public PrimitiveValue applicableMinValue()
    {
        if (null != minValue)
        {
            return minValue;
        }

        return primitiveType.minValue();
    }
The most applicable min value for the encoded type.

@return most applicable min value for the encoded type.
sbe-tool/src/main/java/uk/co/real_logic/sbe/ir/Encoding.java