com.mendix.systemwideinterfaces.core

Interface IDataType

public interface IDataType

Generic class for Mendix data types. Use Core.createDataType to convert model data type dsl Strings to this object.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	IDataType.DataTypeEnum

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	checkTypeForValue(java.lang.Object value) Checks the type of the given value. If the given value is a List, it should contain at least one item to check the object type
java.lang.String	getDSLType()
IMetaEnumeration	getEnumeration()
java.lang.String	getObjectType()
IDataType.DataTypeEnum	getType()
IDataType	getTypeOfValue(java.lang.Object value) Returns DataType of the given value. If the given value is a List, it should contain at least one item to set the object type
boolean	isList()
boolean	isMendixObject()
boolean	isNothing()
java.lang.Object	parseValueFromString(java.lang.String value) Parses a String to a value based on this datatype.

Method Detail

getType

IDataType.DataTypeEnum getType()

Returns:

enum type.

getObjectType

java.lang.String getObjectType()

Returns:

objectType if type is List or Object, otherwise null.

checkTypeForValue

boolean checkTypeForValue(java.lang.Object value)

Checks the type of the given value.
If the given value is a List, it should contain at least one item to check the object type

Parameters:

value -

Returns:

returns true if the value is valid for this DataType

getTypeOfValue

IDataType getTypeOfValue(java.lang.Object value)

Returns DataType of the given value.
If the given value is a List, it should contain at least one item to set the object type

Parameters:

value -

Returns:

DataType of given value

parseValueFromString

java.lang.Object parseValueFromString(java.lang.String value)

Parses a String to a value based on this datatype.

Parameters:

value -

isList

boolean isList()

Returns:

returns true if this DataType is a list.

isMendixObject

boolean isMendixObject()

Returns:

returns true if this DataType is an object.

isNothing

boolean isNothing()

Returns:

returns true if this DataType is nothing.

getDSLType

java.lang.String getDSLType()

Returns:

raw String representing the type defined in the DSL.

getEnumeration

IMetaEnumeration getEnumeration()

Returns:

returns the enumeration if type is enumeration.