Azavea.Open.DAO.ClassMapping.ParseColumnType C# (CSharp) Method

ParseColumnType() private static method

private static ParseColumnType ( string input ) : Type
input string
return System.Type
        private static Type ParseColumnType(string input)
        {
            // For speed, put the most common types at the top.
            if (input == null)
            {
                return null;
            }
            string lowerInput = input.ToLower();
            if (lowerInput.Equals("string"))
            {
                return typeof (string);
            }
            if (lowerInput.Equals("int") || lowerInput.Equals("integer") || lowerInput.Equals("int32"))
            {
                return typeof (int);
            }
            if (lowerInput.Equals("long") || lowerInput.Equals("int64"))
            {
                return typeof (long);
            }
            if (lowerInput.Equals("double"))
            {
                return typeof (double);
            }
            if (lowerInput.Equals("date") || lowerInput.Equals("datetime"))
            {
                return typeof (DateTime);
            }
            if (lowerInput.Equals("bool") || lowerInput.Equals("boolean"))
            {
                return typeof (bool);
            }
            if (lowerInput.Equals("short") || lowerInput.Equals("int16"))
            {
                return typeof (short);
            }
            if (lowerInput.Equals("byte"))
            {
                return typeof (byte);
            }
            if (lowerInput.Equals("char"))
            {
                return typeof (char);
            }
            if (lowerInput.Equals("float"))
            {
                return typeof (float);
            }
            if (lowerInput.Equals("bytearray"))
            {
                return typeof (byte[]);
            }
            if (lowerInput.Equals("int?") || lowerInput.Equals("integer?") || lowerInput.Equals("int32?"))
            {
                return typeof(int?);
            }
            if (lowerInput.Equals("long?") || lowerInput.Equals("int64?"))
            {
                return typeof(long?);
            }
            if (lowerInput.Equals("double?"))
            {
                return typeof(double?);
            }
            if (lowerInput.Equals("date?") || lowerInput.Equals("datetime?"))
            {
                return typeof(DateTime?);
            }
            if (lowerInput.Equals("bool?") || lowerInput.Equals("boolean?"))
            {
                return typeof(bool?);
            }
            if (lowerInput.Equals("short?") || lowerInput.Equals("int16?"))
            {
                return typeof(short?);
            }
            if (lowerInput.Equals("byte?"))
            {
                return typeof(byte?);
            }
            if (lowerInput.Equals("char?"))
            {
                return typeof(char?);
            }
            if (lowerInput.Equals("float?"))
            {
                return typeof(float?);
            }
            Type colType = Type.GetType(input, false);
            if (colType != null)
            {
                return colType;
            }
            throw new BadDaoConfigurationException("Type " + input + " does not parse either as a primitive or as a valid class type.");
        }