Class: BooleanType

Boolean are plain JavaScript Boolean.

Options

• required flag to define if the field is mandatory
• validator that will be applied to the field a validation function, validation object or string with the name of the custom validator
• default that will define the initial value of the field, this option allows a value or a function
• immutable that will define this field as immutable. Ottoman prevents you from changing immutable fields if the schema as configure like strict

Example

const userSchema =  new Schema({
  isActive: Boolean,
  isSomething: Schema.Types.Boolean
})

Ottoman will cast the following values to true:

• true
• 'true'
• 1
• '1'
• 'yes'

Ottoman will cast the following values to false:

• false
• 'false'
• 0
• '0'
• 'no'

Hierarchy

• CoreType

  ↳ BooleanType

Constructors

constructor

• new BooleanType(name, options?)

Parameters

Name	Type
name	string
options?	CoreTypeOptions

Overrides

CoreType.constructor

Defined in

schema/types/boolean-type.ts:39

Properties

name

• name: string

Inherited from

CoreType.name

Defined in

schema/interfaces/schema.types.ts:51

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options

• Optional options: CoreTypeOptions

Inherited from

CoreType.options

Defined in

schema/types/core-type.ts:23

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typeName

• typeName: string

Inherited from

CoreType.typeName

Defined in

schema/interfaces/schema.types.ts:51

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convertToFalse

▪ Static convertToFalse: Set<string | number | boolean>

Defined in

schema/types/boolean-type.ts:45

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convertToTrue

▪ Static convertToTrue: Set<string | number | boolean>

Defined in

schema/types/boolean-type.ts:44

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sName

▪ Static sName: string = Boolean.name

Overrides

CoreType.sName

Defined in

schema/types/boolean-type.ts:42

Accessors

default

• get default(): unknown

Returns

unknown

Inherited from

CoreType.default

Defined in

schema/types/core-type.ts:39

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required

• get required(): boolean | RequiredOption | RequiredFunction

Returns

boolean | RequiredOption | RequiredFunction

Inherited from

CoreType.required

Defined in

schema/types/core-type.ts:31

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validator

• get validator(): undefined | string | ValidatorFunction | ValidatorOption

Returns

undefined | string | ValidatorFunction | ValidatorOption

Inherited from

CoreType.validator

Defined in

schema/types/core-type.ts:35

Methods

buildDefault

▸ buildDefault(): unknown

Returns

unknown

Inherited from

CoreType.buildDefault

Defined in

schema/types/core-type.ts:43

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cast

▸ cast(value, strategy?): any

Parameters

Name	Type	Default value
value	any	undefined
strategy	CAST_STRATEGY	CAST_STRATEGY.DEFAULT_OR_DROP

Returns

any

Overrides

CoreType.cast

Defined in

schema/types/boolean-type.ts:47

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checkRequired

▸ checkRequired(): string | void

Returns

string | void

Inherited from

CoreType.checkRequired

Defined in

schema/types/core-type.ts:62

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checkValidator

▸ checkValidator(value): void

Parameters

Name	Type
value	unknown

Returns

void

Inherited from

CoreType.checkValidator

Defined in

schema/types/core-type.ts:71

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isEmpty

▸ isEmpty(value): boolean

Parameters

Name	Type
value	boolean

Returns

boolean

Overrides

CoreType.isEmpty

Defined in

schema/types/boolean-type.ts:65

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isStrictStrategy

▸ isStrictStrategy(strategy): boolean

Parameters

Name	Type
strategy	VALIDATION_STRATEGY

Returns

boolean

Inherited from

CoreType.isStrictStrategy

Defined in

schema/types/core-type.ts:79

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validate

▸ validate(value, strategy): any

Parameters

Name	Type
value	any
strategy	any

Returns

any

Overrides

CoreType.validate

Defined in

schema/types/boolean-type.ts:57