question: public void initializeOwnerReferencesForField ( StateManager sm , FieldMetaData fmd ) { if ( fmd . getAssociationType ( ) == FieldMetaData . ONE_TO_MANY ) { Collection < ? > collection = ( Collection < ? > ) sm . fetch ( fmd . getIndex ( ) ) ; if ( collection != null ) { for ( Object item : collection ) { if ( item != null ) { _relationsManager . setOwnerStateManagerForPersistentInstance ( item , sm , fmd ) ; } } } } else if ( fmd . getAssociationType ( ) == FieldMetaData . ONE_TO_ONE || fmd . isEmbeddedPC ( ) ) { Object value = sm . fetch ( fmd . getIndex ( ) ) ; if ( value != null ) { _relationsManager . setOwnerStateManagerForPersistentInstance ( value , sm , fmd ) ; } } }
target:  Sets the provided state manager as the owner for the provided field value.