# Data Types
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The Elastic Load Balancing API contains several data types that various actions use. This section describes each data type in detail.

**Note**  
The order of each element in a data type structure is not guaranteed. Applications should not assume a particular order.

The following data types are supported:
+  [AccessLog](API_AccessLog.md) 
+  [AdditionalAttribute](API_AdditionalAttribute.md) 
+  [AppCookieStickinessPolicy](API_AppCookieStickinessPolicy.md) 
+  [BackendServerDescription](API_BackendServerDescription.md) 
+  [ConnectionDraining](API_ConnectionDraining.md) 
+  [ConnectionSettings](API_ConnectionSettings.md) 
+  [CrossZoneLoadBalancing](API_CrossZoneLoadBalancing.md) 
+  [HealthCheck](API_HealthCheck.md) 
+  [Instance](API_Instance.md) 
+  [InstanceState](API_InstanceState.md) 
+  [LBCookieStickinessPolicy](API_LBCookieStickinessPolicy.md) 
+  [Limit](API_Limit.md) 
+  [Listener](API_Listener.md) 
+  [ListenerDescription](API_ListenerDescription.md) 
+  [LoadBalancerAttributes](API_LoadBalancerAttributes.md) 
+  [LoadBalancerDescription](API_LoadBalancerDescription.md) 
+  [Policies](API_Policies.md) 
+  [PolicyAttribute](API_PolicyAttribute.md) 
+  [PolicyAttributeDescription](API_PolicyAttributeDescription.md) 
+  [PolicyAttributeTypeDescription](API_PolicyAttributeTypeDescription.md) 
+  [PolicyDescription](API_PolicyDescription.md) 
+  [PolicyTypeDescription](API_PolicyTypeDescription.md) 
+  [SourceSecurityGroup](API_SourceSecurityGroup.md) 
+  [Tag](API_Tag.md) 
+  [TagDescription](API_TagDescription.md) 
+  [TagKeyOnly](API_TagKeyOnly.md)