add child entity method

[srini carry]

have entity Item and Bid as per hibernate documentation
create add method to add bids

public void  addBid(Bid bid){
   bid.setItem(this);
   bids.add(bid);
}

my confusion is with the last line of the method should I use the instance varible bids or should call getBids() method ?

[srini carry]

is this question not clear or no body here can help me with this ?

srini carry wrote: have entity Item and Bid as per hibernate documentation
create add method to add bids

public void  addBid(Bid bid){
   bid.setItem(this);
   bids.add(bid);
}

my confusion is with the last line of the method should I use the instance varible bids or should call getBids() method ?