Returns the type of this kvstore.

        Returns
        -------
        type : str
            the string type

def type(self):
        """ Returns the type of this kvstore.

        Returns
        -------
        type : str
            the string type
        """
        kv_type = ctypes.c_char_p()
        check_call(_LIB.MXKVStoreGetType(self.handle, ctypes.byref(kv_type)))
        return py_str(kv_type.value)