Entity attribute which is a list of the same entity

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#1

Hello,

How may I model a relationship between an entity and one of its attributes which is a collection of the entity itself? For example, I have an entity called WorkflowStep, which may have a list of WorkflowSteps as an attribute.

Thanks.

#2

Hi Jayant,

Just add the parent attribute which is a many-to-one reference to the same entity:

public class WorkflowStep extends StandardEntity {

    ...

    @ManyToOne(fetch = FetchType.LAZY)
    @JoinColumn(name = "PARENT_ID")
    protected WorkflowStep parent;

    ...

}

You can find the example of such entity relationships and in our Sampler.

#3

Thank you for your assistance.