Read-only. The data type of an item.

Defined in

Item

Data type

int

Syntax

public int getType()
   throws NotesException

Legal values

• Item.ACTIONCD
• Item.ASSISTANTINFO
• Item.ATTACHMENT (file attachment)
• Item.AUTHORS
• Item.COLLATION
• Item.DATETIMES (date-time or range of date-time values)
• Item.EMBEDDEDOBJECT
• Item.ERRORITEM (error occurred while getting type)
• Item.FORMULA (Domino formula)
• Item.HTML (HTML source text)
• Item.ICON
• Item.LSOBJECT
• Item.MIME_PART
• Item.NAMES
• Item.NOTELINKS (link to a database, view, or document)
• Item.NOTEREFS (reference to the parent document)
• Item.NUMBERS (number or number list)
• Item.OTHEROBJECT
• Item.QUERYCD
• Item.RICHTEXT
• Item.READERS
• Item.SIGNATURE
• Item.TEXT (text or text list)
• Item.UNAVAILABLE
• Item.UNKNOWN
• Item.USERDATA
• Item.USERID
• Item.VIEWMAPDATA
• Item.VIEWMAPLAYOUT

You can also test for Names, Readers, and Authors items with:

• IsNames
• IsReaders
• IsAuthors

Type property in LotusScript NotesItem class

Example
See Also

Accessing item properties in Java classes

Glossary