diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeUUIDBase.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeUUIDBase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ca7efac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeUUIDBase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+package com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.type;
+
+import com.avaje.ebeanservice.docstore.api.mapping.DocPropertyType;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
+
+import java.io.DataInput;
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+/**
+ * Base UUID type for string formatting, json handling etc.
+ */
+public abstract class ScalarTypeUUIDBase extends ScalarTypeBase<UUID> {
+
+  public ScalarTypeUUIDBase(boolean jdbcNative, int jdbcType) {
+    super(UUID.class, jdbcNative, jdbcType);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean isMutable() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean isDirty(Object value) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String formatValue(UUID value) {
+    return value.toString();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public UUID parse(String value) {
+    return UUID.fromString(value);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public UUID convertFromMillis(long dateTime) {
+    throw new RuntimeException("Should never be called");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean isDateTimeCapable() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public UUID readData(DataInput dataInput) throws IOException {
+    if (!dataInput.readBoolean()) {
+      return null;
+    } else {
+      return parse(dataInput.readUTF());
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void writeData(DataOutput dataOutput, UUID value) throws IOException {
+    if (value == null) {
+      dataOutput.writeBoolean(false);
+    } else {
+      ScalarHelp.writeUTF(dataOutput, format(value));
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void jsonWrite(JsonGenerator writer, UUID value) throws IOException {
+    writer.writeString(formatValue(value));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public UUID jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
+    return parse(parser.getValueAsString());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public DocPropertyType getDocType() {
+    return DocPropertyType.STRING;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeUUIDBinary.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeUUIDBinary.java
index 170ec8a57..6f01a79a6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeUUIDBinary.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeUUIDBinary.java
@@ -1,24 +1,18 @@
 package com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.type;
 
-import com.avaje.ebeanservice.docstore.api.mapping.DocPropertyType;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
-
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.io.DataInput;
 import java.io.DataInputStream;
-import java.io.DataOutput;
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.sql.Types;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
-public class ScalarTypeUUIDBinary extends ScalarTypeBase<UUID> {
+public class ScalarTypeUUIDBinary extends ScalarTypeUUIDBase {
 
   protected ScalarTypeUUIDBinary() {
-    super(UUID.class, false, Types.BINARY);
+    super(false, Types.BINARY);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -37,23 +31,22 @@ public class ScalarTypeUUIDBinary extends ScalarTypeBase<UUID> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public String formatValue(UUID v) {
-    return v.toString();
+  public void bind(DataBind b, UUID value) throws SQLException {
+    if (value == null) {
+      b.setNull(Types.BINARY);
+    } else {
+      b.setBytes(convertToBytes(value));
+    }
   }
 
   @Override
-  public UUID parse(String value) {
-    return UUID.fromString(value);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public UUID convertFromMillis(long dateTime) {
-    throw new IllegalStateException("Never called");
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public boolean isDateTimeCapable() {
-    return false;
+  public UUID read(DataReader dataReader) throws SQLException {
+    byte[] bytes = dataReader.getBytes();
+    if (bytes == null) {
+      return null;
+    } else {
+      return convertFromBytes(bytes);
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -103,56 +96,4 @@ public class ScalarTypeUUIDBinary extends ScalarTypeBase<UUID> {
     return baos.toByteArray();
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public void bind(DataBind b, UUID value) throws SQLException {
-    if (value == null) {
-      b.setNull(Types.BINARY);
-
-    } else {
-      b.setBytes(convertToBytes(value));
-    }
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public UUID read(DataReader dataReader) throws SQLException {
-    byte[] bytes = dataReader.getBytes();
-    if (bytes == null) {
-      return null;
-    } else {
-      return convertFromBytes(bytes);
-    }
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public UUID readData(DataInput dataInput) throws IOException {
-    if (!dataInput.readBoolean()) {
-      return null;
-    } else {
-      return parse(dataInput.readUTF());
-    }
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void writeData(DataOutput dataOutput, UUID value) throws IOException {
-    if (value == null) {
-      dataOutput.writeBoolean(false);
-    } else {
-      ScalarHelp.writeUTF(dataOutput, format(value));
-    }
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public UUID jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
-    return UUID.fromString(parser.getValueAsString());
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void jsonWrite(JsonGenerator writer, UUID value) throws IOException {
-    writer.writeString(value.toString());
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public DocPropertyType getDocType() {
-    return DocPropertyType.STRING;
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeUUIDNative.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeUUIDNative.java
index a3a2ff0c0..f90776bc0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeUUIDNative.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeUUIDNative.java
@@ -1,46 +1,26 @@
 package com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.type;
 
 import com.avaje.ebean.config.dbplatform.DbType;
-import com.avaje.ebeanservice.docstore.api.mapping.DocPropertyType;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonToken;
 
