ValueType (javers-core 5.3.1 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.javers.core.metamodel.type.JaversType
- - org.javers.core.metamodel.type.PrimitiveOrValueType
  - - org.javers.core.metamodel.type.ValueType

```
public class ValueType
extends PrimitiveOrValueType
```
Value class in client's domain model. Simple value holder.
JaVers doesn't interact with internal properties of this type but treats its similarly to primitives.

Two Value instances are compared using equals() so it's highly important to implement it properly by comparing underlying field (or fields).

It's highly advisable to implement Values as immutable objects, for example: BigDecimal, LocalDateTime

Values are serialized to JSON using Gson defaults, if it's not what you need, implement JsonTypeAdapter for custom serialization and register it with JaversBuilder.registerValueTypeAdapter(JsonTypeAdapter)

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

ValueType(java.lang.reflect.Type baseJavaType)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`canBePrototype()`
`java.lang.Class`	`getBaseJavaClass()`
`protected java.lang.reflect.Type`	`getRawDehydratedType()`	Type for JSON representation.
`boolean`	`isInstance(java.lang.Object cdo)`
`java.lang.String`	`smartToString(java.lang.Object cdo)`

Methods inherited from class org.javers.core.metamodel.type.PrimitiveOrValueType
equals, isBoolean, isJsonPrimitive, isNumber, isStringy

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

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

- Constructor Detail
  - ValueType
```
public ValueType(java.lang.reflect.Type baseJavaType)
```
- Method Detail
  - smartToString
```
public java.lang.String smartToString(java.lang.Object cdo)
```
    Overrides:
    
    smartToString in class PrimitiveOrValueType
  - 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()
```