legacy/src/main/java/thredds/catalog/DataFormatType.java
public static DataFormatType getType(String name)
    {
      if (name == null)
        return null;
      DataFormatType t = findType( name );
      return t != null ? t : new DataFormatType( name, false);
    }
public static DataFormatType getType(String name)
    {
      if (name == null)
        return null;
      DataFormatType t = findType( name );
      return t != null ? t : new DataFormatType( name, false);
    }
Return a DataFormatType for the given name by either matching
a known type (ignoring case) or creating an unknown type.

@param name name of the desired DataFormatType.
@return the named DataFormatType or null if given name is null.