Class STRING

src/data-types.js:53–90

* STRING A variable length string

 * STRING A variable length string
 */
class STRING extends ABSTRACT {
  /**
   * @param {number} [length=255] length of string
   * @param {boolean} [binary=false] Is this binary?
   */
  constructor(length, binary) {
    super();
    const options = typeof length === 'object' && length || { length, binary };
    this.options = options;
    this._binary = options.binary;
    this._length = options.length || 255;
  }
  toSql() {
    return joinSQLFragments([
      `VARCHAR(${this._length})`,
      this._binary && 'BINARY'
    ]);
  }
  validate(value) {
    if (Object.prototype.toString.call(value) !== '[object String]') {
      if (this.options.binary && Buffer.isBuffer(value) || typeof value === 'number') {
        return true;
      }
      throw new sequelizeErrors.ValidationError(util.format('%j is not a valid string', value));
    }
    return true;
  }

  get BINARY() {
    this._binary = true;
    this.options.binary = true;
    return this;
  }

  static get BINARY() {
    return new this().BINARY;
  }
}

/**
 * CHAR A fixed length string