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/*
 * Copyright (c) 1998, 2018 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 *
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 * 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();
}