VariantG.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, will never be null, and will never contain nul bytes.

If length is non-null then the length of the string (in bytes) is returned there. For trusted values, this information is already known. Untrusted values will be validated and, if valid, a strlen() will be performed. If invalid, a default value will be returned — for G_VARIANT_TYPE_OBJECT_PATH, this is "/", and for other types it is the empty string.

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 VariantG
string
getString
()

Return Value

Type: string

the constant string, UTF-8 encoded