@Retention(CLASS) @Target({FIELD})

public @interface ManyToMany

Maps entity collection membership through a join table or an inverse mappedBy field. Owning Lists store occurrences in a list_position column by default, allowing repeated links. OrderColumn can override its name; OrderBy controls load order.

Methods

`public abstract` `FetchType fetch() default FetchType.LAZY`	Controls relationship initialization.
`public abstract` `CascadeType[] cascade() default {}`	Chooses operations to propagate to related entities.
`public abstract` `String mappedBy() default ""`	Names the owning Java relationship field on the target entity.

Method details

fetch

public abstract FetchType fetch() default FetchType.LAZY

Controls relationship initialization.

Returns

fetch policy; EAGER for to-one and LAZY for collections by default

cascade

public abstract CascadeType[] cascade() default {}

Chooses operations to propagate to related entities.

Returns

cascade operations; empty by default

mappedBy

public abstract String mappedBy() default ""

Names the owning Java relationship field on the target entity.

Returns

owning field name, or empty for the owning side