[This is preliminary documentation and is subject to change.]
The abstract and base definition for a specific data type supported by SIF. DataTypes are
immutable and can be converted to and from datatypes supported by the SIF Specication in any
version of SIF
Declaration Syntax| C# | Visual Basic | Visual C++ |
[SerializableAttribute] public abstract class SifSimpleType
<SerializableAttribute> _ Public MustInherit Class SifSimpleType
[SerializableAttribute] public ref class SifSimpleType abstract
Members| All Members | Methods | Properties | |||
| Icon | Member | Description |
|---|---|---|
 | CreateField(SifElement, IElementDef) |
Create a SimpleField from the value that this type represents
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 | DataType |
The SIF data type of this field from the SifDataType enum
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| DbType |
The data type of this field from the DbType enum
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| DoNotEncode |
Returns whether or not this data type may need XML encoding applied to it
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| RawValue |
Gets the native .Net value of this SIF data type
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| ToString(SifFormatter) |
Returns the string representation of this data field, using the specified formatter
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| ToString(SifVersion) |
Returns a string representation of the value, formatted for the specified version of SIF
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| ToString()() |
Returns the text representation of this value in 1.x format by default.
(Overrides Object.ToString()().) |
| TypeConverter |
Gets the TypeConverter used for this SIF data type
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Inheritance Hierarchy| Object | ||
 | SifSimpleType | |
| AdkDataType<(Of <T>)> | |