01a43e8c37cf2b23449fe658f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Sascha=20K=C3=BChl?= <skuehl1972@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:02:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] collection_proxy progress

---
 include/matador/object/collection_proxy.hpp | 31 +++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/matador/object/collection_proxy.hpp b/include/matador/object/collection_proxy.hpp
index 791aae3..35eb8e0 100644
--- a/include/matador/object/collection_proxy.hpp
+++ b/include/matador/object/collection_proxy.hpp
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ namespace matador::object {
 // relation<OwnerType, ForeignType>
 
 template < class RelationType >
-struct relation_iterator_traits;
+struct relation_iterator_traits {
+  static RelationType& value(RelationType& item) {
+    return item;
+  }
+};
 
 template < typename Type, typename OwnerType >
 struct relation_iterator_traits<relation<OwnerType, Type>> {
@@ -39,11 +43,17 @@ public:
   using iterator_category = std::forward_iterator_tag;
 
   collection_proxy_iterator() = default;
-  explicit collection_proxy_iterator(typename std::vector<RelationType>::iterator it)
+  collection_proxy_iterator(typename std::vector<RelationType>::iterator it)
   : it_(it) {}
 
-  reference operator*() { return *it_; }
-  pointer operator->() { return &*it_; }
+  reference operator*() {
+    return relation_iterator_traits<relation_type>::value(*it_);
+  }
+
+  pointer operator->() {
+    return &relation_iterator_traits<relation_type>::value(*it_);
+  }
+
   collection_proxy_iterator& operator++() {
     ++it_;
     return *this;
@@ -55,9 +65,10 @@ public:
     return !operator==(other);
   }
 
-  relation_type& relation() {
-    return *it_;
-  }
+  // relation_type& relation() {
+
+    // return *it_;
+  // }
 private:
   typename std::vector<RelationType>::iterator it_;
 };
@@ -67,8 +78,10 @@ class abstract_collection_proxy {
 public:
   using value_type = Type;
   using relation_type = RelationType;
-  using iterator = typename std::vector<value_type>::iterator;
-  using const_iterator = typename std::vector<value_type>::const_iterator;
+  // using iterator = typename std::vector<value_type>::iterator;
+  // using const_iterator = typename std::vector<value_type>::const_iterator;
+  using iterator = collection_proxy_iterator<value_type, relation_type>;
+  using const_iterator = collection_proxy_iterator<value_type, relation_type>;
 
   virtual ~abstract_collection_proxy() = default;