e a deep copy is returned for safety.</div>
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<dt><span class="overrideSpecifyLabel">Specified by:</span></dt>
<dd><code><a href="ACompressedArray.html#changeType(org.apache.sysds.common.Types.ValueType)">changeType</a></code>&nbsp;in class&nbsp;<code><a href="ACompressedArray.html" title="class in org.apache.sysds.runtime.frame.data.columns">ACompressedArray</a>&lt;<a href="DDCArray.html" title="type parameter in DDCArray">T</a>&gt;</code></dd>
<dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
<dd><c