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<p class="betadraftsubtitle">Beta Draft: 2013-01-03</p>
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<h1>Many-to-one mapping</h1>
<p><a id="sthref250" name="sthref250"></a><a id="sthref251" name="sthref251"></a><a id="sthref252" name="sthref252"></a><a id="sthref253" name="sthref253"></a>Use a <span class="bold">Many-to-One</span> mapping to defines a single-valued association to another entity class that has many-to-one multiplicity.</p>
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<p>In the <a href="ref_persistence_outline.htm#BABEGGFE">JPA Structure view</a>, select the field to map.</p>
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<p>Right click the field and then select <span class="bold">Map As &gt; Many-to-One</span>. 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 class="titleinfigure">JPA Details, Many-to-one mapping</p>
<img src="img/jpa_details_manytoone.png" alt="JPA Details, Many-to-one mapping" title="JPA Details, Many-to-one mapping" /><br /></div>
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<p>Complete each field in the <a href="reference038.htm#CACIHGCE">Many-to-Many Mapping</a> area.</p>
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<p>Complete the remaining areas in the <a href="ref_persistence_map_view.htm#BABIFBAF">JPA Details view (for attributes)</a>.</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">&lt;JOIN_COLUMN&gt;</span>"),
name = "<span class="italic">&lt;JOIN_TABLE_NAME&gt;</span>")
@ManyToOne(
targetEntity=<span class="italic">&lt;TARGET_ENTITY&gt;</span>,
fetch=<span class="italic">&lt;FETCH_TYPE&gt;</span>,
=<span class="italic">&lt;_TYPE&gt;</span>
)
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<p class="subhead2">Related tasks</p>
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<p><a href="task_mapping.htm#BABDGBIJ">Mapping an entity</a></p>
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<p class="subhead2">Related references</p>
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<p><a href="ref_persistence_outline.htm#BABEGGFE">JPA Structure view</a></p>
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<p><a href="ref_persistence_map_view.htm#BABIFBAF">JPA Details view (for attributes)</a></p>
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<p><a href="reference047.htm#CACIJEGI">Joining Strategy</a></p>
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<p><a href="reference048.htm#CACGHHGB">Derived Identity</a></p>
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<p class="subhead2">Related concepts</p>
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<p><a href="concept_mapping.htm#BABBDJFI">Understanding OR mappings</a></p>
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<p><a href="concepts001.htm#BABBGFJG">Understanding Java Persistence API</a></p>
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