Interface IDataTypeChecker

Defines a contract for checking the data type of a value. Implementations of IDataTypeChecker are used in [Workspace.XBR.Xperiflow.Etl.Tabular.Utilities.ColumnInference](../Xperiflow.Etl.Tabular.Utilities/ColumnInference.md)

Namespace: Workspace.XBR.Xperiflow.Etl.Tabular.Utilities

Assembly: Xperiflow.dll

Declaration

public interface IDataTypeChecker

Properties

DataTypeName

The DataTypeChecker's data type name

Declaration

Type DataTypeName { get; }

MatchCount

The number of times the data type checker has matched a value

Declaration

int MatchCount { get; set; }

Methods

TryParse(string)

Implements a specific TryParse method for the data type checker

Declaration

bool TryParse(string value)

Returns

System.Boolean

true if the value is of the data type, false otherwise

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	value	The value to check

GetConfidenceLevel(int)

The confidence level of the data type checker, calculated as the MatchCount divided by the total number of samples

Declaration

float GetConfidenceLevel(int totalSamples)

Returns

System.Single

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Int32	totalSamples	The total number of samples