or interface in java.lang.annotation" class="external-link">RUNTIME</a>)
</span><span class="modifiers">public @interface </span><span class="element-name type-name-label">Converter</span></div>
<div class="block">Declares that the annotated class is a converter and specifies
 whether the converter is <a href="#autoApply()">automatically
 applied</a>.

 <p>Every converter class must implement <a href="AttributeConverter.html" title="interface in jakarta.persistence"><code>AttributeConverter</code></a>
 and 