Content types
Use content type to define the format of data such as XML or JSON, handled by a flow service during input, output, or processing.
The following table identifies the content types that you can apply to String or String list variables. Each of these content types corresponds to a built-in simple type defined in the specification XML schema Part 2: Datatypes.
| Content types | Description |
|---|---|
| anyURI | A Uniform Resource Identifier Reference. The value of anyURI is either
absolute or relative. Constraining Facets enumeration, length, maxLength,
minLength, pattern. Note: The anyURI type indicates that the variable value plays the role of a URI
and is defined like a URI. URI references are not validated because it is impractical for
applications to check the validity of a URI reference.
|
| base64Binary | Base64-encoded binary data. Constraining Facets enumeration, length, maxLength, minLength, pattern |
| Boolean | True or false. Constraining Facets pattern Example
true, 1, false, 0 |
| byte | A whole number whose value is greater than or equal to –128 but less than or
equal to 127. Constraining Facets enumeration, fractionDigits, maxExclusive,
maxInclusive, minExclusive, minInclusive, pattern, totalDigits Example -128, -26, 0, 15, 125
|
| date | A calendar dated from the Gregorian calendar. Values need to match the
pattern CCYY-MM-DD. Where CC represents the century,
YY the year, MM the month, DD the day. The
pattern can include a Z at the end to indicate Coordinated Universal Time or to
indicate the difference between the time zone and Coordinated Universal Time. Constraining
Facets enumeration, maxExclusive, maxInclusive, minExclusive, minInclusive, pattern
Example 1997-08-09 (9 August 1997) |
| dateTime | A specific instant of time (a date and time of day). Values need to match the
following pattern: CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sss Where CC represents the
century, YY the year, MM the month, DD the day, T
the date and time separator, hh the hour, mm the minutes, and ss the seconds. The pattern can
include a Z at the end to indicate Coordinated Universal Time or to indicate the difference between
the time zone and Coordinated Universal Time. Constraining Facets enumeration,
maxExclusive, maxInclusive, minExclusive, minInclusive, pattern Example
2000-06-29T17:30:00-05:00 represents 5:30 PM Eastern Standard time on June 29,
2000. (Eastern Standard Time is 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time.) |
| decimal | A number with an optional decimal point. Constraining
Facets enumeration, fractionDigits, maxExclusive, maxInclusive, minExclusive,
minInclusive, pattern, totalDigits Example 8.01, 290, -47.24 |
| double | Double-precision 64-bit floating point type. Constraining
Facets enumeration, maxExclusive, maxInclusive, minExclusive, minInclusive, pattern
Example 6.02E23, 3.14, -26, 1.25e-2 |
| duration | A length of time. This format PnYnMnDTnHnMnS is used to
represent a period. Each letter stands for a time unit:
To show a negative duration, add a minus sign (–) at the beginning. Constraining Facets enumeration, maxExclusive, maxInclusive, minExclusive, minInclusive, pattern ExampleP2Y10M20DT5H50M represents a duration of 2 years, 10
months, 20 days, 5 hours, and 50 minutes |
| ENTITIES | Sequence of White space-separated ENTITY values declared in the DTD. Represents the ENTITIES attribute type from the XML 1.0 Recommendation. Constraining Facets enumeration, length, maxLength, minLength |
| ENTITY | Name associated with an unparsed entity of the DTD. Represents the ENTITY attribute type from the XML 1.0 Recommendation. Constraining Facets enumeration, length, maxLength, minLength, pattern, white space |
| float | A number with a fractional part. Constraining Facets
enumeration, maxExclusive, maxInclusive, minExclusive, minInclusive, pattern Example 8.01,
25, 6.02E23, -5.5 |
| gDay | A specific day that recurs every month. Values must match the pattern:
DD , where DD represents the day. The pattern can include a Z at
the end to indicate Coordinated Universal Time or to indicate the difference between the time zone
and Coordinated Universal Time. Constraining Facets enumeration, maxExclusive,
maxInclusive, minExclusive, minInclusive, pattern Example 24 indicates the 24th day
of each month |
| gMonth | A Gregorian month that occurs every year. Values must match the pattern:
MM. Where MM represents the month. The pattern can include a Z at
the end to indicate Coordinated Universal Time or to indicate the difference between the time zone
and Coordinated Universal Time. Constraining Facets enumeration, maxExclusive,
maxInclusive, minExclusive, minInclusive, pattern Example 11 represents
November |
| gMonthDay | A specific day and month that recurs every year in the Gregorian calendar.
