public String getParamType() {
		int firstColon = myValue.indexOf(':');
		if (firstColon == -1 || firstColon == myValue.length() - 1) {
			return null;
		}
		return myValue.substring(0, firstColon);
	}
public String getParamType ( ) { int firstColon = myValue . indexOf ( ':' ) ; if ( firstColon == - 1 || firstColon == myValue . length ( ) - 1 ) { return null ; } return myValue . substring ( 0 , firstColon ) ; }
Returns the portion of the value before the first colon