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<p>This is the base class for all <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Variant.html" title="Template class used for the specialization of the Variant<> classes. ">Variant</a> types.
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<p><code>#include <glibmm/variant.h></code></p>
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<tr class="memitem:a45f0a920cd09d1b01a09888a38ef962d"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">const GVariant* </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1VariantBase.html#a45f0a920cd09d1b01a09888a38ef962d">gobj</a> () const </td></tr>
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<div class="textblock"><p>This is the base class for all <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Variant.html" title="Template class used for the specialization of the Variant<> classes. ">Variant</a> types. </p>
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<p>Performs a byteswapping operation on the contents of this variant. </p>
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<p>Checks if calling g_variant_get() with <em>format_string</em> on <em>value</em> would be valid from a type-compatibility standpoint. </p>
<p><em>format_string</em> is assumed to be a valid format string (from a syntactic standpoint).</p>
<p>If <em>copy_only</em> is <code>true</code> then this function additionally checks that it would be safe to call g_variant_unref() on <em>value</em> immediately after the call to g_variant_get() without invalidating the result. This is only possible if deep copies are made (ie: there are no pointers to the data inside of the soon-to-be-freed <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Variant.html" title="Template class used for the specialization of the Variant<> classes. ">Variant</a> instance). If this check fails then a g_critical() is printed and <code>false</code> is returned.</p>
<p>This function is meant to be used by functions that wish to provide varargs accessors to <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Variant.html" title="Template class used for the specialization of the Variant<> classes. ">Variant</a> values of uncertain values (eg: g_variant_lookup() or Glib::menu_model_get_item_attribute()).</p>
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<p>Classifies <em>value</em> according to its top-level type. </p>
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<p>Checks if <em>*this</em> and <em>other</em> have the same type and value. </p>
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<p>Returns a pointer to the serialised form of a <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Variant.html" title="Template class used for the specialization of the Variant<> classes. ">Variant</a> instance. </p>
<p>The returned data may not be in fully-normalised form if read from an untrusted source. The returned data must not be freed; it remains valid for as long as <em>value</em> exists.</p>
<p>If <em>value</em> is a fixed-sized value that was deserialised from a corrupted serialised container then <code>nullptr</code> may be returned. In this case, the proper thing to do is typically to use the appropriate number of nul bytes in place of <em>value</em>. If <em>value</em> is not fixed-sized then <code>nullptr</code> is never returned.</p>
<p>In the case that <em>value</em> is already in serialised form, this function is O(1). If the value is not already in serialised form, serialisation occurs implicitly and is approximately O(n) in the size of the result.</p>
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<p>Returns a pointer to the serialised form of a <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Variant.html" title="Template class used for the specialization of the Variant<> classes. ">Variant</a> instance. </p>
<p>The returned data may not be in fully-normalised form if read from an untrusted source. The returned data must not be freed; it remains valid for as long as <em>value</em> exists.</p>
<p>If <em>value</em> is a fixed-sized value that was deserialised from a corrupted serialised container then <code>nullptr</code> may be returned. In this case, the proper thing to do is typically to use the appropriate number of nul bytes in place of <em>value</em>. If <em>value</em> is not fixed-sized then <code>nullptr</code> is never returned.</p>
<p>In the case that <em>value</em> is already in serialised form, this function is O(1). If the value is not already in serialised form, serialisation occurs implicitly and is approximately O(n) in the size of the result.</p>
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<p>Returns a pointer to the serialised form of a <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Variant.html" title="Template class used for the specialization of the Variant<> classes. ">Variant</a> instance. </p>
<p>The semantics of this function are exactly the same as g_variant_get_data(), except that the returned <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Bytes.html" title="A simple refcounted data type representing an immutable byte sequence from an unspecified origin...">Bytes</a> holds a reference to the variant data.</p>
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<p>Gets a <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1VariantBase.html" title="This is the base class for all Variant types. ">VariantBase</a> instance that has the same value as this variant and is trusted to be in normal form. </p>
<p>If this variant is already trusted to be in normal form then a new reference to the variant is returned.</p>
<p>If this variant is not already trusted, then it is scanned to check if it is in normal form. If it is found to be in normal form then it is marked as trusted and a new reference to it is returned.</p>
<p>If this variant is found not to be in normal form then a new trusted <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1VariantBase.html" title="This is the base class for all Variant types. ">VariantBase</a> is created with the same value as this variant.</p>
<p>It makes sense to call this function if you've received variant data from untrusted sources and you want to ensure your serialised output is definitely in normal form.</p>
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<p>Determines the number of bytes that would be required to store <em>value</em> with g_variant_store(). </p>
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<p>In the case that <em>value</em> is already in serialised form or the size has already been calculated (ie: this function has been called before) then this function is O(1). Otherwise, the size is calculated, an operation which is approximately O(n) in the number of values involved.</p>
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<p>Determines the type of <em>value</em>. </p>
<p>The return value is valid for the lifetime of <em>value</em> and must not be freed.</p>
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<p>Returns the type string of <em>value</em>. </p>
<p>Unlike the result of calling g_variant_type_peek_string(), this string is nul-terminated. This string belongs to <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Variant.html" title="Template class used for the specialization of the Variant<> classes. ">Variant</a> and must not be freed.</p>
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<p>Provides access to the underlying C instance. The caller is responsible for freeing it. Use when directly setting fields in structs. </p>
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<p>Generates a hash value for a <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Variant.html" title="Template class used for the specialization of the Variant<> classes. ">Variant</a> instance. </p>
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<p>Replace the underlying GVariant. </p>
<p>This is for use by methods that take a <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1VariantBase.html" title="This is the base class for all Variant types. ">VariantBase</a>& as an output parameter.</p>
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<p>Checks if <em>value</em> is a container. </p>
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<p>Checks whether <em>value</em> has a floating reference count. </p>
<p>This function should only ever be used to assert that a given variant is or is not floating, or for debug purposes. To acquire a reference to a variant that might be floating, always use g_variant_ref_sink() or g_variant_take_ref().</p>
<p>See g_variant_ref_sink() for more information about floating reference counts.</p>
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<p>Checks if <em>value</em> is in normal form. </p>
<p>The main reason to do this is to detect if a given chunk of serialised data is in normal form: load the data into a <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Variant.html" title="Template class used for the specialization of the Variant<> classes. ">Variant</a> using g_variant_new_from_data() and then use this function to check.</p>
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<p>There may be implementation specific restrictions on deeply nested values. GVariant is guaranteed to handle nesting up to at least 64 levels.</p>
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<p>Checks if a value has a type matching the provided type. </p>
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<p>Test whether the <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Variant.html" title="Template class used for the specialization of the Variant<> classes. ">Variant</a> has an underlying instance. </p>
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<p>Test whether the <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Variant.html" title="Template class used for the specialization of the Variant<> classes. ">Variant</a> has an underlying instance. </p>
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<p>Pretty-prints <em>value</em> in the format understood by g_variant_parse(). </p>
<p>The format is described [here][gvariant-text].</p>
<p>If <em>type_annotate</em> is <code>true</code>, then type information is included in the output.</p>
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<p>Stores the serialised form of <em>value</em> at <em>data</em>. </p>
<p><em>data</em> should be large enough. See g_variant_get_size().</p>
<p>The stored data is in machine native byte order but may not be in fully-normalised form if read from an untrusted source. See g_variant_get_normal_form() for a solution.</p>
<p>As with g_variant_get_data(), to be able to deserialise the serialised variant successfully, its type and (if the destination machine might be different) its endianness must also be available.</p>
<p>This function is approximately O(n) in the size of <em>data</em>.</p>
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