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ThischapterprovidesdetailedinformationontheAPIdatatypesinLab Manager.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
“PrimitiveXMLDataTypesonpage 19
“Lab ManagerDataTypesonpage 19
AuthenticationHeaderonpage 20
“Configuration”onpage 21
“Machine”onpage 21
Primitive XML Data Types
Lab ManagerSOAPAPIdatatypesarebasedontheprimitiveXMLdatatypesshowninTable 31.These
primitivedatatypesarethebuildingblocksfortheLab ManagerdatatypesusedinmakingLab ManagerAPI
calls.
Lab Manager Data Types
Whenyouwriteyourclientapplication,followthedatatypingrulesdefinedforyourprogramminglanguage
anddevelopmentenvironment.Yourdevelopmenttoolmapsthetypeddatainyourprogramminglanguage
withtheseSOAPdatatypes.
TheLab ManagerdatatypesaredefinedintheLab ManagerWSDLfile.See“LabManagerSOAPAPI
Data
Typesonpage 20formoreinformation.
Lab Manager API Data Types
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Table 3-1. Primitive XML Data Types in the Lab Manager SOAP API
Value Description
xsd:Boolean Alogicalvalue,includingtrue,false,0,and1.
xsd:date Datevalues.
xsd:dateTime Date/timevalues(timestamps).
xsd:double NumericvaluethatcorrespondstotheIEEEdoubleprecision64bitfloatingpointtypedefined
inthestandardIEEE7541985.
xsd:int Numericvaluefrom‐2147483648to2147483647.
xsd:string Anycharacterdata.