Primitives

Primitive types

Primitives are plain types, with no members or items, usually mapped to a single field of a database, for example int, string. When a type is marked as primitive, mapper won't try to instantiate or recursively iterate members or items, it will copy the value as-is. Any type can be marked as primitive, for example, in the mapping context, string is a primitive, even when it is an array of chars.

Custom primitives

See also:

• Mapping options
• List of built-in primitives
• Sample of primitive mapping

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