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<h2 class="refsect1"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#330099">@ReadTransformer</font></h2>
<p>Use <code>@ReadTransformer</code> with Transformation mappings to define the transformation of the database column values into attribute values (unless the mapping is write-only).</p>
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<p><strong><br /><span class="refsubsect">Annotation Elements</span></strong></p>
<p><a href="#CHDGCGID">Table 2-59</a> describes this annotation's elements.</p>
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<p><strong><em><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Table 2-59 @ReadTransformer Annotation Elements</font></em></strong></p>
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<th align="left" valign="bottom" id="r1c2-t71"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Description</strong></font></th>
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<p><code>method</code></p>
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<p>The mapped class must have a method with this name which returns a value to be assigned to the attribute (not assigns the value to the attribute).</p>
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<p>transformerClass</p>
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<p>User-defined class that implements the <code>org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.transformers.AttributeTransformer</code> interface.</p>
<p>The class will be instantiated, its <code>buildAttributeValue</code> will be used to create the value to be assigned to the attribute.</p>
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<p><strong><br /><span class="refsubsect">Usage</span></strong></p>
<p>Also unless it's a read-only mapping, either <code>@WriteTransformer</code> annotation or <code>@WriteTransformers</code> annotation should be specified. Each <code>WriteTransformer</code> defines transformation of the attribute value to a single database column value (column is specified in the <code>WriteTransformer</code>).</p>
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<p><strong><br /><span class="refsubsect">Examples</span></strong></p>
<p>See <a href="a_transformation.htm#BABHECGF">"Using @Transformation Annotation"</a> for an example of how to use the <code>@WriteTransformer annotation</code> with a Transformation mapping.</p>
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<p><a href="a_transformation.htm#BABCJGIG">"@Transformation"</a>.</p>
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