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.IX Title "Glib::VariantType 3pm"
.TH Glib::VariantType 3pm "2016-12-24" "perl v5.24.1" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
Glib::VariantType \-  Utilities for dealing with the GVariant type system
.SH "HIERARCHY"
.IX Header "HIERARCHY"
.Vb 2
\&  Glib::Boxed
\&  +\-\-\-\-Glib::VariantType
.Ve
.SH "METHODS"
.IX Header "METHODS"
.SS "varianttype = Glib::VariantType\->\fBnew\fP ($type_string)"
.IX Subsection "varianttype = Glib::VariantType->new ($type_string)"
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW$type_string\fR (string)
.SS "varianttype = Glib::VariantType\->\fBnew_array\fP ($element)"
.IX Subsection "varianttype = Glib::VariantType->new_array ($element)"
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW$element\fR (Glib::VariantType)
.ie n .SS "varianttype = Glib::VariantType\->\fBnew_dict_entry\fP ($key, $value)"
.el .SS "varianttype = Glib::VariantType\->\fBnew_dict_entry\fP ($key, \f(CW$value\fP)"
.IX Subsection "varianttype = Glib::VariantType->new_dict_entry ($key, $value)"
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW$key\fR (Glib::VariantType)
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW$value\fR (Glib::VariantType)
.SS "varianttype = Glib::VariantType\->\fBnew_maybe\fP ($element)"
.IX Subsection "varianttype = Glib::VariantType->new_maybe ($element)"
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW$element\fR (Glib::VariantType)
.SS "varianttype = Glib::VariantType\->\fBnew_tuple\fP ($items)"
.IX Subsection "varianttype = Glib::VariantType->new_tuple ($items)"
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW$items\fR (scalar)
.ie n .SS "varianttype = $type\->\fBelement\fP"
.el .SS "varianttype = \f(CW$type\fP\->\fBelement\fP"
.IX Subsection "varianttype = $type->element"
.ie n .SS "boolean = $type1\->\fBequal\fP ($type2)"
.el .SS "boolean = \f(CW$type1\fP\->\fBequal\fP ($type2)"
.IX Subsection "boolean = $type1->equal ($type2)"
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW$type2\fR (Glib::VariantType)
.ie n .SS "varianttype = $type\->\fBfirst\fP"
.el .SS "varianttype = \f(CW$type\fP\->\fBfirst\fP"
.IX Subsection "varianttype = $type->first"
.ie n .SS "integer = $type\->\fBhash\fP"
.el .SS "integer = \f(CW$type\fP\->\fBhash\fP"
.IX Subsection "integer = $type->hash"
.ie n .SS "boolean = $type\->\fBis_array\fP"
.el .SS "boolean = \f(CW$type\fP\->\fBis_array\fP"
.IX Subsection "boolean = $type->is_array"
.ie n .SS "boolean = $type\->\fBis_basic\fP"
.el .SS "boolean = \f(CW$type\fP\->\fBis_basic\fP"
.IX Subsection "boolean = $type->is_basic"
.ie n .SS "boolean = $type\->\fBis_container\fP"
.el .SS "boolean = \f(CW$type\fP\->\fBis_container\fP"
.IX Subsection "boolean = $type->is_container"
.ie n .SS "boolean = $type\->\fBis_definite\fP"
.el .SS "boolean = \f(CW$type\fP\->\fBis_definite\fP"
.IX Subsection "boolean = $type->is_definite"
.ie n .SS "boolean = $type\->\fBis_dict_entry\fP"
.el .SS "boolean = \f(CW$type\fP\->\fBis_dict_entry\fP"
.IX Subsection "boolean = $type->is_dict_entry"
.ie n .SS "boolean = $type\->\fBis_maybe\fP"
.el .SS "boolean = \f(CW$type\fP\->\fBis_maybe\fP"
.IX Subsection "boolean = $type->is_maybe"
.ie n .SS "boolean = $type\->\fBis_subtype_of\fP ($supertype)"
.el .SS "boolean = \f(CW$type\fP\->\fBis_subtype_of\fP ($supertype)"
.IX Subsection "boolean = $type->is_subtype_of ($supertype)"
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW$supertype\fR (Glib::VariantType)
.ie n .SS "boolean = $type\->\fBis_tuple\fP"
.el .SS "boolean = \f(CW$type\fP\->\fBis_tuple\fP"
.IX Subsection "boolean = $type->is_tuple"
.ie n .SS "boolean = $type\->\fBis_variant\fP"
.el .SS "boolean = \f(CW$type\fP\->\fBis_variant\fP"
.IX Subsection "boolean = $type->is_variant"
.ie n .SS "varianttype = $type\->\fBkey\fP"
.el .SS "varianttype = \f(CW$type\fP\->\fBkey\fP"
.IX Subsection "varianttype = $type->key"
.ie n .SS "unsigned = $type\->\fBn_items\fP"
.el .SS "unsigned = \f(CW$type\fP\->\fBn_items\fP"
.IX Subsection "unsigned = $type->n_items"
.ie n .SS "varianttype = $type\->\fBnext\fP"
.el .SS "varianttype = \f(CW$type\fP\->\fBnext\fP"
.IX Subsection "varianttype = $type->next"
.ie n .SS "scalar = $type\->\fBget_string\fP"
.el .SS "scalar = \f(CW$type\fP\->\fBget_string\fP"
.IX Subsection "scalar = $type->get_string"
.SS "boolean = Glib::VariantType::string_is_valid ($type_string)"
.IX Subsection "boolean = Glib::VariantType::string_is_valid ($type_string)"
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW$type_string\fR (string)
.SS "(type_string, rest) = Glib::VariantType::string_scan ($string)"
.IX Subsection "(type_string, rest) = Glib::VariantType::string_scan ($string)"
Scans the start of \f(CW$string\fR for a complete type string and extracts it.  If
no type string can be found, an exception is thrown.
.ie n .SS "varianttype = $type\->\fBvalue\fP"
.el .SS "varianttype = \f(CW$type\fP\->\fBvalue\fP"
.IX Subsection "varianttype = $type->value"
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
Glib, Glib::Boxed, Glib::Variant
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
Copyright (C) 2003\-2011 by the gtk2\-perl team.
.PP
This software is licensed under the \s-1LGPL. \s0 See Glib for a full notice.