Valid Conversions Between Types in Wrappers and VDP Types¶

This section describes compatibility mappings between the Java types exported by the wrappers and the data types used by Virtual DataPort in the base relations and views (see section Data Types). When assigning wrappers to base relations it is important to bear these compatibility rules in mind to ensure that the defined schemas for the wrappers and base relations are compatible.

The following table shows mappings of the more common types. These are also the mappings applied automatically by the Virtual DataPort Administration Tool (see Administration Guide).

Any other java data type not specified in this table will be associated by default to the VDP data type text.

Other possible mappings exist between Java types and Virtual DataPort types that can be specified but that are not applied automatically. These can be seen in the following table.

Likewise, wrappers can provide compound elements such as arrays and registers that are directly associated with VDP arrays and registers.