public static short toType(String strType) throws RegistryException {
  if (strType.equals(REGDWORD_TOKEN))   return RegistryEntry.TYPE_DWORD;
 else   if (strType.equals(REGSTR_TOKEN))   return RegistryEntry.TYPE_STRING;
 else   if (strType.equals(REGKEY_TOKEN))   return RegistryEntry.TYPE_KEY;
  throw new RegistryException(strType + " is not a valid Registry Type");
}

public static short toType ( String strType ) throws RegistryException { if ( strType . equals ( REGDWORD_TOKEN ) ) return RegistryEntry . TYPE_DWORD ; else if ( strType . equals ( REGSTR_TOKEN ) ) return RegistryEntry . TYPE_STRING ; else if ( strType . equals ( REGKEY_TOKEN ) ) return RegistryEntry . TYPE_KEY ; throw new RegistryException ( strType + " is not a valid Registry Type" ) ; }
cast a string type to a short type
