How to use

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method

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net.java.ao.ManyToMany

private static void validateManyToManyAnnotation(final Method method) {
  final ManyToMany manyToMany = method.getAnnotation(ManyToMany.class);
  if (manyToMany != null) {
    final Class<? extends RawEntity<?>> throughType = manyToMany.value();
    final String reverse = manyToMany.reverse();
    if (reverse.length() != 0) {
      try {
        throughType.getMethod(reverse);
      } catch (final NoSuchMethodException exception) {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException(method + " has a ManyToMany annotation with an invalid reverse element value. It must be the name of the corresponding getter method on the joining entity.", exception);
      }
    }
    if (manyToMany.through().length() != 0) {
      try {
        throughType.getMethod(manyToMany.through());
      } catch (final NoSuchMethodException exception) {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException(method + " has a ManyToMany annotation with an invalid through element value. It must be the name of the getter method on the joining entity that refers to the remote entities.", exception);
      }
    }
  }
}

private static void validateManyToManyAnnotation(final Method method) {
  final ManyToMany manyToMany = method.getAnnotation(ManyToMany.class);
  if (manyToMany != null) {
    final Class<? extends RawEntity<?>> throughType = manyToMany.value();
    final String reverse = manyToMany.reverse();
    if (reverse.length() != 0) {
      try {
        throughType.getMethod(reverse);
      } catch (final NoSuchMethodException exception) {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException(method + " has a ManyToMany annotation with an invalid reverse element value. It must be the name of the corresponding getter method on the joining entity.", exception);
      }
    }
    if (manyToMany.through().length() != 0) {
      try {
        throughType.getMethod(manyToMany.through());
      } catch (final NoSuchMethodException exception) {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException(method + " has a ManyToMany annotation with an invalid through element value. It must be the name of the getter method on the joining entity that refers to the remote entities.", exception);
      }
    }
  }
}

/**
 * @see <a href="https://studio.atlassian.com/browse/AO-325">AO-325</a>
 */
@Deprecated
private RawEntity[] legacyFetchManyToMany(final RawEntity<K> proxy, final Method method, final ManyToMany manyToManyAnnotation) throws SQLException {
  final Class<? extends RawEntity<?>> throughType = manyToManyAnnotation.value();
  final Class<? extends RawEntity<?>> type = (Class<? extends RawEntity<?>>) method.getReturnType().getComponentType();
  return retrieveRelations(proxy, null,
      Common.getMappingFields(getFieldNameConverter(),
          throughType, type), throughType, (Class<? extends RawEntity>) type,
      Common.where(manyToManyAnnotation, getFieldNameConverter()),
      Common.getPolymorphicFieldNames(getFieldNameConverter(), throughType, entityInfo.getEntityType()),
      Common.getPolymorphicFieldNames(getFieldNameConverter(), throughType, type));
}

/**
 * @see <a href="https://studio.atlassian.com/browse/AO-325">AO-325</a>
 */
@Deprecated
private RawEntity[] legacyFetchManyToMany(final RawEntity<K> proxy, final Method method, final ManyToMany manyToManyAnnotation) throws SQLException {
  final Class<? extends RawEntity<?>> throughType = manyToManyAnnotation.value();
  final Class<? extends RawEntity<?>> type = (Class<? extends RawEntity<?>>) method.getReturnType().getComponentType();
  return retrieveRelations(proxy, null,
      Common.getMappingFields(getFieldNameConverter(),
          throughType, type), throughType, (Class<? extends RawEntity>) type,
      Common.where(manyToManyAnnotation, getFieldNameConverter()),
      Common.getPolymorphicFieldNames(getFieldNameConverter(), throughType, entityInfo.getEntityType()),
      Common.getPolymorphicFieldNames(getFieldNameConverter(), throughType, type));
}

private RawEntity[] fetchManyToMany(final Method method, final ManyToMany annotation) throws SQLException, NoSuchMethodException {
  final Class remoteType = method.getReturnType().getComponentType();
  final Class throughType = annotation.value();
  final String whereClause = Common.where(annotation, getFieldNameConverter());
  final Preload preloadAnnotation = (Preload) remoteType.getAnnotation(Preload.class);

private RawEntity[] fetchManyToMany(final Method method, final ManyToMany annotation) throws SQLException, NoSuchMethodException {
  final Class remoteType = method.getReturnType().getComponentType();
  final Class throughType = annotation.value();
  final String whereClause = Common.where(annotation, getFieldNameConverter());
  final Preload preloadAnnotation = (Preload) remoteType.getAnnotation(Preload.class);