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

## Type interface

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
export interface Type<T> 
```

## Properties

|  Property | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  [name](./repository.type.name.md) | string | Name of the type |

## Methods

|  Method | Description |
|  --- | --- |
|  [coerce(value, options)](./repository.type.coerce.md) | Coerce the value into this type |
|  [defaultValue()](./repository.type.defaultvalue.md) | Generate the default value for this type |
|  [isCoercible(value, options)](./repository.type.iscoercible.md) | Check if the given value can be coerced into this type |
|  [isInstance(value)](./repository.type.isinstance.md) | Test if the given value is an instance of this type |
|  [serialize(value, options)](./repository.type.serialize.md) | Serialize a value into json |