Function fieldInfoToRblpapiT

src/blpapi_utils.cpp:272–314

map to RblpapiT using datatype and ftype both are needed b/c datatype does not distinguish between date and datetime

// map to RblpapiT using datatype and ftype
// both are needed b/c datatype does not distinguish between date and datetime
RblpapiT fieldInfoToRblpapiT(const std::string& datatype, const std::string& ftype) {
  auto iter = stringToDatatypeT.find(datatype);
  if(iter == stringToDatatypeT.end()) {
    std::ostringstream err;
    err << "datatype not found: " << datatype;
    // No throw, try to be graceful
  }

  switch(iter->second) {
  case DatatypeT::Bool:
    return RblpapiT::Logical;
    break;
  case DatatypeT::String:
    return RblpapiT::String;
    break;
  case DatatypeT::Int32:
    return RblpapiT::Integer;
    break;
  case DatatypeT::Int64:
    return RblpapiT::Integer64;
    break;
  case DatatypeT::Double:
    return RblpapiT::Double;
    break;
  case DatatypeT::Float:
    return RblpapiT::Float;
    break;
  case DatatypeT::Datetime:
    if(ftype=="Date") {
      return RblpapiT::Date;
    } else {
      // ftype in ("Time","DateOrTime")
      return RblpapiT::String;
    }
    break;
  default:
    // just try to return it as a string
    return RblpapiT::String;
    break;
  }
  // never gets here
  return RblpapiT::String;
}

SEXP allocateDataFrameColumn(RblpapiT rblpapitype, const size_t n) {
    SEXP ans;