Self referential entity mappings

[stephendv.stephen.twisteddelight.org]

Hi all,

How do I create a self referential mappings?  For example, I'd like to do something like:

@Entity
@Name("user")
@Scope(ScopeType.SESSION)
public class User {

    @ManyToMany 
    private List<User> friends;

...
}

Is this possible?

[dhinojosa]

The same way...

  @ManyToMany()
    @JoinTable(name = "user_friends",
            joinColumns = {@JoinColumn(name = "userID")},
            inverseJoinColumns = {@JoinColumn(name = "friendUserID")})
    public List<User> getFriends() {
        return friends;
    }

[christian.bauer]

Next time don't ignore our forum rules and go here: http://forum.hibernate.org

[stephendv.stephen.twisteddelight.org]

Thanks!  I didn't think it could be that straight forward.

[stephendv.stephen.twisteddelight.org]

Apologies, I will do next time.