ConverterDescriptor (Hibernate Javadocs)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractConverterDescriptor, ClassBasedConverterDescriptor, InstanceBasedConverterDescriptor
```
public interface ConverterDescriptor
```
Boot-time descriptor of a JPA AttributeConverter

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static String TYPE_NAME_PREFIX

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`JpaAttributeConverter<?,?>`	`createJpaAttributeConverter(JpaAttributeConverterCreationContext context)`	Factory for the runtime representation of the converter
`Class<? extends AttributeConverter<?,?>>`	`getAttributeConverterClass()`	The AttributeConverter class
`AutoApplicableConverterDescriptor`	`getAutoApplyDescriptor()`	Get the auto-apply checker for this converter.
`com.fasterxml.classmate.ResolvedType`	`getDomainValueResolvedType()`	The resolved Classmate type descriptor for the conversion's domain type
`com.fasterxml.classmate.ResolvedType`	`getRelationalValueResolvedType()`	The resolved Classmate type descriptor for the conversion's relational type
`default boolean`	`overrideable()`	Can this converter be overridden by other competing converters?

- Field Detail
  - TYPE_NAME_PREFIX
```
static final String TYPE_NAME_PREFIX
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - getAttributeConverterClass
```
Class<? extends AttributeConverter<?,?>> getAttributeConverterClass()
```
    The AttributeConverter class
  - getDomainValueResolvedType
```
com.fasterxml.classmate.ResolvedType getDomainValueResolvedType()
```
    The resolved Classmate type descriptor for the conversion's domain type
  - getRelationalValueResolvedType
```
com.fasterxml.classmate.ResolvedType getRelationalValueResolvedType()
```
    The resolved Classmate type descriptor for the conversion's relational type
  - getAutoApplyDescriptor
```
AutoApplicableConverterDescriptor getAutoApplyDescriptor()
```
    Get the auto-apply checker for this converter. Should never return `null` - prefer AutoApplicableConverterDescriptorBypassedImpl.INSTANCE instead.
  - createJpaAttributeConverter
```
JpaAttributeConverter<?,?> createJpaAttributeConverter(JpaAttributeConverterCreationContext context)
```
    Factory for the runtime representation of the converter
  - overrideable
```
default boolean overrideable()
```
    Can this converter be overridden by other competing converters?