# File lib/aws/core/xml/frame.rb, line 168
        def value
          if !data.empty?
            data[:encoding] == 'base64' ?  Base64.decode64(@text.strip) : data
          elsif @text.nil?
            rules[:type] == :boolean ? false : nil
          else
            case rules[:type]
            when nil, :string then @text
            when :datetime    then datetime_like_value(DateTime, :civil)
            when :time        then datetime_like_value(Time, :utc)
            when :integer     then @text.to_i
            when :float       then @text.to_f
            when :boolean     then @text == 'true'
            when :blob        then Base64.decode64(@text)
            when :symbol      then Core::Inflection.ruby_name(@text).to_sym
            else raise "unhandled type"
            end
          end
        end