minor adjustments in Value & ValueType
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mdm/api/base/model/Value.java b/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mdm/api/base/model/Value.java
index 7caec45..b958a54 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mdm/api/base/model/Value.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mdm/api/base/model/Value.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
import static java.util.stream.IntStream.range;
import java.lang.reflect.Array;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Objects;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -26,6 +27,12 @@
public final class Value {
// ======================================================================
+ // Class variables
+ // ======================================================================
+
+ public static final DateTimeFormatter LOCAL_DATE_TIME_FORMATTER = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyyMMddHHmmss");
+
+ // ======================================================================
// Instances variables
// ======================================================================
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mdm/api/base/model/ValueType.java b/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mdm/api/base/model/ValueType.java
index c66a322..20a70da 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mdm/api/base/model/ValueType.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mdm/api/base/model/ValueType.java
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
* The type is used to check assignment compatibility of non {@code null}
* values passed to {@link Value#set(Object)}.
*/
- final Class<?> type;
+ public final Class<?> type;
/**
* The default value will be used in {@link Value#set(Object)} to replace
