/**
  * Gets the type of the primary key field for the object.
  *
  * @return string The type of the primary key field for this instance.
  */
 public function getPKType() {
     if ($this->_pktype === null) {
         if ($this->_pk === null) {
             $this->getPK();
         }
         $this->_pktype= $this->xpdo->getPKType($this->_class);
     }
     return $this->_pktype;
 }