How to use

addAttributeConverter

method

in

org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration

/**
 * Adds the AttributeConverter instance to this Configuration.  This form is mainly intended for developers
 * to programmatically add their own AttributeConverter instance.  HEM, instead, uses the
 * {@link #addAttributeConverter(Class, boolean)} form
 *
 * @param attributeConverter The AttributeConverter instance.
 */
public void addAttributeConverter(AttributeConverter attributeConverter) {
  addAttributeConverter( AttributeConverterDefinition.from( attributeConverter ) );
}

/**
 * Adds the AttributeConverter Class to this Configuration.
 *
 * @param attributeConverterClass The AttributeConverter class.
 */
public void addAttributeConverter(Class<? extends AttributeConverter> attributeConverterClass) {
  addAttributeConverter( AttributeConverterDefinition.from( attributeConverterClass ) );
}

/**
 * Adds the AttributeConverter instance to this Configuration.  This form is mainly intended for developers
 * to programmatically add their own AttributeConverter instance.  HEM, instead, uses the
 * {@link #addAttributeConverter(Class, boolean)} form
 *
 * @param attributeConverter The AttributeConverter instance.
 * @param autoApply Should the AttributeConverter be auto applied to property types as specified
 * by its "entity attribute" parameterized type?
 */
public void addAttributeConverter(AttributeConverter attributeConverter, boolean autoApply) {
  addAttributeConverter( AttributeConverterDefinition.from( attributeConverter, autoApply ) );
}

/**
 * Adds the AttributeConverter Class to this Configuration.
 *
 * @param attributeConverterClass The AttributeConverter class.
 * @param autoApply Should the AttributeConverter be auto applied to property types as specified
 * by its "entity attribute" parameterized type?
 */
public void addAttributeConverter(Class<? extends AttributeConverter> attributeConverterClass, boolean autoApply) {
  addAttributeConverter( AttributeConverterDefinition.from( attributeConverterClass, autoApply ) );
}

@Test
public void testBasicTimestampUsage() {
  Configuration cfg = new Configuration();
  cfg.addAttributeConverter( InstantConverter.class, false );
  cfg.addAnnotatedClass( IrrelevantInstantEntity.class );
  cfg.setProperty( AvailableSettings.HBM2DDL_AUTO, "create-drop" );

@Test
public void testBasicUsage() {
  Configuration cfg = new Configuration();
  cfg.addAttributeConverter( IntegerToVarcharConverter.class, false );
  cfg.addAnnotatedClass( Tester4.class );
  cfg.setProperty( AvailableSettings.HBM2DDL_AUTO, "create-drop" );

@Test
public void testErrorInstantiatingConverterClass() {
  Configuration cfg = new Configuration();
  try {
    cfg.addAttributeConverter( BlowsUpConverter.class );
    fail( "expecting an exception" );
  }
  catch (AnnotationException e) {
    assertTyping( BlewUpException.class, ExceptionUtil.rootCause( e ) );
  }
}

@Test
public void testChangeImmutableAttribute(){
  configuration().addAttributeConverter( ExifConverter.class);
  configuration().addAttributeConverter( CaptionConverter.class);

@Test
public void testImmutableAttribute(){
  configuration().addAttributeConverter( ExifConverter.class);
  configuration().addAttributeConverter( CaptionConverter.class);
  Session s = openSession();
  Transaction tx = s.beginTransaction();

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static void registerConverter(Configuration config, Class<?> converterClass) {
    config.addAttributeConverter((Class<? extends AttributeConverter<?, ?>>) converterClass);
  }
}

/**
 * Adds the AttributeConverter instance to this Configuration.  This form is mainly intended for developers
 * to programmatically add their own AttributeConverter instance.  HEM, instead, uses the
 * {@link #addAttributeConverter(Class, boolean)} form
 *
 * @param attributeConverter The AttributeConverter instance.
 */
public void addAttributeConverter(AttributeConverter attributeConverter) {
  addAttributeConverter( new InstanceBasedConverterDescriptor( attributeConverter, classmateContext ) );
}

/**
 * Adds the AttributeConverter instance to this Configuration.  This form is mainly intended for developers
 * to programmatically add their own AttributeConverter instance.  HEM, instead, uses the
 * {@link #addAttributeConverter(Class, boolean)} form
 *
 * @param attributeConverter The AttributeConverter instance.
 * @param autoApply Should the AttributeConverter be auto applied to property types as specified
 * by its "entity attribute" parameterized type?
 */
public void addAttributeConverter(AttributeConverter attributeConverter, boolean autoApply) {
  addAttributeConverter( new InstanceBasedConverterDescriptor( attributeConverter, autoApply, classmateContext ) );
}

/**
 * Adds the AttributeConverter Class to this Configuration.
 *
 * @param converterClass The AttributeConverter class.
 */
public <O,R> void addAttributeConverter(Class<? extends AttributeConverter<O,R>> converterClass) {
  addAttributeConverter( new ClassBasedConverterDescriptor( converterClass, classmateContext ) );
}

/**
 * Adds the AttributeConverter Class to this Configuration.
 *
 * @param converterClass The AttributeConverter class.
 * @param autoApply Should the AttributeConverter be auto applied to property types as specified
 * by its "entity attribute" parameterized type?
 */
public <O,R> void addAttributeConverter(Class<? extends AttributeConverter<O,R>> converterClass, boolean autoApply) {
  addAttributeConverter( new ClassBasedConverterDescriptor( converterClass, autoApply, classmateContext ) );
}