How to map OneToOne relationship between POJOs using @JsonManagedReference and @JsonBackReference

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Steinway Wu picture Steinway Wu · Jul 18, 2011 · Viewed 16.7k times · Source

I have read

looking for solutions to map One-To-One relationships. However, those demos in the articles are all Many-To-One or One-To-Many. From the demo, I conclude that in most cases, we will annotate the ONE side as @JsonManagedReference and the MANY side as @JsonBackReference.

However, there's no hint about how to map One-To-One. Do you have any idea?

Also, what if it is a bi-directional one-to-one?

Answer

StaxMan picture StaxMan · Jul 18, 2011

You can think of it as just a special case of one-to-many; so you will annotate reference from 'parent' to 'child' as @JsonManagedReference, and 'child' to 'parent' as @JsonBackReference.

One more document that might be helpful is the one at FasterXML Jackson Wiki; first example is for one-to-one relationship, and should be applicable for your case.

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