added additional note on complex data types. $4921

bamaer · Feb 20, 2025 · c9dcfe6 · c9dcfe6
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@@ -36,3 +36,5 @@ Apache Hop data types map internally to Java data types, so the Java behavior of
 |String|String|A variable unlimited length text encoded in UTF-8 (Unicode).
 |Timestamp|Timestamp|Allows the specification of fractional seconds to a precision of nanoseconds.
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+NOTE: Apache Hop also comes with a number of additional complex data types (e.g. Avro, JSON, Graph) that have no one-on-one mapping to Java data types. These data types only work with specific transforms and can't be used in general-purpose transforms.