Values must match the pattern, MM-DD Where MM represents the
month, and DD represents the day. The pattern can include a Z at
the end to indicate Coordinated Universal Time or to indicate the difference between the time zone
and Coordinated Universal Time. Constraining Facets enumeration, maxExclusive,
maxInclusive, minExclusive, minInclusive, pattern Example --09-24 represents 24
September |
| gYear | A specific year in the Gregorian calendar. Values must match the pattern: CCYY
Where CC represents the century, and YY the year. The pattern can include a Z at the end to indicate
Coordinated Universal Time or to indicate the difference between the time zone and Coordinated
Universal Time. Constraining Facets enumeration, maxExclusive, maxInclusive,
minExclusive, minInclusive, pattern Example 2001 indicates the year 2001. |
| gYearMonth | A specific month and year in the Gregorian calendar. Values must match the
pattern, CCYY-MM Where CC represents the century,
YY the year, and MM the month. The pattern can include a Z at the
end to indicate Coordinated Universal Time or to indicate the difference between the time zone and
Coordinated Universal Time Constraining Facets enumeration, maxExclusive,
maxInclusive, minExclusive, minInclusive, pattern Example 2001-04 indicates April
2001. |
| hexBinary | Hex-encoded binary data. Constraining Facets enumeration, length, maxLength, minLength, pattern |
| ID | A name that uniquely identifies an individual element in an instance document. The value for ID needs to be a valid XML name. The ID data type represents the ID attribute type from the XML 1.0 Recommendation. Constraining Facets enumeration, length, maxLength, minLength, pattern, white space |
| IDREF | A reference to an element with a unique ID. The value of IDREF is the same as the ID value. The IDREF data type represents the IDREF attribute type from the XML 1.0 Recommendation. Constraining Facets enumeration, length, maxLength, minLength, pattern, white space |
| IDREFS | Sequence of white space separated IDREFs used in an XML document. The IDREFS data type represents the IDREFS attribute type from the XML 1.0 Recommendation. Constraining Facets enumeration, length, maxLength, minLength |
| int | A whole number with a value greater than or equal to -2147483647 but less than
or equal to 2147483647. Constraining Facets enumeration, fractionDigits,
maxExclusive, maxInclusive, minExclusive, minInclusive, pattern, totalDigits Example
-21474836, -55500, 0, 33123, 4271974 |
| integer | A positive or negative whole number. Constraining Facets
enumeration, fractionDigits, maxExclusive, maxInclusive, minExclusive, minInclusive, pattern,
totalDigits Example -2500, -5, 0, 15, 365 |
| language | Language identifiers used to indicate the language in which the content is written. Natural language identifiers are defined in IETF RFC 1766. Constraining Facets enumeration, length, maxLength, minLength, pattern, white space |
| long | A whole number with a value greater than or equal to -9223372036854775808 but
less than or equal to 9223372036854775807. Constraining Facets enumeration,
fractionDigits, maxExclusive, maxInclusive, minExclusive, minInclusive, pattern, totalDigits Example
-55600, -23, 0, 256, 3211569432 |
| Name | XML names that match the Name production of XML 1.0 (Second Edition). Constraining Facets enumeration, length, maxLength, minLength, pattern, white space |
| NCName | Noncolonized XML names. Set of all strings that match the NCName production of namespaces in XML. Constraining Facets enumeration, length, maxLength, minLength, pattern, white space |
| negativeInteger | An integer with a value less than or equal to –1. Constraining
Facets enumeration, fractionDigits, maxExclusive, maxInclusive, minExclusive,
