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title: 'API docs: repository.buffertype'
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[Home](./index.md) &gt; [@loopback/repository](./repository.md) &gt; [BufferType](./repository.buffertype.md)

## BufferType class

Buffer (binary) type

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
export declare class BufferType implements Type<Buffer> 
```
<b>Implements:</b> [Type](./repository.type.md)<!-- -->&lt;Buffer&gt;

## Properties

|  Property | Modifiers | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  [name](./repository.buffertype.name.md) |  | (not declared) |  |

## Methods

|  Method | Modifiers | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  [coerce(value, options)](./repository.buffertype.coerce.md) |  |  |
|  [defaultValue()](./repository.buffertype.defaultvalue.md) |  |  |
|  [isCoercible(value)](./repository.buffertype.iscoercible.md) |  |  |
|  [isInstance(value)](./repository.buffertype.isinstance.md) |  |  |
|  [serialize(value, options)](./repository.buffertype.serialize.md) |  |  |