org.jadira.bindings.core.annotation

Annotation Type Convert

@Target(value={METHOD,CONSTRUCTOR})
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
public @interface Convert

This annotation, when applied to a method indicates that it is suitable for converting an object to or from a given representation as indicated by the method signature.

For any given ConverterScope, this annotation can be defined once for any related input / output class pair.

The annotation may be applied to either a static method, a constructor, or an instance method. In the case of the static method or the constructor, the annotated method must have a single parameter (the input class). In the case of a method, the return type must be of the output class. In the case of a constructor, this must be for the bound output class. The instance method takes no parameters, must be applied to the source (input) type and returns the output type. For disambiguation, @From and @To may be used instead