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package org.apache.trevni;

/** The datatypes that may be stored in a column. */
public enum ValueType {
  NULL, BOOLEAN, INT, LONG, FIXED32, FIXED64, FLOAT, DOUBLE, STRING, BYTES;
  private String name;
  private ValueType() { this.name = this.name().toLowerCase(); }

  /** Return the name of this type. */
  public String getName() { return name; }

  /** Return a type given its name. */
  public static ValueType forName(String name) {
    return valueOf(name.toUpperCase());
  }
 
}
