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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/collectiontype.h>
+#include <vespa/vespalib/util/exceptions.h>
+
+namespace search::attribute {
+
+const CollectionType::TypeInfo CollectionType::_typeTable[CollectionType::MAX_TYPE] = {
+    { CollectionType::SINGLE, "single" },
+    { CollectionType::ARRAY,  "array" },
+    { CollectionType::WSET,   "weightedset" }
+};
+
+CollectionType::Type
+CollectionType::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 collection type");
+    return SINGLE;
+}
+
+}