public static function prefixFromType($strType)
    {
        switch ($strType) {
            case Type::ARRAY_TYPE:
                return "obj";
            case Type::BOOLEAN:
                return "bln";
            case Type::DATE_TIME:
                return "dtt";
            case Type::FLOAT:
                return "flt";
            case Type::INTEGER:
                return "int";
            case Type::OBJECT:
                return "obj";
            case Type::STRING:
                return "str";
        }
        // Suppressing the IDE warning about no value being return
        return "";
    }