PIM-3024: Add method to extract association type from field name

| Q                    | A
| -------------------- | ---
| Bug fix?             | N
| New feature?         | N
| BC breaks?           | N
| CI currently passes? | N
| Tests pass?          | Y
| Scenarios pass?      | ?
| Checkstyle issues?*  | N
| PMD issues?**        | N
| Changelog updated?   | N
| Fixed tickets        | PIM-3024
| Doc PR               |
an association type can contain numbers perhaps we should avoid