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<dt><span class="paramLabel">Type Parameters:</span></dt>
<dd><code>X</code> - the type of the entity attribute</dd>
<dd><code>Y</code> - the type of the database column</dd>
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<pre>public interface <span class="typeNameLabel">AttributeConverter&lt;X,Y&gt;</span></pre>
<div class="block">A class that implements this interface can be used to convert 
 entity attribute state into database column representation 
 and back again.
 Note that the X and Y types may be the same Java type.<