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====== Appendix A: correspondence of attribute types and Java types ======

The following table lists the mapping between the //**AwareIM**// attribute types and the Java types used in certain methods such as [[ref:p_m:getattributevalue|getAttributeValue]] and ''[[ref:p_m:setattributevalue|setAttributeValue]]'' of the IObject interface.

^Attribute Type^Java Type^
|Plain Text|String|
|Number|Long or Double depending on the format of the Number|
|Date|''org.openadaptor.util.DateHolder''|
|Timestamp|''org.openadaptor.util.DateTimeHolder''|
|Duration|''com.bas.utils.Duration''|
|Yes/No|Boolean|
|Document or Picture|''org.openadaptor.dataobjects.DataObject'' with the following sub-attributes:\\    ''DOCDATA'' (Binary)\\    ''DOCTYPE'' (Plain Text)|
|Binary|byte []|