code: public static boolean isFullLengthRequiredForType(String type) {
          boolean result = NAACCR_DATA_TYPE_ALPHA.equals(type);
          result |= NAACCR_DATA_TYPE_DIGITS.equals(type);
          result |= NAACCR_DATA_TYPE_MIXED.equals(type);
          return result;
      }
docs: Returns whether values for a given data type need to have the same length as their definition
  @param type given data type
  @return true if the values of that type needs to be fully filled-in