The following code shows how to create a many to many mapping.
It states a relation between person and department. One department can have many persons and one person can work for many departments.
The following code is from Department.java.
package com.java2s.common; import java.util.HashSet; import java.util.Set; import javax.persistence.Entity; import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue; import javax.persistence.GenerationType; import javax.persistence.Id; import javax.persistence.ManyToMany; @Entity public class Department implements java.io.Serializable{ @Id @GeneratedValue(strategy=GenerationType.IDENTITY) private long id; private String name; @ManyToMany private Set<Person> persons = new HashSet<Person>(); public Set<Person> getPersons() { return persons; } public void setPersons(Set<Person> persons) { this.persons = persons; } public long getId() { return id; } public void setId(long id) { this.id = id; } public String getName() { return name; } public void setName(String name) { this.name = name; } @Override public String toString() { return "Department [id=" + id + ", name=" + name + ", persons=" + persons + "]"; } }
The following code is from Person.java.
package com.java2s.common; import java.util.HashSet; import java.util.Set; import javax.persistence.Entity; import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue; import javax.persistence.GenerationType; import javax.persistence.Id; import javax.persistence.ManyToMany; @Entity public class Person { @Id @GeneratedValue(strategy=GenerationType.IDENTITY) private long id; private String name; @ManyToMany private Set<Department> departments = new HashSet<Department>(); public Person() {} public Person(String name) { this.name = name; } public Set<Department> getDepartments() { return departments; } public void setDepartments(Set<Department> departments) { this.departments = departments; } public Long getId() { return id; } public void setId(Long id) { this.id = id; } public String getName() { return name; } public void setName(String name) { this.name = name; } @Override public String toString() { return "Person [id=" + id + ", name=" + name + ", departments=" + departments + "]"; } }
The following code is from PersonDaoImpl.java.
package com.java2s.common; import javax.persistence.EntityManager; import javax.persistence.PersistenceContext; import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional; @Transactional public class PersonDaoImpl { public void test(){ Department d1 = new Department(); d1.setName("Design"); Department d2 = new Department(); d2.setName("Testing"); Person p1 = new Person("Tom"); p1.getDepartments().add(d1); p1.getDepartments().add(d2); Person p2 = new Person("Jack"); p2.getDepartments().add(d1); p2.getDepartments().add(d2); d1.getPersons().add(p1); d1.getPersons().add(p2); em.persist(p1); em.persist(p2); em.persist(d1); em.persist(d2); } @PersistenceContext private EntityManager em; }
The following is the database dump.
Table Name: DEPARTMENT Row: Column Name: ID, Column Type: BIGINT: Column Value: 1 Column Name: NAME, Column Type: VARCHAR: Column Value: Design Row: Column Name: ID, Column Type: BIGINT: Column Value: 2 Column Name: NAME, Column Type: VARCHAR: Column Value: Testing Table Name: DEPARTMENT_PERSON Row: Column Name: DEPARTMENT_ID, Column Type: BIGINT: Column Value: 1 Column Name: PERSONS_ID, Column Type: BIGINT: Column Value: 1 Row: Column Name: DEPARTMENT_ID, Column Type: BIGINT: Column Value: 1 Column Name: PERSONS_ID, Column Type: BIGINT: Column Value: 2 Table Name: PERSON Row: Column Name: ID, Column Type: BIGINT: Column Value: 1 Column Name: NAME, Column Type: VARCHAR: Column Value: Tom Row: Column Name: ID, Column Type: BIGINT: Column Value: 2 Column Name: NAME, Column Type: VARCHAR: Column Value: Jack Table Name: PERSON_DEPARTMENT Row: Column Name: PERSON_ID, Column Type: BIGINT: Column Value: 1 Column Name: DEPARTMENTS_ID, Column Type: BIGINT: Column Value: 1 Row: Column Name: PERSON_ID, Column Type: BIGINT: Column Value: 1 Column Name: DEPARTMENTS_ID, Column Type: BIGINT: Column Value: 2 Row: Column Name: PERSON_ID, Column Type: BIGINT: Column Value: 2 Column Name: DEPARTMENTS_ID, Column Type: BIGINT: Column Value: 1 Row: Column Name: PERSON_ID, Column Type: BIGINT: Column Value: 2 Column Name: DEPARTMENTS_ID, Column Type: BIGINT: Column Value: 2