Data Types

The following data types are natively supported by Dozer.

Primitive Types

Numeric Types (NUMERIC)

Any numeric type, referred as NUMERIC in the rest of the documentation

Type	Descritpion	Example
UINT	Unsigned 64-bit integer	-1
INT	Signed 64-bit integer	1
FLOAT	64-bit floating point number	2.567
DECIMAL	A Decimal number implementation suitable for financial calculations that require significant integral and fractional digits with no round-off errors.	DECIMAL(10.90001)

Textual Types (TEXTUAL)

Any textual type, referred as TEXTUAL in the rest of the documentation

Type	Descritpion	Example
STRING	Varibale length string	'value1'
TEXT	Variable length string. TEXT should be used for full-text indexable content.	TEXT('The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog')

Date / Time Types (DATE/TIME)

Any date and time related type, referred as DATE/TIME in the rest of the documentation

Type	Descritpion	Example
TIMESTAMP	A date time with supports for timezones, represented using RFC3339 format	TIMESTAMP('2016-09-01T10:11:12.123456-0500')
DATE	A simple date, respresented using RFC3339 format	DATE('2016-09-01')

Other

Type	Descritpion	Example
BINARY	A variable-length generic byte buffer	BINARY('0xAC01CCAF5612')
JSON	A JSON object	JSON('{"first_name": "John", age: 32}')
POINT	A struct of coordinates	POINT(1.58, 29.06)