protected function columnTypeToHintType($type) {
		if (static::$typeMap === null) {
			static::$typeMap = (array)Configure::read('IdeHelper.typeMap') + static::$typeMapDefaults;
		}

		if (isset(static::$typeMap[$type])) {
			return static::$typeMap[$type];
		}

		return null;
	}
protected function columnTypeToHintType($type) {
		if (static::$typeMap === null) {
			static::$typeMap = (array)Configure::read('IdeHelper.typeMap') + static::$typeMapDefaults;
		}

		if (isset(static::$typeMap[$type])) {
			return static::$typeMap[$type];
		}

		return null;
	}
protected function columnTypeToHintType ( $ type ) { if ( static :: $ typeMap === null ) { static :: $ typeMap = ( array ) Configure :: read ( 'IdeHelper.typeMap' ) + static :: $ typeMapDefaults ; } if ( isset ( static :: $ typeMap [ $ type ] ) ) { return static :: $ typeMap [ $ type ] ; } return null ; }
Converts a column type to its DocBlock type counterpart.

@see \Cake\Database\Type

@param string $type The column type.
@return string|null The DocBlock type, or `null` for unsupported column types.
Converts a column type to its DocBlock type counterpart .