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# Facebook\\HackCodegen\\HackBuilderValues::literal()




Render the value with no changes or escaping




``` Hack
public static function literal(): IHackBuilderValueRenderer<string>;
```




This effectively means that the value should be a code literal.




## Returns




* ` IHackBuilderValueRenderer<string> `