You can use all the standard Java data types in RowFixture and ColumnFixture. These types are automatically translated in and out of cell contents for you. They include:

• String
• A trimmed string. You can use the keyword null or blank to mean a true java null, or an empty string respectively
• byte or Byte
• short or Short
• int or Integer
• long or Long
• float or Float
• double or Double
• char or Character
• boolean or Boolean
• Will interpret true, yes, y, +, 1 to be true.
• All else will be false.
• Array
• Any comma separated list of items will be converted into an array.
• Click here to see the acceptance test for this.

Managing your own types with Fit.

Any user defined type that implements toString and parse will be managed correctly by RowFixture and ColumnFixture. The signatures of these methods are:

String toString();
Object parse(String s);