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## DefaultBelongsToRepository.(constructor)

Constructor of DefaultBelongsToEntityCrudRepository

**Signature:**

```typescript
constructor(getTargetRepository: Getter<TargetRepository> | {
        [repoType: string]: Getter<TargetRepository>;
    }, constraint: DataObject<TargetEntity>, targetResolver: TypeResolver<Entity, typeof Entity>);
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  getTargetRepository | Getter&lt;TargetRepository&gt; \| { \[repoType: string\]: Getter&lt;TargetRepository&gt;; } | either a dictionary of target model type - target repository instance or a single target repository instance e.g. if the target is of a non-polymorphic type "Student", put the studentRepositoryGetterInstance if the target is of a polymorphic type "Person" which can be either a "Student" or a "Teacher" then put "<!-- -->{<!-- -->Student: studentRepositoryGetterInstance, Teacher: teacherRepositoryGetterInstance<!-- -->}<!-- -->" |
|  constraint | [DataObject](./repository.dataobject.md)<!-- -->&lt;TargetEntity&gt; | the key value pair representing foreign key name to constrain the target repository instance |
|  targetResolver | [TypeResolver](./repository.typeresolver.md)<!-- -->&lt;[Entity](./repository.entity.md)<!-- -->, typeof [Entity](./repository.entity.md)<!-- -->&gt; | () =<!-- -->&gt; Target to resolve the target class e.g. if the target is of type "Student", then put "() =<!-- -->&gt; Student" |