package models; import java.util.Date; import java.util.List; import javax.persistence.Column; import javax.persistence.ElementCollection; import javax.persistence.Entity; import javax.persistence.FetchType; import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue; import javax.persistence.GenerationType; import javax.persistence.Id; import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore; import com.google.common.collect.Lists; @Entity public class Article { @Id @GeneratedValue(strategy=GenerationType.AUTO) public Long id; public String title; public Date postedAt; @Column(length = 5000) //init with VARCHAR(1000) public String content; @ElementCollection(fetch=FetchType.EAGER) public List<Long> authorIds; public Article() {} public Article(User author, String title, String content) { this.authorIds = Lists.newArrayList(author.id); this.title = title; this.content = content; this.postedAt = new Date(); } }