# `cassandra.cqlengine.usertype` - Model classes for User Defined Types

## UserType

class cassandra.cqlengine.usertype.UserType(**values)

  This class is used to model User Defined Types. To define a type, declare a class inheriting from this, and assign field types as class attributes:

      # connect with default keyspace ...

      from cassandra.cqlengine.columns import Text, Integer
      from cassandra.cqlengine.usertype import UserType

      class address(UserType):
          street = Text()
          zipcode = Integer()

      from cassandra.cqlengine import management
      management.sync_type(address)

  Please see User Defined Types for a complete example and discussion.

  __type_name__ = None

    Optional. Sets the name of the CQL type for this type.

    If not specified, the type name will be the name of the class, with it’s module name as it’s prefix.