## org.hibernate.annotations
Annotation Type ManyToAny

    @Target(value={METHOD,FIELD})
    @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
    public @interface ManyToAny

Defined a ToMany association pointing to different entity types. Matching the according entity type is doe through a metadata discriminator column This kind of mapping should be only marginal.

Author:
  Emmanuel Bernard

Required Element Summary
`Column` `metaColumn` Metadata dicriminator column description, This column will hold the meta value corresponding to the targeted entity.

Optional Element Summary
`FetchType` `fetch` Defines whether the value of the field or property should be lazily loaded or must be eagerly fetched.
`String` `metaDef` Metadata definition used.

Element Detail

### metaColumn

    public abstract Column metaColumn

  Metadata dicriminator column description, This column will hold the meta value corresponding to the targeted entity.

### metaDef

    public abstract String metaDef

  Metadata definition used. If defined, should point to a @AnyMetaDef name If not defined, the local (ie in the same field or property) @AnyMetaDef is used

  Default:
    ""

### fetch

    public abstract FetchType fetch

  Defines whether the value of the field or property should be lazily loaded or must be eagerly fetched. The EAGER strategy is a requirement on the persistence provider runtime that the value must be eagerly fetched. The LAZY strategy is applied when bytecode enhancement is used. If not specified, defaults to EAGER.

  Default:
    javax.persistence.FetchType.EAGER

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