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Bi-directional mapping in Hibernate

 
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Hi all,

I have read many documents to try to understand the nature of bi-directional mapping but I still do not get it.
All I understand is that it allows some kinds of "navigation" from one object to another object in 2 directions.

Can anyone explain this for me with a concrete example? Thank you very much.

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In the below code, we have a bi-directional mapping. The Parent entity has a reference to the Child entity. The Child entity has a reference to two Parent entities. Depending on the Hibernate settings, all this data may be loaded at once or it might be loaded later (lazy loading.) If this doesn't help, can you ask more specifically what you are wondering about?

 
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