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Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default void`	`contributeAttributeConverter(Class<? extends AttributeConverter<?,?>> converterClass)`	Register an `AttributeConverter` class.
`default void`	`contributeJavaType(JavaType<?> descriptor)`	Add the given `JavaType` to the `JavaTypeRegistry` of the eventual `TypeConfiguration`.
`default void`	`contributeJdbcType(JdbcType descriptor)`	Add the given `JdbcType` to the `JdbcTypeRegistry` of the eventual `TypeConfiguration`.
`default void`	`contributeJdbcTypeConstructor(JdbcTypeConstructor typeConstructor)`
`default void`	`contributeType(BasicType<?> type)`	Deprecated. See discussion of `TypeContributor` in User Guide.
`default void`	`contributeType(BasicType<?> type, String... keys)`	Deprecated. Use `contributeType(BasicType)` instead.
`default void`	`contributeType(CompositeUserType<?> type)`	Register a `CompositeUserType` as the implicit (auto-applied) type for values of type `CompositeUserType.returnedClass()`.
`default void`	`contributeType(UserType<?> type)`	Register a `UserType` as the implicit (auto-applied) type for values of type `UserType.returnedClass()`.
`default void`	`contributeType(UserType<?> type, String... keys)`	Deprecated. Use `contributeType(BasicType)` instead.
`TypeConfiguration`	`getTypeConfiguration()`	The `TypeConfiguration` to contribute to

getTypeConfiguration
```
TypeConfiguration getTypeConfiguration()
```
The TypeConfiguration to contribute to

contributeJavaType
```
default void contributeJavaType(JavaType<?> descriptor)
```
Add the given JavaType to the JavaTypeRegistry of the eventual TypeConfiguration.

contributeJdbcType
```
default void contributeJdbcType(JdbcType descriptor)
```
Add the given JdbcType to the JdbcTypeRegistry of the eventual TypeConfiguration.

default void contributeJdbcTypeConstructor(JdbcTypeConstructor typeConstructor)

contributeType
```
default void contributeType(UserType<?> type)
```
Register a UserType as the implicit (auto-applied) type for values of type UserType.returnedClass().

@Incubating
default void contributeAttributeConverter(Class<? extends AttributeConverter<?,?>> converterClass)

Register an AttributeConverter class.

@Deprecated(since="6.0")
default void contributeType(BasicType<?> type)

Deprecated.

See discussion of TypeContributor in User Guide.

@Deprecated(since="5.3")
default void contributeType(BasicType<?> type,
                            String... keys)

Deprecated.

@Deprecated(since="5.3")
default void contributeType(UserType<?> type,
                            String... keys)

Deprecated.

Interface TypeContributions