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+package org.gcube.informationsystem.types;
+
+import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.properties.Property;
+import org.gcube.informationsystem.utils.TypeVersion;
+
+/**
+ * @author Luca Frosini (ISTI - CNR)
+ */
+public enum BasePropertyType {
+
+	BOOLEAN("Boolean"),
+	
+	INTEGER("Integer"),
+	
+	SHORT("Short"),
+	
+	LONG("Long"),
+	
+	FLOAT("Float"),
+	
+	DOUBLE("Double"),
+	
+	DATETIME("Datetime"),
+	
+	STRING("String"),
+	
+	BINARY("Binary"),
+	
+	PROPERTY("Property"),
+	
+	PROPERTYLIST("PropertyList"),
+	
+	PROPERTYSET("PropertySet"),
+	
+	PROPERTYMAP("PropertyMap"),
+	
+	BYTE("Byte");
+	
+	private String stringValue;
+
+	BasePropertyType(String stringValue) {
+		this.stringValue = stringValue;
+	}
+	
+	public String getStringValue() {
+		return stringValue;
+	}
+	
+	
+	protected static final Map<Class<?>,BasePropertyType> BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS;
+	
+	static {
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS = new HashMap<>();
+		
+		// This is made by hand because not all types should be add.
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(Boolean.TYPE, BasePropertyType.BOOLEAN);
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(Boolean.class, BasePropertyType.BOOLEAN);
+		
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(Integer.TYPE, BasePropertyType.INTEGER);
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(Integer.class, BasePropertyType.INTEGER);
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(BigInteger.class, BasePropertyType.INTEGER);
+		
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(Short.TYPE, BasePropertyType.SHORT);
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(Short.class, BasePropertyType.SHORT);
+		
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(Long.TYPE, BasePropertyType.LONG);
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(Long.class, BasePropertyType.LONG);
+		
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(Float.TYPE, BasePropertyType.FLOAT);
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(Float.class, BasePropertyType.FLOAT);
+		
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(Double.TYPE, BasePropertyType.DOUBLE);
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(Double.class, BasePropertyType.DOUBLE);
+		
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(Date.class, BasePropertyType.DATETIME);
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(Calendar.class, BasePropertyType.DATETIME);
+		
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(String.class, BasePropertyType.STRING);
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(Character.TYPE, BasePropertyType.STRING);
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(Character.class, BasePropertyType.STRING);
+		
+		
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(Property.class, BasePropertyType.PROPERTY);
+		
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(List.class, BasePropertyType.PROPERTYLIST);
+		
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(Set.class, BasePropertyType.PROPERTYSET);
+		
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(Map.class, BasePropertyType.PROPERTYMAP);
+		
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(Byte.TYPE, BasePropertyType.BYTE);
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(Byte.class, BasePropertyType.BYTE);
+		
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(byte[].class, BasePropertyType.BINARY);
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(Byte[].class, BasePropertyType.BINARY);
+		
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(Enum.class, BasePropertyType.STRING);
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(URI.class, BasePropertyType.STRING);
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(URL.class, BasePropertyType.STRING);
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(UUID.class, BasePropertyType.STRING);
+		BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.put(TypeVersion.class, BasePropertyType.STRING);
+		
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Return the correspondent type by checking the "assignability" of the 
+	 * class received as parameter.
+	 * 
+	 * @param clazz Class to check
+	 * @return BasePropertyType instance if found, otherwise null
+	 */
+	public static BasePropertyType getBasePropertyTypeByClass(final Class<?> clazz) {
+		if(clazz == null) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		
+		BasePropertyType type = BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.get(clazz);
+		
+		if(type == null && Enum.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz)) {
+			type = BASE_PROPERTY_TYPES_BY_CLASS.get(Enum.class);
+		}
+		
+		return type;
+	}
+}