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+package edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain.resolvers;
+
+import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain.AbstractAuditable;
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
+import lombok.Getter;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Setter;
+import lombok.ToString;
+
+import javax.persistence.CollectionTable;
+import javax.persistence.Column;
+import javax.persistence.ElementCollection;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.JoinColumn;
+import javax.persistence.OrderColumn;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * This is a persistent entity abstraction encapsulating a collection of metadata resolver ids
+ * for the purpose of maintaining an order of all persistent metadata resolvers which becomes significant during
+ * generation of XML metadata for the resolvers.
+ *
+ * Maintaining this separate entity enables UI layer for example to explicitly manipulate ordering e.g. use REST
+ * API to reorder resolvers, etc.
+ *
+ * @author Dmitriy Kopylenko
+ */
+@Entity
+@EqualsAndHashCode
+@NoArgsConstructor
+@Getter
+@Setter
+@ToString
+public class MetadataResolversPositionOrderContainer extends AbstractAuditable {
+
+    @ElementCollection
+    @CollectionTable(name="METADATA_RESOLVER_POSITION_ORDER", joinColumns=@JoinColumn(name="METADATA_RESOLVER_POSITION_ORDER_CONTAINER_ID"))
+    @Column(name="METADATA_RESOLVER_RESOURCE_ID")
+    @OrderColumn
+    private List<String> resourceIds = new ArrayList<>();
+}