Type coercion
- Topics:
- Workfront Fusion
Access requirements
Expand to view access requirements for the functionality in this article.
You must have the following access to use the functionality in this article:
| Adobe Workfront plan* | Pro or higher |
| Adobe Workfront license* | Plan, Work |
| Adobe Workfront Fusion license** |
Current license requirement: No Workfront Fusion license requirement. Or Legacy license requirement: Workfront Fusion for Work Automation and Integration |
| Product |
Current product requirement: If you have the Select or Prime Adobe Workfront plan, your organization must purchase Adobe Workfront Fusion as well as Adobe Workfront to use functionality described in this article. Workfront Fusion is included in the Ultimate Workfront plan. Or Legacy product requirement: Your organization must purchase Adobe Workfront Fusion as well as Adobe Workfront to use functionality described in this article. |
To find out what plan, license type, or access you have, contact your Workfront administrator.
For information about Adobe Workfront Fusion licenses, see Adobe Workfront Fusion licenses.
Type coercion
This document describes how Adobe Workfront Fusion behaves in situations when it receives values in expected and unexpected data formats.
| Expected | Received | Description |
|---|---|---|
| array | array | The value is handed over unchanged. |
| array | other | If the received value is not of the array type, Workfront Fusion will create an array and the first (and the only) element will be the received value. |
| boolean | boolean | The value is handed over unchanged. |
| boolean | number | The value is converted to logical Yes, even if the value is 0. |
| boolean | text | If the value is equal to false or the value is empty, it is converted to logical No. If not, it is converted to logical Yes. |
| boolean | other | The value is converted to logical Yes whenever the received value exists (is not null). |
| buffer | buffer | The value is handed over unchanged only if the codepage is as expected. If the codepage differs, Workfront Fusion will try to convert the received value to the requested codepage. If this conversion is not supported, Workfront Fusion will return a validation error. |
| buffer | boolean | The value is converted to text (true/false) and then to binary data following the steps mentioned above for converting to text. |
| buffer | date | The value is converted to ISO 8601 text and then to binary data following the steps mentioned for converting to text. |
| buffer | number | The value is converted to text and then to binary data following the steps mentioned above for converting to text. |
| buffer | text | The value is converted to binary data and encoded as expected. If the expected encoding is not specified, utf8 encoding will be used. |
| buffer | other | Workfront Fusion returns a validation error. |
| collection | collection | The value is handed over unchanged. |
| collection | other | Workfront Fusion returns a validation error. |
| date | date | The value is handed over unchanged. |
| date | text |
Workfront Fusion will try to convert the text to a date. If the conversion fails, it will return a validation error. Date must contain day, month and year. Date may contain time and time zone. Default time zone is based on your settings. Examples:
|
| date | other | Workfront Fusion returns a validation error. |
| number | number | The value is handed over unchanged. |
| number | text | Workfront Fusion will try to convert the text to a number. If the conversion fails, it will return a validation error. |
| number | other | Workfront Fusion returns a validation error. |
| text | text | The value is handed over unchanged. |
| text | array | If the given array supports conversion to text, the value will be converted. If not, Workfront Fusion will return a validation error. |
| text | boolean | The value is converted to text (true/false). |
| text | buffer | If text encoding is specified for binary data, the value will be converted to text. If not, Workfront Fusion will return a validation error. |
| text | date | The value is converted to ISO 8601 text. |
| text | number | The value is converted to text. |
| text | other | Workfront Fusion returns a validation error. |
| time | time | The value is handed over unchanged. |
| time | text | Workfront Fusion will try to convert time to the hours:minutes:seconds format. If the conversion fails, it will return a validation error. |
| time | other | Workfront Fusion returns a validation error. |