/// <summary>
/// Gets the data type for an associated type name.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="typeName">A type name.</param>
/// <returns>A data type definition.</returns>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException"><paramref name="typeName"/> is <c>null</c>.</exception>
protected static DataType GetDataType(Identifier typeName)
{
if (typeName == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(typeName));
}
return(StringToDataTypeMap.ContainsKey(typeName)
? StringToDataTypeMap[typeName]
: DataType.Unknown);
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the type of the data.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="typeName">Name of the type.</param>
/// <returns>A general data type class.</returns>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException"><paramref name="typeName"/> is <c>null</c>, empty or whitespace.</exception>
protected static DataType GetDataType(string typeName)
{
if (typeName.IsNullOrWhiteSpace())
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(typeName));
}
return(StringToDataTypeMap.ContainsKey(typeName)
? StringToDataTypeMap[typeName]
: DataType.Unknown);
}