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<h1><a id="sthref555" name="sthref555"></a><a id="sthref556" name="sthref556"></a><a id="sthref557" name="sthref557"></a>Many-to-Many Mapping</h1>
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<th align="left" valign="bottom" id="r1c2-t37">Description</th>
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<p>Target entity</p>
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<p>The persistent entity to which the attribute is mapped.</p>
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<p>Fetch</p>
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<p>Defines how data is loaded from the database:</p>
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<p>Eager &ndash; Data is loaded in before it is actually needed.</p>
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<p>Lazy &ndash; Data is loaded only when required by the transaction.</p>
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<p>Lazy</p>
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<p>Join fetch</p>
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<p>The type of fetch to use:</p>
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<p>Inner &ndash; Provides the inner join fetching of the related object.</p>
<p><span class="bold">Note</span>: Inner joining does not allow for null or empty values</p>
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<p>Outer &ndash; Provides the outer join fetching of the related object</p>
<p><span class="bold">Note</span>: Outer joining allows for null or empty values.</p>
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<p>None</p>
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<p>Cascade</p>
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<p>Specify which operations are propagated throughout the entity.</p>
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<p>All &ndash; All operations</p>
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<p>Persist</p>
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<p>Merge</p>
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<p>Move</p>
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<p>Remove</p>
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<p>Refresh</p>
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<p>True</p>
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<p>One-to-many mappings also include the following areas:</p>
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<p><a href="reference047.htm#CACIJEGI">Joining Strategy</a></p>
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<p><a href="reference045.htm#CACJCHJB">Converters</a></p>
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<p><a href="reference046.htm#CACBIJFD">Ordering</a></p>
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