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Design Specification: Converter support
Document History
| Date | Author | Version Description & Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 19 March 2012 | Gordon Yorke | Initial Document created |
Project overview
JPA 2.1 will add support for Converters. Currently converters are pieces of code that are responsible for converting from an attribute type and value to the corresponding database type and value.
Concepts
Requirements
Implement Converter support as required by the specification.
Note:
- Auto-apply converters must not be applied to disallowed mapping types (ie Id, Version etc)
Design Constraints
Design / Functionality
Testing
API
GUI
Config files
Documentation
Work Required
- Metadata processing of Converter annotations
- approx 3 days
- Implement always apply converters
- approx 3 days
- Testing
- approx 3 days
Open Issues
This section lists the open issues that are still pending that must be decided prior to fully implementing this project's requirements.
| Issue # | Owner | Description / Notes |
|---|---|---|
Decisions
This section lists decisions made. These are intended to document the resolution of open issues or constraints added to the project that are important.
| Issue # | Description / Notes | Decision |
|---|---|---|
Future Considerations
During the research for this project the following items were identified as out of scope but are captured here as potential future enhancements. If agreed upon during the review process these should be logged in the bug system.