modeling a has-a relationship

[Littlefield, Tyler]

Hello all:
I'm looking at how to model this setup. I have objects in a game, that
are called entities. Each entity has a list of components, which inherit
the component class. A living component might have attributes like hp,
max_hp, etc along with the component properties.
So: I'm trying to find a way to model the components so that I can
access them.
I was thinking a table like:
id-component_id-name
then each component can have it's own table.
Is this the best way to do this? How would I model that within SA itself?

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