Uni-direction ManyTomany mapping with annotations

[Sonx Nkuks]

Hi, i have a Basket class mapping ProductItem class with ManyToMany relationship. I only did the mapping on Basket

@ManyToMany(cascade = CascadeType.ALL, fetch = FetchType.LAZY)	
@JoinTable( name="PRODUCT_BASKET",joinColumns={@JoinColumn(name="BASKET_ID", referencedColumnName="ID")},
inverseJoinColumns={@JoinColumn(name="PRODUCT_ITEM_ID", referencedColumnName="ID")})
private Set<Product> products = new HashSet<Product>(0);

I would like to know if ProductItem will be updated if i execute hibernate update on Basket ... Say i have on ProductItem productA, productB, productC which are contained on the Basket (hence the relationship). If i remove productA (i do this by creating a new basket with only productB and productC then persist the new basket using update), would ProductItem table be updated? if not, how should i achieve this...

[Karsten Wutzke]

I would rather ask why a unidirectional many-to-many relationship would make sense. This is contradictory by nature IMHO. In a many-to-many relationship there's no real owner, so the target side should be able to access the other as well.

Karsten