#827 - ENH: Add support for AttributeConverter from JPA 2.1

src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/model/ivo/ESomeConvertType.java

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package com.avaje.tests.model.ivo;
+
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+
+@Entity
+public class ESomeConvertType {
+
+  @Id
+  Long id;
+
+  String name;
+
+  Rate rate;
+
+  public ESomeConvertType(String name, Rate rate) {
+    this.name = name;
+    this.rate = rate;
+  }
+
+  public Long getId() {
+    return id;
+  }
+
+  public void setId(Long id) {
+    this.id = id;
+  }
+
+  public String getName() {
+    return name;
+  }
+
+  public void setName(String name) {
+    this.name = name;
+  }
+
+  public Rate getRate() {
+    return rate;
+  }
+
+  public void setRate(Rate rate) {
+    this.rate = rate;
+  }
+}

src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/model/ivo/converter/RateTypeConverter.java

@@ -2,19 +2,23 @@ package com.avaje.tests.model.ivo.converter;
 
 import com.avaje.tests.model.ivo.Rate;
 
+import javax.persistence.AttributeConverter;
+import javax.persistence.Converter;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 
 /**
  * Converts between Rate and BigDecimal.
  */
-public class RateTypeConverter {//implements ScalarTypeConverter<Rate,BigDecimal>{
+@Converter
+public class RateTypeConverter implements AttributeConverter<Rate,BigDecimal> {
 
-  public BigDecimal unwrapValue(Rate beanType) {
-    return beanType.getValue();
+  @Override
+  public BigDecimal convertToDatabaseColumn(Rate attribute) {
+    return attribute.getValue();
   }
 
-  public Rate wrapValue(BigDecimal scalarType) {
-    return new Rate(scalarType);
+  @Override
+  public Rate convertToEntityAttribute(BigDecimal dbData) {
+    return new Rate(dbData);
   }
-
 }

src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/model/ivo/test/TestAttributeConverter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.avaje.tests.model.ivo.test;
+
+import com.avaje.ebean.BaseTestCase;
+import com.avaje.ebean.Ebean;
+import com.avaje.tests.model.ivo.ESomeConvertType;
+import com.avaje.tests.model.ivo.Rate;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class TestAttributeConverter extends BaseTestCase {
+
+  @Test
+  public void insertUpdateDelete() {
+
+    ESomeConvertType bean = new ESomeConvertType("one", new Rate(20.1));
+
+    Ebean.save(bean);
+
+    ESomeConvertType found = Ebean.find(ESomeConvertType.class, bean.getId());
+    found.setRate(new Rate("40"));
+    Ebean.save(found);
+
+    Ebean.delete(found);
+  }
+}