Package org.hibernate.annotations

Annotation Interface ConverterRegistration

@Target({TYPE,ANNOTATION_TYPE,PACKAGE})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Repeatable(ConverterRegistrations.class)
public @interface ConverterRegistration

Registers an AttributeConverter. The main purpose is to be able to control Converter.autoApply() external to the actual converter class, which might be useful for third-parties converters.

Required Element Summary

Required Elements

Modifier and Type	Required Element	Description
Class<? extends AttributeConverter<?,?>>	converter	The converter class to register

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element	Description
boolean	autoApply	Should the registered converter be auto applied for converting values of its reported domain type?
Class<?>	domainType	The domain type to which this converter should be applied.

Element Details

converter

Class<? extends AttributeConverter<?,?>> converter

The converter class to register

domainType

Class<?> domainType

The domain type to which this converter should be applied. This allows refining the domain type associated with the converter e.g. to apply to a subtype.

With autoApply() set to true, this will effectively override converters defined with Converter.autoApply() set to false and auto-apply them.

With autoApply() set to false, this will effectively override converters defined with Converter.autoApply() set to true and disable auto-apply for them.

Default:

void.class

autoApply

boolean autoApply

Should the registered converter be auto applied for converting values of its reported domain type?

Defaults to true as that is the more common use case for this annotation.

Default:

true