get_value_from_str


Description:

public abstract Value? get_value_from_str (string? str, Type type)

Creates a new GValue which represents the str value given as argument.

This is the opposite of the function get_str_from_value. The type argument is used to determine the real data type requested for the returned value.

If the str string is null, then the returned GValue is of type GDA_TYPE_NULL; if the str string does not correspond to a valid string for the requested type, then null is returned.

Note: the str string must be in the current locale representation

Parameters:

this

an object which implements the DataHandler interface

str

a string or null

type

a GType

Returns:

the new Value or null on error




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