Hibernate Many to Many Relations Set Or List?

Question

I have a many to many relationship at my Java beans. When I use List to define my variables as like:

@Entity
@Table(name=\"ScD\")
public class G         


        

Answer 1

I know the question was made years ago but I wanted to comment on this topic, just in case someone is doubtful about the set vs list issue.

Regarding lazy fetching, I think a bag (list without index) would be a better option due to the fact that you avoid retrieving all objects each time one is added to the collection to:

• make sure a newly added one is unique, in case you are using a set
• preserve order, in case you are using a list (with index)

Please correct me if I'm mistaken.