The following table lists the mapping between the Aware IM attribute types and the Java types used in certain methods such as getAttributeValue and 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 [] |