How is the “Owning Side” of this many-to-many relationship determined?

Question

I\'m trying to get a firm grasp on the concept of Owning-side. Couldn\'t really get a clear picture from any question i found here. Basically I\'m going through the Java EE JPA

Answer 1

According to your question, you use ManyToMany relationship bidirectional.Here is my answer,

For question 1

• According to the database design,it is determined TEAM is ownerside.

For question 2

• There is no difference if PLAYER was made the owning side instead, in this scenario.See this documentation.

For question 3

1. It depend on your database design.