Java many to many association map

Question

I have two classes, ClassA and ClassB, as well as a \"many to many\" AssociationClass. I want a structure that holds the associations

Answer 1

Using your AssociationClass, you could just have ClassA and ClassB both contain a reference to AssociationClass:

private AssociationClass association;

Or, a different method...

ClassA can contain:

private List classBList;

and ClassB can contain:

private List classAList;

By implementing this, you can access your associations from within the associated class.