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

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$type_string (string)

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

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$element (Glib::VariantType)

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

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

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

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$element (Glib::VariantType)

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

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$items (scalar)

varianttype = $type->element

boolean = $type1->equal ($type2)

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$type2 (Glib::VariantType)

varianttype = $type->first

integer = $type->hash

boolean = $type->is_array

boolean = $type->is_basic

boolean = $type->is_container

boolean = $type->is_definite

boolean = $type->is_dict_entry

boolean = $type->is_maybe

boolean = $type->is_subtype_of ($supertype)

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$supertype (Glib::VariantType)

boolean = $type->is_tuple

boolean = $type->is_variant

varianttype = $type->key

unsigned = $type->n_items

varianttype = $type->next

scalar = $type->get_string

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

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$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.

varianttype = $type->value