private static boolean dbrTypeMatch(DBRType aType, DBRType anotherType) {
if (aType.getClass() == null && anotherType.getClass() != null) {
return false;
}
if (aType.getClass() != null && anotherType.getClass() == null) {
return false;
}
return aType.isBYTE() && anotherType.isBYTE()
|| aType.isDOUBLE() && anotherType.isDOUBLE()
|| aType.isENUM() && anotherType.isENUM()
|| aType.isFLOAT() && anotherType.isFLOAT()
|| aType.isINT() && anotherType.isINT()
|| aType.isSHORT() && anotherType.isSHORT()
|| aType.isSTRING() && anotherType.isSTRING();
}
/** @return TIME_... type for this channel. */
public static DBRType getTimeType(final boolean plain, final DBRType type) {
if (type.isDOUBLE()) return plain ? DBRType.DOUBLE : DBRType.TIME_DOUBLE;
else if (type.isFLOAT()) return plain ? DBRType.FLOAT : DBRType.TIME_FLOAT;
else if (type.isINT()) return plain ? DBRType.INT : DBRType.TIME_INT;
else if (type.isSHORT()) return plain ? DBRType.SHORT : DBRType.TIME_SHORT;
else if (type.isENUM()) return plain ? DBRType.SHORT : DBRType.TIME_ENUM;
else if (type.isBYTE()) return plain ? DBRType.BYTE : DBRType.TIME_BYTE;
// default: get as string
return plain ? DBRType.STRING : DBRType.TIME_STRING;
}