Type (vespajlib 7.179.11 API)

java.lang.Object
- java.lang.Enum<Type>
- - com.yahoo.data.access.Type

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable<Type>
```
public enum Type
extends java.lang.Enum<Type>
```
Enumeration of all possible types accessed by the Inspector API. Note that: - the EMPTY type is used as a placeholder where data is missing. - all integers are put into LONGs; the encoding takes care of packing small integers compactly so this is also efficient. - likeweise DOUBLE is the only floating-point type, but "simple" numbers (like 0.0 or 1.0) are packed compactly anyway. - DATA can be used anything for wrapping anything else serialized as an array of bytes. - maps should be represented as an ARRAY of OBJECTs where each object has the fields "key" and "value".

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants
Enum Constant Description

ARRAY

BOOL

DATA

DOUBLE

EMPTY

LONG

OBJECT

STRING

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static Type`	`valueOf(java.lang.String name)`	Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
`static Type[]`	`values()`	Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum
clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Enum Constant Detail
  - EMPTY
```
public static final Type EMPTY
```
  - BOOL
```
public static final Type BOOL
```
  - LONG
```
public static final Type LONG
```
  - DOUBLE
```
public static final Type DOUBLE
```
  - STRING
```
public static final Type STRING
```
  - DATA
```
public static final Type DATA
```
  - ARRAY
```
public static final Type ARRAY
```
  - OBJECT
```
public static final Type OBJECT
```
- Method Detail
  - values
```
public static Type[] values()
```
    Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:
    for (Type c : Type.values()) System.out.println(c);
    Returns:
    
    an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared
  - valueOf
```
public static Type valueOf(java.lang.String name)
```
    Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.
    
    Returns:
    
    the enum constant with the specified name
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the argument is null