-import java.io.DataInput;
-import java.io.DataOutput;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
 /**
  * Postgres Hstore type which maps Map<String,String> to a single 'HStore column' in the DB.
  */
-@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
-public class ScalarTypeUUIDNative extends ScalarTypeBase<UUID> {
+public class ScalarTypeUUIDNative extends ScalarTypeUUIDBase {
 
   public ScalarTypeUUIDNative() {
-    super(UUID.class, false, DbType.UUID);
+    super(false, DbType.UUID);
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public boolean isMutable() {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public boolean isDirty(Object value) {
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   @Override
   public UUID read(DataReader dataReader) throws SQLException {
-
     Object value = dataReader.getObject();
     if (value == null) {
       return null;
     }
-    return (UUID)value;
+    return (UUID) value;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -58,57 +38,4 @@ public class ScalarTypeUUIDNative extends ScalarTypeBase<UUID> {
     return (UUID) value;
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public String formatValue(UUID v) {
-    return v.toString();
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public UUID parse(String value) {
-    return UUID.fromString(value);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public UUID convertFromMillis(long dateTime) {
-    throw new RuntimeException("Should never be called");
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public boolean isDateTimeCapable() {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public UUID readData(DataInput dataInput) throws IOException {
-    if (!dataInput.readBoolean()) {
-      return null;
-    } else {
-      String json = dataInput.readUTF();
-      return parse(json);
-    }
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void writeData(DataOutput dataOutput, UUID value) throws IOException {
-    if (value == null) {
-      dataOutput.writeBoolean(false);
-    } else {
-      ScalarHelp.writeUTF(dataOutput, format(value));
-    }
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void jsonWrite(JsonGenerator writer, UUID value) throws IOException {
-    writer.writeString(formatValue(value));
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public UUID jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
-    return parse(parser.getValueAsString());
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public DocPropertyType getDocType() {
-    return DocPropertyType.STRING;
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeUUIDVarchar.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeUUIDVarchar.java
index b9e777e73..a249577da 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeUUIDVarchar.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeUUIDVarchar.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.type;
 
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.sql.Types;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
 import com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.core.BasicTypeConverter;
@@ -7,10 +9,10 @@ import com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.core.BasicTypeConverter;
 /**
  * ScalarType for java.util.UUID which converts to and from a VARCHAR database column.
  */
-public class ScalarTypeUUIDVarchar extends ScalarTypeBaseVarchar<UUID> {
+public class ScalarTypeUUIDVarchar extends ScalarTypeUUIDBase {
 
-  public ScalarTypeUUIDVarchar() {
-    super(UUID.class);
+  protected ScalarTypeUUIDVarchar() {
+    super(false, Types.VARCHAR);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -18,16 +20,6 @@ public class ScalarTypeUUIDVarchar extends ScalarTypeBaseVarchar<UUID> {
     return 40;
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public UUID convertFromDbString(String dbValue) {
-    return UUID.fromString(dbValue);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public String convertToDbString(UUID beanValue) {
-    return formatValue(beanValue);
-  }
-
   @Override
   public UUID toBeanType(Object value) {
     return BasicTypeConverter.toUUID(value);
@@ -39,13 +31,22 @@ public class ScalarTypeUUIDVarchar extends ScalarTypeBaseVarchar<UUID> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public String formatValue(UUID v) {
-    return v.toString();
+  public void bind(DataBind b, UUID value) throws SQLException {
+    if (value == null) {
+      b.setNull(Types.VARCHAR);
+    } else {
+      b.setString(formatValue(value));
+    }
   }
 
   @Override
-  public UUID parse(String value) {
-    return UUID.fromString(value);
+  public UUID read(DataReader dataReader) throws SQLException {
+    String value = dataReader.getString();
+    if (value == null) {
+      return null;
+    } else {
+      return parse(value);
+    }
   }
 
 }