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/* * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java * * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later. * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>. */ package org.hibernate.annotations; import java.lang.annotation.Retention; import java.lang.annotation.Target; import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD; import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD; import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME; /** * Defines a Hibernate type mapping. * * @see org.hibernate.type.Type * @see org.hibernate.usertype.UserType * @see org.hibernate.usertype.CompositeUserType * * @see TypeDef * * @author Emmanuel Bernard * @author Steve Ebersole */ @Target({ FIELD, METHOD }) @Retention(RUNTIME) public @interface Type { /** * The Hibernate type name. Usually the fully qualified name of an implementation class for * {@link org.hibernate.type.Type}, {@link org.hibernate.usertype.UserType} or * {@link org.hibernate.usertype.CompositeUserType}. May also refer to a type definition by name * {@link TypeDef#name()} */ String type(); /** * Any configuration parameters for the named type. */ Parameter[] parameters() default {}; }