public static String getVariableType(String type) throws IOException {
        if (getVariableTypes() != null) {
            String newType = getVariableTypes().get(type);
            if (newType != null)
                return newType;
        }
        return type;
    }
public static String getVariableType ( String type ) throws IOException { if ( getVariableTypes ( ) != null ) { String newType = getVariableTypes ( ) . get ( type ) ; if ( newType != null ) return newType ; } return type ; }
If the type argument needs to be mapped to a new variable type class,
returns the new class name; otherwise returns the unmodified argument.