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org.hibernate.annotations

public @Interface ManyToAny

Annotations

extends Annotation

@Target:METHOD, FIELD
@Retention:RUNTIME

Imports

java.lang.annotation.Retention, javax.persistence.Column, .FetchType

This is the collection-valued form of @Any definitions. Defines a ToMany-style association pointing to one of several entity types depending on a local discriminator. See Any for further information.

Authors: Emmanuel Bernard, Steve Ebersole
See Also: Any

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public FetchType	fetch() Defines whether the value of the field or property should be lazily loaded or must be eagerly fetched.
public Column	metaColumn() Metadata discriminator column description, This column will hold the meta value corresponding to the targeted entity.
public String	metaDef() Metadata definition used.

Inherited from java.lang.annotation.Annotation:: annotationType equals hashCode toString

Method Detail

fetch	back to summary
public FetchType fetch() Defines whether the value of the field or property should be lazily loaded or must be eagerly fetched. The EAGER strategy is a requirement on the persistence provider runtime that the value must be eagerly fetched. The LAZY strategy is applied when bytecode enhancement is used. If not specified, defaults to EAGER.

metaColumn	back to summary
public Column metaColumn() Metadata discriminator column description, This column will hold the meta value corresponding to the targeted entity.

metaDef	back to summary
public String metaDef() Metadata definition used. If defined, should point to a @AnyMetaDef name If not defined, the local (ie in the same field or property) @AnyMetaDef is used