= Concepts =
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| Datatype || There are 13 datatypes; 7 primitive and 6 structural 
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| Binding || A class for handling, creating, reading and writing of datatypes in Java classes. Can be typecasted to one of the 13 datatype specific sub-classes.
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| Metadata || A string based key-value library in a datatype. Reserved keys are: unit, length, range, pattern, referable, 
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| Accessor || An interface for reading and writing huge data sets partially. 
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| Adapter || A class that converts values of different datatypes, and of different bindings.
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| Annotations || Attached to Record-like classes to express metadata, and to give specifics to its datatype.
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| [javadoc/org/simantics/databoard/util/Bean.html Bean] || A record class that harnesses databoard functionality by extending Bean-class.
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| Facade || A class that aggregates a set of services provided by the libarary.
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| Reference || A reference to a substructure of datatype or data value. Used with accessors.
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| Event || Content change event. Used with accessors.
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| Interest Set || A subscription to monitor changes in datavalue, or a sub-structure of a datavalue.
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