Variant.getString

Returns the string value of a #GVariant instance with a string type. This includes the types %G_VARIANT_TYPE_STRING, %G_VARIANT_TYPE_OBJECT_PATH and %G_VARIANT_TYPE_SIGNATURE.

The string will always be UTF-8 encoded, and will never be %NULL.

If @length is non-%NULL then the length of the string (in bytes) is returned there. For trusted values, this information is already known. For untrusted values, a strlen() will be performed.

It is an error to call this function with a @value of any type other than those three.

The return value remains valid as long as @value exists.

class Variant
string
getString
(
out size_t length
)

Parameters

length size_t

a pointer to a #gsize, to store the length

Return Value

Type: string

the constant string, UTF-8 encoded

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Since

2.24