Package org.hibernate.annotations
Annotation Type Type
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@Target({METHOD,FIELD,ANNOTATION_TYPE}) @Retention(RUNTIME) public @interface Type
Specifies a customUserType
for the annotated attribute mapping. This annotation may be applied:- directly to a property or field of an entity to specify the custom type of the property or field,
- indirectly, as a meta-annotation of an annotation type that is then applied to various properties and fields, or
- by default, via a registration.
For example, as an alternative to:
@Type(MonetaryAmountUserType.class) BigDecimal amount;
we may define an annotation type:
@Retention(RUNTIME) @Target({METHOD,FIELD}) @Type(MonetaryAmountUserType.class) public @interface MonetaryAmount {}
and then write:
@MonetaryAmount BigDecimal amount;
which is much cleaner.
The use of a
UserType
is usually mutually exclusive with the compositional approach ofJavaType
andJdbcType
.- See Also:
UserType
,TypeRegistration
,CompositeType
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Optional Element Summary
Optional Elements Modifier and Type Optional Element Description Parameter[]
parameters
Parameters to be injected into the custom type after it is instantiated.
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