public static MetadataType getType(String name) {
    """
	Return a MetadataType that matches the given name by either matching
	a known type (ignoring case) or creating an unknown type.
	
	@param name name of the desired MetadataType
	@return the named MetadataType or null if given name is null.
    """
    if (name == null) return null;
    MetadataType type = findType( name );
    return type != null ? type : new MetadataType( name, false );
  }
public static MetadataType getType(String name) {
    if (name == null) return null;
    MetadataType type = findType( name );
    return type != null ? type : new MetadataType( name, false );
  }
public static MetadataType getType ( String name ) { if ( name == null ) return null ; MetadataType type = findType ( name ) ; return type != null ? type : new MetadataType ( name , false ) ; }
Return a MetadataType that matches the given name by either matching
a known type (ignoring case) or creating an unknown type.

@param name name of the desired MetadataType
@return the named MetadataType or null if given name is null.
Return a MetadataType that matches the given name by either matching a known type ( ignoring case ) or creating an unknown type .