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+// Copyright Yahoo. Licensed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license. See LICENSE in the project root.
+
+#include <vespa/searchcommon/attribute/basictype.h>
+#include <vespa/vespalib/util/exceptions.h>
+
+namespace search::attribute {
+
+const BasicType::TypeInfo BasicType::_typeTable[BasicType::MAX_TYPE] = {
+    { BasicType::NONE,      0,                "none" },
+    { BasicType::STRING,    0,                "string" },
+    { BasicType::BOOL,      sizeof(int8_t),   "bool" },
+    { BasicType::UINT2,     sizeof(int8_t),   "uint2" },
+    { BasicType::UINT4,     sizeof(int8_t),   "uint4" },
+    { BasicType::INT8,      sizeof(int8_t),   "int8" },
+    { BasicType::INT16,     sizeof(int16_t),  "int16" },
+    { BasicType::INT32,     sizeof(int32_t),  "int32" },
+    { BasicType::INT64,     sizeof(int64_t),  "int64" },
+    { BasicType::FLOAT,     sizeof(float),    "float" },
+    { BasicType::DOUBLE,    sizeof(double),   "double" },
+    { BasicType::PREDICATE, 0,                "predicate" },
+    { BasicType::TENSOR,    0,                "tensor" },
+    { BasicType::REFERENCE, 12,               "reference" }
+};
+
+BasicType::Type
+BasicType::asType(const vespalib::string &t)
+{
+    for (size_t i(0); i < sizeof(_typeTable)/sizeof(_typeTable[0]); i++) {
+        if (t == _typeTable[i]._name) {
+            return _typeTable[i]._type;
+        }
+    }
+    throw vespalib::IllegalStateException(t + " not recognized as valid attribute data type");
+    return NONE;
+}
+
+}