s
 a converter.

 <p>If the <code>autoApply</code> element is specified as
 <code>true</code>, the persistence provider must automatically
 apply the converter to all mapped attributes of the specified
 target type for all entities in the persistence unit except for
 attributes for which conversion is overridden by means of the
 <code>Convert</code> annotation (or XML equivalent).

 <p>In determining whether a converter is applicable to an attribute,
 the provider must treat primitive types and wrapper type