Variant

A type which can contain any type in the language, stored on the heap.

Note: The ownership of a variant depends on the API, the Variant itself does not own its memory. You may call the free method to free any memory owned by the variant.

struct Variant {

@nogc

enum empty;

bool isEmpty [@property getter];

bool isInitialized [@property getter];

void opAssign(T value);

bool opEquals(T other);

void free();

}

Constructors

this this(T value): Constructor

Alias This

isInitialized

Members

Functions

free void free(): Frees the memory stored in the variant.
get T get(): Gets the content of the variant.
has bool has(): Gets whether the variant contains the given type.
opAssign void opAssign(T value): Allows assigning the variant to a value.
opEquals bool opEquals(T other): Gets whether the variant is the same as another variant.
tryGet Option!T tryGet(): Tries to get the content of the variant.

Manifest constants

empty enum empty;: An empty variant.

Properties

isEmpty bool isEmpty [@property getter]: Whether the variant is empty.
isInitialized bool isInitialized [@property getter]: Whether the variant has data.