@Target(value={METHOD,FIELD}) @Retention(value=RUNTIME) public @interface ManyToMany
Every many-to-many association has two sides, the owning side and the non-owning, or inverse, side. The join table is specified on the owning side. If the association is bidirectional, either side may be designated as the owning side.
The same annotation elements for the OneToMany
annotation apply to the ManyToMany annotation.
Example 1:
In Customer class:
@ManyToMany
@JoinTable(name="CUST_PHONES")
public Set getPhones() { return phones; }
In PhoneNumber class:
@ManyToMany(mappedBy="phones")
public Set getCustomers() { return customers; }
Example 2:
In Customer class:
@ManyToMany(targetEntity=com.acme.PhoneNumber.class)
public Set getPhones() { return phones; }
In PhoneNumber class:
@ManyToMany(targetEntity=com.acme.Customer.class, mappedBy="phones")
public Set getCustomers() { return customers; }
Example 3:
In Customer class:
@ManyToMany
@JoinTable(name="CUST_PHONE",
joinColumns=
@JoinColumn(name="CUST_ID", referencedColumnName="ID"),
inverseJoinColumns=
@JoinColumn(name="PHONE_ID", referencedColumnName="ID")
)
public Set getPhones() { return phones; }
In PhoneNumberClass:
@ManyToMany(mappedBy="phones")
public Set getCustomers() { return customers; }
public abstract Class targetEntity
Defaults to the parameterized type of the collection when defined using generics.
public abstract FetchType fetch
public abstract String mappedBy
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