net.openhft.chronicle.wire

Annotation Type LongConversion

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Target(value={ANNOTATION_TYPE,FIELD,PARAMETER})
public @interface LongConversion

Annotation to specify the conversion strategy for a `long` value.

This annotation can be applied to fields, parameters, or other annotations to define a custom conversion strategy using a specific LongConverter implementation. The referenced converter annotation should either have a static final instance named `INSTANCE` or should be a LongConverter

See Also:

LongConverter

Required Element Summary

Required Elements

Modifier and Type	Required Element and Description
Class<?>	value Returns the class responsible for converting the long value or an annotation with an INSTANCE of one.

Element Detail

value

public abstract Class<?> value

Returns the class responsible for converting the long value or an annotation with an INSTANCE of one.

The LongConverter class to be used for conversion. The class specified should either have a static final field named INSTANCE, or a constructor that takes a single string parameter for initialization.

Returns:

The implementing class which either contains a static final field named `INSTANCE` or provides a constructor that takes a string for initialization.