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StreamBase Client API
DataType Methods

The DataType type exposes the following methods.

# Methods

Public Protected | Instance Static | Declared Inherited | XNA Framework Only .NET Compact Framework Only |

| Member | Description
--- | --- | ---
| AllTypes()()()() | Return a ReadOnlyCollection of all the DataTypes that StreamBase supports.
| Equals(Object) | Returns true if this DataType is of the given type. (Overrides Object..::..Equals(Object).)
| ForName(String) | Return a DataType object corresponding to the given name.
| ForType(Object) | Return the appropriate DataType for the type of the given object. Will return null if can't determine the appropriate type.
| ForType(Type) | Return the appropriate DataType for the given type. Will return null if can't determine the appropriate type.
| GetHashCode()()()() | Hash function for this type. (Overrides Object..::..GetHashCode()()()().)
| GetName()()()() | Return a string representation of the data type.
| GetSize()()()() | Get the size in bytes of this DataType.
| GetSQLName()()()() | Return the StreamSQL name of this DataType.
| GetType()()()() | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
| IsSimpleType(DataType) | Return true if the given type is a simple type (i.e. not a List or Tuple type).
| IsValueType(DataType) | True if this type is represented by a .NET value type (bool, int, long, double, string)
| IsVariableSize()()()() | Return true if this type is variable-length (e.g., STRING).
| ToString()()()() | Return a string representation of the data type. (Overrides Object..::..ToString()()()().)

# See Also

DataType Class
StreamBase.SB Namespace