org.mule.runtime.api.metadata

Interface CollectionDataType

All Superinterfaces:

DataType, Serializable

public interface CollectionDataType
extends DataType

A data type that represents a generified collection.

When checked for compatibility both the collection type and the generic item type will be compared.

Since:

1.0

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.mule.runtime.api.metadata.DataType

ATOM_STRING, BOOLEAN, BYTE_ARRAY, CURSOR_ITERATOR_PROVIDER, CURSOR_STREAM_PROVIDER, HTML_STRING, INPUT_STREAM, ITERATOR, JSON_STRING, MULE_MESSAGE, MULE_MESSAGE_COLLECTION, MULE_MESSAGE_LIST, MULE_MESSAGE_MAP, NUMBER, OBJECT, RSS_STRING, STRING, TEXT_STRING, XML_STRING

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
DataType	getItemDataType() Obtains the DataType of the items in the collection.

Methods inherited from interface org.mule.runtime.api.metadata.DataType

builder, builder, fromFunction, fromObject, fromType, getMediaType, getType, isCompatibleWith, isStreamType

Method Detail

getItemDataType

DataType getItemDataType()

Obtains the DataType of the items in the collection.

Returns:

the DataType of collection items.