step
     in mapping to the database representation.
 </ul>

 <p>A converted field or property is considered <a href="Basic.html" title="annotation interface in jakarta.persistence"><code>Basic</code></a>, since,
 with the aid of the converter, its values can be represented as
 instances of a basic type.

 <p>A converter class must be annotated <a href="Converter.html" title="annotation interface in jakarta.persistence"><code>Converter</code></a> or declared
 as a converter in the object/relational mapping 