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The base type interface which encapsulates a set of data held by a component with Moodle.

Copyright: 2018 Zig Tan <zig@moodle.com>
License: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
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Defines 1 class

type:: (3 methods):
  get_name()
  get_privacy_fields()
  get_summary()


Interface: type  - X-Ref

The base type interface which all metadata types must implement.

get_name()   X-Ref
Get the name describing this type.

return: string

get_privacy_fields()   X-Ref
A list of the fields and their usage description.

return: array

get_summary()   X-Ref
A summary of what the metalink type is used for.

return: string $summary