[ CCode ( returns_floating_reference = true ) ]
public Variant externalize ()
Build an externalized form of this which can be used together with parse_external to rebuild a copy of this.
It is important to note that the variant returned from this method does not have the same type signature as returned from a call to serialize. Externalization will wrap the serialized data in a container format with versioning information and headers with type information.
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The instance to externalize |
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A floating reference to a Variant with the externalized data. |