What type conversion functionality is supported with JPA 2.0 in JBoss EAP 6?

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Issue

Does JPA 2.0 perform automatic data conversions (similar to those in JPA 2.1) between Java types and table column types or do I have to code the conversion explicitly using the @Convert and @Converter annotations? JPA 2.1, for instance, automatically handles the following conversions:

  • between boolean and numeric types: true == 1, false == 0
  • between java.sql.Timestamp and TIMESTAMP.

Environment

  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 6
    • Hibernate 4/JPA 2.0

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