ContainerType (javers-core 5.11.1 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.javers.core.metamodel.type.JaversType
- - org.javers.core.metamodel.type.EnumerableType
  - - org.javers.core.metamodel.type.ContainerType

Direct Known Subclasses:

ArrayType, CollectionType
```
public abstract class ContainerType
extends EnumerableType
```
Collection or Array

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from class org.javers.core.metamodel.type.JaversType
  DEFAULT_TYPE_PARAMETER

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`canBePrototype()`
`java.lang.Class`	`getBaseJavaClass()`
`java.lang.Class`	`getItemClass()`	never returns null
`java.lang.reflect.Type`	`getItemType()`	never returns null
`protected java.lang.reflect.Type`	`getRawDehydratedType()`	Type for JSON representation.
`boolean`	`isInstance(java.lang.Object cdo)`

Methods inherited from class org.javers.core.metamodel.type.EnumerableType
empty, filterToList, getEnumerableInterface, isEmpty, items, map, map, map

Methods inherited from class org.javers.core.metamodel.type.JaversType
equals, equals, getBaseJavaType, getConcreteClassTypeArguments, getName, hashCode, isGenericType, prettyPrint, prettyPrintBuilder, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - getItemType
```
public java.lang.reflect.Type getItemType()
```
    never returns null
  - getItemClass
```
public java.lang.Class getItemClass()
```
    never returns null
  - canBePrototype
```
public boolean canBePrototype()
```
    Specified by:
    
    canBePrototype in class JaversType
  - isInstance
```
public boolean isInstance(java.lang.Object cdo)
```
    Specified by:
    
    isInstance in class JaversType
  - getRawDehydratedType
```
protected java.lang.reflect.Type getRawDehydratedType()
```
    Type for JSON representation. For Values it's simply baseJavaType. For ManagedTypes (references to Entities and ValueObjects) it's GlobalId because JaVers serializes references in the 'dehydrated' form.
  - getBaseJavaClass
```
public java.lang.Class getBaseJavaClass()
```