DataType (Automatiko Engine :: API :: Public API 0.1.0 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Externalizable, Serializable
```
public interface DataType
extends Externalizable
```
Abstract representation of a datatype.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Class<?>`	`getClassType()`
`String`	`getStringType()`	Returns the corresponding Java type of this datatype
`Object`	`readValue(String value)`
`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
  - getClassType
```
Class<?> getClassType()
```