minInclusive, pattern, totalDigits Example -255556, -354, -3, -1 |
| NMTOKEN | Any mixture of name characters. Represents the NMTOKEN attribute type from the XML 1.0 Recommendation. Constraining Facets enumeration, length, maxLength, minLength, pattern, white space |
| NMTOKENS | Sequences of NMTOKENS. Represents the NMTOKENS attribute type from the XML 1.0 Recommendation. Constraining Facets enumeration, length, maxLength, minLength |
| nonNegativeInteger | An integer with a value greater than or equal to 0. Constraining
Facets enumeration, fractionDigits, maxExclusive, maxInclusive, minExclusive,
minInclusive, pattern, totalDigits Example 0, 15, 32123 |
| nonPositiveInteger | An integer with a value less than or equal to 0. Constraining
Facets enumeration, fractionDigits, maxExclusive, maxInclusive, minExclusive,
minInclusive, pattern, totalDigits, white space Example -256453, -357, -1, 0
|
| normalizedString | Represents white space normalized strings. Set of strings (sequence of UCS
characters) that do not contain the carriage return (#xD), line feed (#xA), or tab (#x9) characters.
Constraining Facets enumeration, length, maxLength, minLength, pattern, white
space Example MAB-0907 |
| positiveInteger | An integer with a value greater than or equal to 1. Constraining
Facets enumeration, fractionDigits, maxExclusive, maxInclusive, minExclusive,
minInclusive, pattern, totalDigits Example 1, 1500, 23000 |
| short | A whole number with a value greater than or equal to -32768 but less than or
equal to 32767. Constraining Facets enumeration, fractionDigits, maxExclusive,
maxInclusive, minExclusive, minInclusive, pattern, totalDigits Example -32000, -543, 0, 456,
3265 |
| string | Character strings in XML. A sequence of UCS characters (ISO 10646 and
Unicode). By default, all white space is preserved for variables with a string content constraint.
Constraining Facets enumeration, length, maxLength, minLength, pattern, white
space Example MAB-0907 |
| time | An instant of time that occurs every day. Values must match the pattern.
hh:mm:ss.sss Where hh indicates the hour, mm the minutes, and ss the seconds. The
pattern can include a Z at the end to indicate Coordinated Universal Time or to indicate the
difference between the time zone and Coordinated Universal Time. Constraining
Facets enumeration, maxExclusive, maxInclusive, minExclusive, minInclusive, pattern
Example 18:10:00-05:00 (6:10 PM, Eastern Standard Time) Eastern Standard Time is 5
hours behind Coordinated Universal Time. |
| token | Represents tokenized strings. Set of strings that do not contain the carriage return (#xD), line feed (#xA), or tab (#x9) characters, leading or trailing spaces (#x20), or sequences of two or more spaces. Constraining Facets enumeration, length, maxLength, minLength, pattern, white space |
| unsignedByte | A whole number greater than or equal to 0, but less than or equal to 255.
Constraining Facets enumeration, fractionDigits, maxExclusive, maxInclusive,
minExclusive, minInclusive, pattern, totalDigits Example 0, 112, 200 |
| unsignedInt | A whole number greater than or equal to 0, but less than or equal to
4294967295. Constraining Facets enumeration, fractionDigits, maxExclusive,
maxInclusive, minExclusive, minInclusive, pattern, totalDigits Example 0, 22335,
123223333 |
| unsignedLong | A whole number greater than or equal to 0, but less than or equal to
18446744073709551615. Constraining Facets enumeration,
fractionDigits, maxExclusive, maxInclusive, minExclusive, minInclusive, pattern, totalDigits Example
0, 2001, 3363124
|
| unsignedShort | A whole number greater than or equal to 0, but less than or equal to 65535.
Constraining Facets enumeration, fractionDigits, maxExclusive, maxInclusive,
minExclusive, minInclusive, pattern, totalDigits Example 0, 1000, 65000 |