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Listing 9.20. Bidirectional many-to-many relationship
In this listing, the
Category
object's
items
property is marked by the
@ManyToMany
annotation and is the owning side of the bidirectional association. In contrast, the
Item
object's
categories
variable signifies the subordinate bidirectional many-to-many as-
sociation. As in the case of one-to-many relationships, the
@ManyToMany
annotation is
