CustomType (javers-core 7.7.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.javers.core.metamodel.type.JaversType
- - org.javers.core.metamodel.type.CustomType<T>

Type Parameters:

T - Custom Type

All Implemented Interfaces:

CustomComparableType
```
public class CustomType<T>
extends JaversType
implements CustomComparableType
```
Custom Types are not easy to manage, use it as a last resort,
only for corner cases like comparing custom Collection types.

JaVers treats a Custom Type as a black box and doesn't take any assumptions about its content or behaviour. It's a "not modeled" type, somehow similar to unbounded wildcard <?>.

Objects of Custom Type are compared by a CustomPropertyComparator. Registering this comparator is the only way to map a Custom Type.

Custom Types are serialized to JSON using Gson defaults.

See Also:

JaversBuilder.registerCustomType(Class, CustomPropertyComparator)

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

CustomType(java.lang.reflect.Type baseJavaType, CustomPropertyComparator<T,?> comparator)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`canBePrototype()`
`boolean`	`equals(java.lang.Object left, java.lang.Object right)`	Used for comparing as Values
`java.lang.Class`	`getBaseJavaClass()`
`protected java.lang.reflect.Type`	`getRawDehydratedType()`	Type for JSON representation.
`boolean`	`hasCustomValueComparator()`
`boolean`	`isInstance(java.lang.Object cdo)`
`java.lang.String`	`valueToString(java.lang.Object value)`

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

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

- Constructor Detail
  - CustomType
```
public CustomType(java.lang.reflect.Type baseJavaType,
                  CustomPropertyComparator<T,?> comparator)
```
- Method Detail
  - equals
```
public boolean equals(java.lang.Object left,
                      java.lang.Object right)
```
    Description copied from class: JaversType
    
    Used for comparing as Values
    
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class JaversType
  - hasCustomValueComparator
```
public boolean hasCustomValueComparator()
```
    Specified by:
    
    hasCustomValueComparator in interface CustomComparableType
  - valueToString
```
public java.lang.String valueToString(java.lang.Object value)
```
    Specified by:
    
    valueToString in interface CustomComparableType
  - 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()
```