Reference documentation and code samples for the Data Loss Prevention V2 Client class InfoType.
Type of information detected by the API.
Generated from protobuf messagegoogle.privacy.dlp.v2.InfoType
Namespace
Google \ Cloud \ Dlp \ V2
Methods
__construct
Constructor.
Parameters
Name
Description
data
array
Optional. Data for populating the Message object.
↳ name
string
Name of the information type. Either a name of your choosing when creating a CustomInfoType, or one of the names listed athttps://cloud.google.com/sensitive-data-protection/docs/infotypes-referencewhen specifying a built-in type. When sending Cloud DLP results to Data Catalog, infoType names should conform to the pattern[A-Za-z0-9$_-]{1,64}.
Optional custom sensitivity for this InfoType. This only applies to data profiling.
getName
Name of the information type. Either a name of your choosing when
creating a CustomInfoType, or one of the names listed
athttps://cloud.google.com/sensitive-data-protection/docs/infotypes-referencewhen specifying a built-in type. When sending Cloud DLP results to Data
Catalog, infoType names should conform to the pattern[A-Za-z0-9$_-]{1,64}.
Returns
Type
Description
string
setName
Name of the information type. Either a name of your choosing when
creating a CustomInfoType, or one of the names listed
athttps://cloud.google.com/sensitive-data-protection/docs/infotypes-referencewhen specifying a built-in type. When sending Cloud DLP results to Data
Catalog, infoType names should conform to the pattern[A-Za-z0-9$_-]{1,64}.
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