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Glib::VariantStringBase Class Reference
Variant Data Types

Base class from which string variant classes derive. More...

`#include <glibmm/variant.h>`

Inheritance diagram for Glib::VariantStringBase:
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## Public Types

typedef GVariant* | CType
typedef VariantStringBase | CppType

## Public Member Functions

| VariantStringBase ()
| Default constructor.
| VariantStringBase (GVariant* castitem, bool take_a_reference=false)
| GVariant constructor.
Public Member Functions inherited from Glib::VariantBase
| VariantBase ()
| VariantBase (GVariant* castitem, bool make_a_copy=false)
| VariantBase (const VariantBase& src)
VariantBase& | operator= (const VariantBase& src)
| ~VariantBase ()
GVariant* | gobj ()
const GVariant* | gobj () const
GVariant* | gobj_copy () const
| Provides access to the underlying C instance. The caller is responsible for freeing it. Use when directly setting fields in structs.
void | init (const GVariant* cobject, bool take_a_reference=false)
| Replace the underlying GVariant.
VariantType | get_type () const
| Determines the type of value.
std::string | get_type_string () const
| Returns the type string of value.
bool | is_floating () const
| Checks whether value has a floating reference count.
bool | is_of_type (const VariantType& type) const
| Checks if a value has a type matching the provided type.
bool | is_container () const
| Checks if value is a container.
GVariantClass | classify () const
| Classifies value according to its top-level type.
gsize | get_size () const
| Determines the number of bytes that would be required to store value with g_variant_store().
gconstpointer | get_data ()
| Returns a pointer to the serialised form of a Variant instance.
void | store (gpointer data) const
| Stores the serialised form of value at data.
Glib::ustring | print (bool type_annotate=false) const
| Pretty-prints value in the format understood by g_variant_parse().
guint | hash () const
| Generates a hash value for a Variant instance.
bool | equal (const VariantBase& other) const
| Checks if one and two have the same type and value.
void | get_normal_form (VariantBase& result) const
| Gets a VariantBase instance that has the same value as this variant and is trusted to be in normal form.
bool | is_normal_form () const
| Checks if value is in normal form.
void | byteswap (VariantBase& result) const
| Performs a byteswapping operation on the contents of this variant.

## Static Public Member Functions

static void | create_object_path (VariantStringBase& output, const std::string& object_path)
| Creates a D-Bus object path variant with the contents of string.
static bool | is_object_path (const std::string&string)
| Determines if a given string is a valid D-Bus object path.
static void | create_signature (VariantStringBase& output, const std::string& object_path)
| Creates a D-Bus type signature variant with the contents of string.
static bool | is_signature (const std::string&string)
| Determines if a given string is a valid D-Bus type signature.
Static Public Member Functions inherited from Glib::VariantBase
template<class V_CastTo >
static V_CastTo | cast_dynamic (const VariantBase& v) throw (std::bad_cast)
| Cast to a specific variant type.

## Additional Inherited Members

Protected Attributes inherited from Glib::VariantBase
GVariant* | gobject_
Related Functions inherited from Glib::VariantBase
Glib::VariantBase | wrap (GVariant* object, bool take_copy=false)
| A Glib::wrap() method for this object.

## Detailed Description

Base class from which string variant classes derive.

Since glibmm 2.28:

## Member Typedef Documentation

typedef VariantStringBase Glib::VariantStringBase::CppType

typedef GVariant* Glib::VariantStringBase::CType

## Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Glib::VariantStringBase::VariantStringBase | ( |  | ) |

Default constructor.

Glib::VariantStringBase::VariantStringBase | ( | GVariant * | castitem,
|  | bool | take_a_reference = `false`
| ) |  |

explicit

GVariant constructor.

Parameters

  castitem | The GVariant to wrap.
  take_a_reference | Whether to take an extra reference of the GVariant or not (not taking one could destroy the GVariant with the wrapper).

## Member Function Documentation

static void Glib::VariantStringBase::create_object_path | ( | VariantStringBase& | output,
|  | const std::string & | object_path
| ) |  |

static

Creates a D-Bus object path variant with the contents of string.

string must be a valid D-Bus object path. Use is_object_path() if unsure.

Parameters

  output | A location in which to store the new object path variant instance.
  object_path | A normal nul-terminated string.

Since glibmm 2.28:

static void Glib::VariantStringBase::create_signature | ( | VariantStringBase& | output,
|  | const std::string & | object_path
| ) |  |

static

Creates a D-Bus type signature variant with the contents of string.

string must be a valid D-Bus type signature. Use is_signature() if unsure.

Parameters

  output | A location in which to store the new signature variant instance.
  signature | A normal nul-terminated string.

Since glibmm 2.28:

static bool Glib::VariantStringBase::is_object_path | ( | const std::string & | string | ) |

static

Determines if a given string is a valid D-Bus object path.

You should ensure that a string is a valid D-Bus object path before passing it to g_variant_new_object_path().

A valid object path starts with '/' followed by zero or more sequences of characters separated by '/' characters. Each sequence must contain only the characters "[A-Z][a-z][0-9]_". No sequence (including the one following the final '/' character) may be empty.

Since glibmm 2.24:

Parameters

  string | A normal C nul-terminated string.

Returns
  `true` if string is a D-Bus object path.

static bool Glib::VariantStringBase::is_signature | ( | const std::string & | string | ) |

static

Determines if a given string is a valid D-Bus type signature.

You should ensure that a string is a valid D-Bus type signature before passing it to g_variant_new_signature().

D-Bus type signatures consist of zero or more definite VariantType strings in sequence.

Since glibmm 2.24:

Parameters

  string | A normal C nul-terminated string.

Returns
  `true` if string is a D-Bus type signature.