DataType (jBPM :: Flow 7.74.0.Final API)

All Superinterfaces:

Externalizable, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

BooleanDataType, EnumDataType, FloatDataType, IntegerDataType, ListDataType, ObjectDataType, StringDataType, UndefinedDataType
```
public interface DataType
extends Externalizable
```
Abstract representation of a datatype.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getStringType()`	Returns the corresponding Java type of this datatype
`Object`	`readValue(String value)`
`default Object`	`valueOf(String value)`	Tries to convert string parameter to an object of this type
`boolean`	`verifyDataType(Object value)`	Returns true if the given value is a valid value of this data type.
`String`	`writeValue(Object value)`

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Externalizable
readExternal, writeExternal

- Method Detail
  - verifyDataType
```
boolean verifyDataType(Object value)
```
    Returns true if the given value is a valid value of this data type.
  - writeValue
```
String writeValue(Object value)
```
  - readValue
```
Object readValue(String value)
```
  - getStringType
```
String getStringType()
```
    Returns the corresponding Java type of this datatype
  - valueOf
```
default Object valueOf(String value)
```
    Tries to convert string parameter to an object of this type
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - to be converted. For the sake of performance, it is assumed to not be null and not of this data type.
    
    Returns:
    
    object converted to this type, if not possible to convert, the same object passed as parameter