A container that can store different types of data.

    typedef struct {
        API_VariantType     type;
        Int32               intValue;
        double              doubleValue;
        bool                boolValue;
        GS::UniString       uniStringValue;
        API_Guid            guidValue;
    } API_Variant;

 

Members

type

Type of the data that the variant stores

API_VariantType	Meaning
API_PropertyIntegerValueType	Variant with an integer value
API_PropertyRealValueType	Variant with a real (double) value
API_PropertyStringValueType	Variant with a string value
API_PropertyBooleanValueType	Variant with a boolean value
API_PropertyGuidValueType	Variant with a GUID value

intValue

Integer value

doubleValue

Real value

boolValue

Boolean value

uniStringValue

String value

guidValue 

GUID value

 

Requirements

Version: API 20 or later

Header: APIdefs_Properties.h

 

See Also

API_SingleVariant
API_ListVariant
API_SingleEnumerationVariant