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[news.eclipse.modeling.m2m] How to work with circular references?

Hello,

I'm having some trouble with circular references lately. How do I cope with the situation, that two output elements have references to the same third element?
In one case it was like that:


Input model:
A
|-B
|-B

Mappings:
A to X
B to Y,Z

Output model:
X
|-Y--Z
|-Y-/

So that both Y-model elements have a reference to the same Z.
Is there declarative way to express that?
My only idea is to create a helper-method, which is called in Mapping B to Y that checks if Z already exists. If Z exists, it returns it, if not, it calls a lazy rule creating Z. Is this the way to go, or is there a better way?