Glib::VariantType

varianttype = Glib::VariantType->new ($type_string)

• $type_string (string)

varianttype = Glib::VariantType->new_array ($element)

• $element (Glib::VariantType)

varianttype = Glib::VariantType->new_dict_entry ($key, $value)

• $key (Glib::VariantType)
• $value (Glib::VariantType)

varianttype = Glib::VariantType->new_maybe ($element)

• $element (Glib::VariantType)

varianttype = Glib::VariantType->new_tuple ($items)

• $items (scalar)

boolean = $type1->equal ($type2)

• $type2 (Glib::VariantType)

boolean = $type->is_subtype_of ($supertype)

• $supertype (Glib::VariantType)

boolean = Glib::VariantType::string_is_valid ($type_string)

• $type_string (string)

(type_string, rest) = Glib::VariantType::string_scan ($string)

Scans the start of $string for a complete type string and extracts it. If no type string can be found, an exception is thrown.