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Collection<Book> books;
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(We'll see how to map a collection with a persistent order later.)
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[NOTE]
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.`Set`, `List`, or `Collection`?
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The simplest sort of one to one association is almost exactly line a `@ManyToOne` association, except that it maps to a foreign key column with a `UNIQUE` constraint.
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A one to one association must be annotated `@OneToOne`:
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[source,java]
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@Entity
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=== One to one (second way)
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An arguably more elegant way to represent such a relationship is to share a primary key between the two tables.
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That is, the foreign key would be the primary key.
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To use this approach, the `Author` class must be annotated like this:
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The `Person` class does not change.
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If the association is bidirectional, we annotate the unowned side `@OneToOne(mappedBy = "person")` just as before.
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[[many-to-many]]
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=== Many to many
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A unidirectional many to many association is represented as a collection-valued attribute.
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It maps to a separate _association table_ in the database.
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A many to many association must be annotated `@ManyToMany`:
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[source,java]
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class Book {
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@Id @GeneratedValue
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Long id;
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@ManyToMany
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Set<Author> authors;
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...
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}
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If the association is bidirectional, we add a very similar-looking attribute to `Book`, but this time we must specify `mappedBy` to indicate that this is unowned side of the association:
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[source,java]
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class Book {
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@Id @GeneratedValue
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Long id;
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@ManyToMany(mappedBy="authors")
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Set<Author> authors;
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...
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}
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We've again used ``Set``s to represent the association.
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As before, we have the option to `Collection` or `List`, but in this case it _does_ make a difference to the semantics of the association.
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[NOTE]
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.Sets and bags
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A many to many association represented as a `Collection` or `List` may contain duplicate elements.
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However, as before, the order of the elements is not persistent.
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That is, the collection is a _bag_, not a set.
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[[element-collections]]
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=== `@ElementCollection`
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[[equals-and-hash]]
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=== `equals()` and `hashCode()`
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