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InputAndOutputDataTypes

Accessor inputs and outputs follow a principle called gradual typing. If the XML definition of the input or output includes no type attribute, then any JavaScript type is acceptable. At this extreme, types are only checked at run time. But an accessor may constrain the type of an input or output by including a type field.

The available types are still under discussion, but they will include at least:

• boolean: true or false
• int: an integer number
• number: a JavaScript number (integer or floating point)
• string: a string
• JSON : any data type that has a JSON representation
  • Cape Code Host Inputs and Outputs and JSON
  • Cape Code Host JSON - setting JSON parameters.
  • Output/Sending to Outputs "Note that if the output data type is JSON, then the JavaScript value will be converted to a JSON string before sending."

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