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VariantType
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.. currentmodule:: gi.repository.GObject





.. class:: VariantType(**kwargs)
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:Constructors:

::

    new(type_string:str) -> GLib.VariantType
    new_array(element:GLib.VariantType) -> GLib.VariantType
    new_dict_entry(key:GLib.VariantType, value:GLib.VariantType) -> GLib.VariantType
    new_maybe(element:GLib.VariantType) -> GLib.VariantType
    new_tuple(items:list) -> GLib.VariantType



Constructors
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.. rst-class:: interim-class

.. class:: VariantType
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   .. classmethod:: new(type_string: str) -> ~gi.repository.GLib.VariantType

      






      :param type_string: 




   .. classmethod:: new_array(element: ~gi.repository.GLib.VariantType) -> ~gi.repository.GLib.VariantType

      






      :param element: 




   .. classmethod:: new_dict_entry(key: ~gi.repository.GLib.VariantType, value: ~gi.repository.GLib.VariantType) -> ~gi.repository.GLib.VariantType

      






      :param key: 

      :param value: 




   .. classmethod:: new_maybe(element: ~gi.repository.GLib.VariantType) -> ~gi.repository.GLib.VariantType

      






      :param element: 




   .. classmethod:: new_tuple(items: ~typing.Sequence[~gi.repository.GLib.VariantType]) -> ~gi.repository.GLib.VariantType

      






      :param items: 








Methods
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.. rst-class:: interim-class

.. class:: VariantType
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   .. method:: checked_(type_string: str) -> ~gi.repository.GLib.VariantType

      






      :param type_string: 




   .. method:: dup_string() -> str

      









   .. method:: element() -> ~gi.repository.GLib.VariantType

      









   .. method:: equal(type2: ~gi.repository.GLib.VariantType) -> bool

      






      :param type2: 




   .. method:: first() -> ~gi.repository.GLib.VariantType

      









   .. method:: free() -> None

      









   .. method:: get_string_length() -> int

      









   .. method:: hash() -> int

      









   .. method:: is_array() -> bool

      









   .. method:: is_basic() -> bool

      









   .. method:: is_container() -> bool

      









   .. method:: is_definite() -> bool

      









   .. method:: is_dict_entry() -> bool

      









   .. method:: is_maybe() -> bool

      









   .. method:: is_subtype_of(supertype: ~gi.repository.GLib.VariantType) -> bool

      






      :param supertype: 




   .. method:: is_tuple() -> bool

      









   .. method:: is_variant() -> bool

      









   .. method:: key() -> ~gi.repository.GLib.VariantType

      









   .. method:: n_items() -> int

      









   .. method:: next() -> ~gi.repository.GLib.VariantType

      









   .. method:: string_get_depth_(type_string: str) -> int

      






      :param type_string: 




   .. method:: string_is_valid(type_string: str) -> bool

      






      :param type_string: 




   .. method:: string_scan(string: str, limit: str | None = None) -> tuple[bool, str]

      






      :param string: 

      :param limit: 




   .. method:: value() -> ~gi.repository.GLib.VariantType