Workaround to return non-string values, according to the specified DataType.

Summary

Workaround to return non-string values, according to the specified DataType.

Focus

The code has many if-then instructions, which makes it complicated to read. The most important question is: Have I gotten them all correctly?

Test Environment

• ./bin/cxxcaosdbcli -> should return a valid Double for the price.

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src/caosdb/entity.cpp

@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
  *
  */
 #include "caosdb/entity.h"
-#include "caosdb/exceptions.h"
 #include "caosdb/data_type.h"               // for DataType
 #include "caosdb/entity/v1alpha1/main.pb.h" // for Messages
+#include "caosdb/exceptions.h"
 #include "caosdb/protobuf_helper.h"         // for get_arena
 #include "caosdb/value.h"                   // for Value
 #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>