| /* |
| * Copyright (c) 1998, 2020 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
| * |
| * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the |
| * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0, |
| * or the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0 which is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php. |
| * |
| * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause |
| */ |
| |
| // Contributors: |
| // Oracle - initial API and implementation from Oracle TopLink |
| // 06/12/2017-2.7 Lukas Jungmann |
| // - 518155: [jpa22] add support for repeatable annotations |
| package org.eclipse.persistence.annotations; |
| |
| import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD; |
| import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD; |
| import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE; |
| import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME; |
| |
| import java.lang.annotation.Repeatable; |
| import java.lang.annotation.Retention; |
| import java.lang.annotation.Target; |
| |
| /** |
| * A StructConverter is a special type of converter that handles the conversion of a specific |
| * database Struct type. This is normally used for extended database types such as spatial geometric types. |
| * |
| * A StructConverter is different than a regular attribute Converter, and does not implement the same interface. |
| * A StructConverter will be used to convert any matching Struct type. |
| * |
| * @see org.eclipse.persistence.platform.database.converters.StructConverter |
| */ |
| @Target({TYPE, METHOD, FIELD}) |
| @Retention(RUNTIME) |
| @Repeatable(StructConverters.class) |
| public @interface StructConverter { |
| /** |
| * (Required) Name this converter. The name should be unique across the |
| * whole persistence unit. |
| */ |
| String name(); |
| |
| /** |
| * (Required) The StructConverter class to be used. This class must implement the |
| * EclipseLink org.eclipse.persistence.platform.database.converters.StructConverter |
| * interface. |
| * |
| * You may also alternatively specify a pre-defined EclipseLink |
| * org.eclipse.persistence.config.StructConverterType |
| * |
| * @see org.eclipse.persistence.platform.database.converters.StructConverter |
| * @see org.eclipse.persistence.config.StructConverterType |
| */ |
| String converter(); |
| } |