💼Data Types

Cloneable supports a wide variety of data types which are used by components and objects.

Basic Data Types

The Cloneable Platform supports a large number of basic data types. The following is a table which describes the name, and underlying technical representation

Data type	Description	Underlying type
Text	Standard textual data	string
Number	Standard numerical data with decimal support	Signed floating point number
True/False	True/False	Boolean
Date	Date stored in a standardized format in UTC time	Stored as a string is ISO 8601 UTC format
UUID	unique identifier	uuidv4 string
Array	Holds multiple supported data types	Array of underlying Cloneable data type
Object	Reference to a Cloneable object	The uuid of the live instance of the cloneable object
Status	A selected option from a specific, pre-defined list of options	Stored as a string of the selected option
JSON	Custom JSON schema	Any supported cloneable data type

Advanced Data Types

Additional data types are available that are more complex and hold data within themselves.

Data type	Description
Bounding Box	Represents bounding boxes typically from AI Object Detection YOLOv8 AI Object Detection
Location	Holds location data Location
Depth Map	Holds raw and processed point cloud data typically from an iPhone camera Depth Map
Color	Holds color information Color

Developer Reference

AnyCloneableData is a type unwrapped class that the Cloneable SDK utilizes to pass data types between components. Learn about implementing them in your own built components

AnyCloneableData