org.jtransfo

Annotation Type PreConvert

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Target(value={TYPE,ANNOTATION_TYPE})
 @Repeatable(value=PreConvert.List.class)
 @Documented
public @interface PreConvert

Annotation to specify a PreConverter to be used when converting.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Fields and Description
static String	DEFAULT_NAME Default value for value() indicating that converterClass() should be set.

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
Class	converterClass Class to use for preconvert.
String	value Name for the type converter, this is either name (when it implements Named or the Fully qualified class name.

Field Detail

DEFAULT_NAME

public static final String DEFAULT_NAME

Default value for value() indicating that converterClass() should be set.

Element Detail

value

public abstract String value

Name for the type converter, this is either name (when it implements Named or the Fully qualified class name.

Using this allows you to avoid a compile dependency on the class name but makes the connection more brittle when refactoring. The value is ignored if converterClass() is set.

Default:

"?"

converterClass

public abstract Class converterClass

Class to use for preconvert.

This requires a compile dependency on the domain class. The value has precedence over value().

Default:

org.jtransfo.PreConvert.class