DataType<T> Class

Data type definition

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  CMS.DataEngine.DataType
    CMS.DataEngine.DataType<T>

Namespace: CMS.DataEngine
Assembly: CMS.DataEngine (in CMS.DataEngine.dll) Version: 8.2.23

Syntax

public class DataType<T> : DataType

Type Parameters

T

The DataType<T> type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
Public method	DataType<T>	Constructor

Methods

	Name	Description
Public method	Convert	Converts the value to a proper type (Overrides DataType.Convert(Object, CultureInfo, Object).)
Protected method	FormatValue	Formats the given value (Inherited from DataType.)
Public method	GetDefaultValueCode	Gets the code for the default value of this type in C# code (Inherited from DataType.)
Public method	GetSqlType	Gets the SQL data type representation (Inherited from DataType.)
Public method	GetSqlValue	Gets the SQL value representation for this type (Inherited from DataType.)
Public method	GetString	Gets the string representation of the given value (Inherited from DataType.)

Extension Methods

	Name	Description
Public Extension Method	AsValue	Converts object to a query value which can be used as a query parameter (Defined by QueryExtensions.)
Public Extension Method	GetAPIString	Gets the string by the specified resource key (Defined by CoreExtensions.)
Public Extension Method	GetString	Gets the string by the specified resource key (Defined by CoreExtensions.)
Public Extension Method	ToBoolean	Returns the boolean representation of an object or default value if not. (Defined by CoreExtensions.)
Public Extension Method	ToDateTime	Returns the DateTime representation of an object or default value if not. (Defined by CoreExtensions.)
Public Extension Method	ToDouble	Returns the double representation of an object or default value if not. (Defined by CoreExtensions.)
Public Extension Method	ToGuid	Returns the Guid representation of an object or default value if not. (Defined by CoreExtensions.)
Public Extension Method	ToInteger	Returns the integer representation of an object or default value if not. (Defined by CoreExtensions.)
Public Extension Method	ToString	Returns the string representation of an object or default value if not. (Defined by CoreExtensions.)

Properties

	Name	Description
Public property	AllowEmpty	If true, the data type allows for nulls in the database (Inherited from DataType.)
Public property	CodeValueFormat	Formatting code of the value for this type (Inherited from DataType.)
Protected property	ConversionFunc	Conversion function for this data type
Public property	ConversionMethod	Returns the conversion method (Overrides DataType.ConversionMethod.)
Public property	DbType	Database type (Inherited from DataType.)
Public property	DefaultPrecision	Default precision of the type, if the precision is variable (Inherited from DataType.)
Public property	DefaultSize	Default size of the type, if the size is variable (Inherited from DataType.)
Public property	DefaultValue	Default value for this data type
Public property	DefaultValueCode	Code of the default value for this type (Overrides DataType.DefaultValueCode.)
Public property	FieldType	Field type (Inherited from DataType.)
Public property	GetFormatProvider	Function which gets a format provider for the given culture (Inherited from DataType.)
Public property	Hidden	If true, the data type is hidden (Inherited from DataType.)
Public property	IsDefaultType	If true, the data type is considered default. Types marked as default are replaced only by default types in the type mapping tables. (Inherited from DataType.)
Public property	MaxPrecision	Maximum precision of the type, if the precision is variable (Inherited from DataType.)
Public property	MaxSize	Maximum size of the type, if the size is variable (Inherited from DataType.)
Public property	MaxValueLength	Maximum value length (Inherited from DataType.)
Public property	ObjectDefaultValue	Default value for this data type (Overrides DataType.ObjectDefaultValue.)
Public property	SchemaType	Type representation in the XML schema of the data (Inherited from DataType.)
Public property	SpecialDefaultValues	List of special default values recognized by this type and treated as default value by the code (Inherited from DataType.)
Public property	SqlType	SQL data type representation (Inherited from DataType.)
Public property	SqlValueFormat	SQL value format. Default format is '{0}' to prevent SQL injection (Inherited from DataType.)
Public property	StringFormat	If defined, the given format is used to convert the value of this type to a string value. {0} represents the value. (Inherited from DataType.)
Public property	SupportsTranslation	If true, the data type supports translation of the content (Inherited from DataType.)
Public property	Type	System type (Inherited from DataType.)
Public property	TypeAlias	System type alias (e.g. bool for Boolean, etc.) (Inherited from DataType.)
Public property	TypeGroup	Name of the group that groups together types with similar behavior, such as integer, decimal, string etc. (Inherited from DataType.)
Public property	VariablePrecision	If true, the data type has variable precision (Inherited from DataType.)
Public property	VariableSize	If true, the data type has variable size (Inherited from DataType.)