Schema.buildproperty

Schema​.build​.coerce

Validation builder methods that coerce the input value to the target type.

coerce: {
  string: (error?: StringConvertible) => StringBuilder;
  number: (error?: StringConvertible) => NumberBuilder;
  boolean: (error?: StringConvertible) => BooleanBuilder;
  date: (error?: StringConvertible) => DateBuilder;
};

Instance members

• string
  Coerces the input to a string using String().
• number
  Coerces the input to a number using Number().
• boolean
  Coerces the input using Boolean(); note that non-empty strings like "false" become true.
• date
  Coerces the input to a Date using new Date().

Related

• Schema.build static
  An object containing functions that create Builder instances for specific types.