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<h1>Many-to-many mapping</h1>
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<p><a id="sthref126" name="sthref126"></a><a id="sthref127" name="sthref127"></a><a id="sthref128" name="sthref128"></a><a id="sthref129" name="sthref129"></a>Use a <span class="bold">Many-to-Many Mapping</span> to define a many-valued association with many-to-many multiplicity. A many-to-many mapping has two sides: the <span class="italic">owning side</span> and <span class="italic">non-owning side</span>. You must specify the join table on the owning side. For bidirectional mappings, either side may be the owning side.</p>
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<p>In the <a href="ref_persistence_outline.htm#BABEGGFE">JPA Structure view</a>, select the field to map. The <a href="ref_persistence_map_view.htm#BABIFBAF">JPA Details view (for attributes)</a> displays the properties for the selected.</p>
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<p>In the <span class="gui-object-title">Map As</span> field, select <span class="gui-object-action">Many-to-Many</span>.</p>
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<p>Use this table to complete the <a href="ref_mapping_general.htm#CACBHFIJ">General information</a> fields of the <span class="gui-object-title">JPA Details</span> view.</p>
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<th align="left" valign="bottom" id="r1c1-t8">Property</th>
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<td align="left" id="r2c1-t8" headers="r1c1-t8">Map As</td>
<td align="left" headers="r2c1-t8 r1c2-t8">Defines this mapping as a <span class="bold">Many to Many Mapping</span>.
<p>This field corresponds to the <code>@ManyToMany</code> annotation.</p>
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<td align="left" headers="r2c1-t8 r1c3-t8">Many to Many</td>
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<td align="left" id="r3c1-t8" headers="r1c1-t8">Target Entity</td>
<td align="left" headers="r3c1-t8 r1c2-t8">The entity to which this attribute is mapped.</td>
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<p>You do not need to explicitly specify the target entity, since it can be inferred from the type of object being referenced.</p>
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<td align="left" id="r4c1-t8" headers="r1c1-t8">Fetch</td>
<td align="left" headers="r4c1-t8 r1c2-t8">Defines how data is loaded from the database. See <a href="ref_mapping_general.htm#CACGGGHB">"Fetch Type"</a> for details.
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<p>Eager</p>
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<p>Lazy</p>
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<td align="left" headers="r4c1-t8 r1c3-t8">Eager</td>
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<td align="left" id="r5c1-t8" headers="r1c1-t8">Mapped By</td>
<td align="left" headers="r5c1-t8 r1c2-t8">The database field that owns the relationship.</td>
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<p>Use this table to complete the fields in the <a href="reference005.htm#CACBAEBC">Join Table Information</a> area in the <span class="gui-object-title">JPA Details</span> view.</p>
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<td align="left" id="r2c1-t9" headers="r1c1-t9">Name</td>
<td align="left" headers="r2c1-t9 r1c2-t9">Name of the join table that contains the foreign key column.</td>
<td align="left" headers="r2c1-t9 r1c3-t9">You must specify the join table on the owning side.
<p>By default, the name is assumed to be the primary tables associated with the entities concatenated with an underscore.</p>
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<td align="left" id="r3c1-t9" headers="r1c1-t9">Join Columns</td>
<td align="left" headers="r3c1-t9 r1c2-t9">Select <span class="bold">Override Default</span>, then Add, Edit, or Remove the join columns.</td>
<td align="left" headers="r3c1-t9 r1c3-t9">By default, the name is assumed to be the primary tables associated with the entities concatenated with an underscore.</td>
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<td align="left" id="r4c1-t9" headers="r1c1-t9">Inverse Join Columns</td>
<td align="left" headers="r4c1-t9 r1c2-t9">Select <span class="bold">Override Default</span>, then Add, Edit, or Remove the join columns.</td>
<td align="left" headers="r4c1-t9 r1c3-t9">By default, the mapping is assumed to have a single join.</td>
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<p>To add a new Join or Inverse Join Column, click <span class="gui-object-action">Add</span>.</p>
<p>To edit an existing Join or Inverse Join Column, select the field to and click <span class="gui-object-action">Edit</span>.</p>
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<p>Eclipse adds the following annotations to the field:</p>
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@JoinTable(joinColumns=@JoinColumn(name="<span class="italic"><JOIN_COLUMN></span>"),
name = "<span class="italic"><JOIN_TABLE_NAME></span>")
@ManyToMany(cascade=CascadeType.<span class="italic"><CASCADE_TYPE></span>, fetch=FetchType.<span class="italic"><FETCH_TYPE></span>,
targetEntity=<span class="italic"><TARGET_ENTITY></span>, mappedBy = "<span class="italic"><MAPPED_BY></span>")
@OrderBy("<span class="italic"><ORDER_BY></span>")
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