> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://structure.js.org/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://structure.js.org/v1/coercion/recursive-coercion.md).

# Recursive coercion

Structure also does recursive coercion so, if your declared type is Array or other Structure, the items/attributes of the raw value will be coerced as well:

```javascript
class BooksCollection extends Array { }

const Book = attributes({
  name: String
})(class Book { });

const User = attributes({
  favoriteBook: Book,
  books: {
    type: BooksCollection,
    itemType: Book
  }
})(class User { });

const user = new User({
  favoriteBook: { name: 'The Silmarillion' },
  books: [
    { name: '1984' }
  ]
});

user.favoriteBook; // Book { name: 'The Silmarillion' } => coerced plain object to Book
user.books; // BooksCollection [ Book { name: '1984' } ] => coerced array to BooksCollection and plain object to Book
```