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wxAny Class Reference
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`#include <wx/any.h>`

## Detailed Description

The wxAny class represents a container for any type.

Its value can be changed at run time, possibly to a different type of value.

wxAny is a backwards-incompatible (but convertible) successor class for wxVariant, essentially doing the same thing in a more modern, template- based manner and with transparent support for any user data type.

Some pseudo-code'ish example of use with arbitrary user data:

void SomeFunction()
{
MyClass myObject;
wxAny any = myObject;
// Do something
// ...
// Let's do a sanity check to make sure that any still holds
// data of correct type.
if ( any.CheckType<MyClass>() )
{
// Thank goodness, still a correct type.
MyClass myObject2 = any.As<MyClass>();
}
else
{
// Something has gone horribly wrong!
wxFAIL();
}
}
wxAny
The wxAny class represents a container for any type.
Definition: any.h:61
wxAny::CheckType
bool CheckType() const
Use this template function for checking if this wxAny holds a specific C++ data type.
wxAny::As
T As() const
This template function converts wxAny into given type.
wxFAIL
#define wxFAIL
Will always generate an assert error if this code is reached (in debug mode).
Definition: debug.h:309

When compared to wxVariant, there are various internal implementation differences as well. For instance, wxAny only allocates separate data object in heap for large objects (i.e. ones with size more than WX_ANY_VALUE_BUFFER_SIZE, which at the time of writing is 16 bytes).

Note
  When performing conversions between strings and floating point numbers, the representation of numbers in C locale is always used. I.e.
  wxAny("1.23").GetAs<double>()
  wxAny::wxAny
  wxAny()
  Default constructor.
  will always work, even if the current locale uses comma as decimal separator.

##

Library: wxBase
Category: Data Structures

See also
  wxAnyValueType, wxVariant, Caveats When Not Using C++ RTTI

## Public Member Functions
| wxAny ()
| Default constructor. More...
template<typename T >
| wxAny (const T &value)
| Constructs wxAny from data. More...
| wxAny (const wxAny &any)
| Constructs wxAny from another wxAny. More...
| wxAny (const wxVariant &variant)
| Constructs wxAny, converting value from wxVariant. More...
| ~wxAny ()
| Destructor. More...
template<typename T >
T | As () const
| This template function converts wxAny into given type. More...
template<typename T >
bool | CheckType () const
| Use this template function for checking if this wxAny holds a specific C++ data type. More...
template<typename T >
bool | GetAs (T *value) const
| Template function that retrieves and converts the value of this wxAny to the type that T* value is. More...
bool | GetAs (wxVariant *value) const
| Specialization of GetAs() that allows conversion of wxAny into wxVariant. More...
const wxAnyValueType * | GetType () const
| Returns the value type as wxAnyValueType instance. More...
bool | HasSameType (const wxAny &other) const
| Returns true if this and another wxAny have the same value type. More...
bool | IsNull () const
| Tests if wxAny is null (that is, whether there is no data). More...
void | MakeNull ()
| Makes wxAny null (that is, clears it). More...
Assignment operators
template<typename T >
wxAny & | operator= (const T &value)
wxAny & | operator= (const wxAny &any)
wxAny & | operator= (const wxVariant &variant)
Equality operators
bool | operator== (signed char value) const
bool | operator== (signed short value) const
bool | operator== (signed int value) const
bool | operator== (signed long value) const
bool | operator== (wxLongLong_t value) const
bool | operator== (unsigned char value) const
bool | operator== (unsigned short value) const
bool | operator== (unsigned int value) const
bool | operator== (unsigned long value) const
bool | operator== (wxULongLong_t value) const
bool | operator== (float value) const
bool | operator== (double value) const
bool | operator== (bool value) const
bool | operator== (const char *value) const
bool | operator== (const wchar_t *value) const
bool | operator== (const wxString &value) const
Inequality operators
bool | operator!= (signed char value) const
bool | operator!= (signed short value) const
bool | operator!= (signed int value) const
bool | operator!= (signed long value) const
bool | operator!= (wxLongLong_t value) const
bool | operator!= (unsigned char value) const
bool | operator!= (unsigned short value) const
bool | operator!= (unsigned int value) const
bool | operator!= (unsigned long value) const
bool | operator!= (wxULongLong_t value) const
bool | operator!= (float value) const
bool | operator!= (double value) const
bool | operator!= (bool value) const
bool | operator!= (const char *value) const
bool | operator!= (const wchar_t *value) const
bool | operator!= (const wxString &value) const

## Constructor & Destructor Documentation

## ◆ wxAny() [1/4]

wxAny::wxAny | ( |  | ) |

Default constructor.

It seeds the object with a null value.

## ◆ wxAny() [2/4]

template<typename T >

wxAny::wxAny | ( | const T & | value | ) |

Constructs wxAny from data.

## ◆ wxAny() [3/4]

wxAny::wxAny | ( | const wxAny & | any | ) |

Constructs wxAny from another wxAny.

## ◆ wxAny() [4/4]

wxAny::wxAny | ( | const wxVariant & | variant | ) |

Constructs wxAny, converting value from wxVariant.

Remarks
  Because of this conversion, it is not usually possible to have wxAny that actually holds a wxVariant. If wxVariant cannot be converted to a specific data type, wxAny will then hold and manage reference to wxVariantData* similar to how wxVariant does.

Note that objects constructed from list-valued variants require the list to be explicitly cleared using wxClearList() to avoid leaking memory. This unfortunate behaviour will not be changed to prevent breaking the existing code relying on it.

wxVariant vList;
vList.NullList();
vList.Append(15);
vList.Append("abc");
// Create wxAny from the list variant.
wxAny any = wxAny(vList);
// Clear the list to avoid the memory leak.
wxAnyList anyList = any.As<wxAnyList>();
wxClearList(anyList);
wxVariant
The wxVariant class represents a container for any type.
Definition: variant.h:170
wxVariant::NullList
void NullList()
Makes an empty list.
wxVariant::Append
void Append(const wxVariant &value)
Appends a value to the list.
wxClearList
void wxClearList(T &list)
Function deletes all elements of the given list, which must be pointers.

## ◆ ~wxAny()

wxAny::~wxAny | ( |  | ) |

Destructor.

## Member Function Documentation

## ◆ As()

template<typename T >

T wxAny::As | ( |  | ) | const

This template function converts wxAny into given type.

In most cases no type conversion is performed, so if the type is incorrect an assertion failure will occur.

Remarks
  For convenience, conversion is done when T is wxString. This is useful when a string literal (which are treated as const char* and const wchar_t*) has been assigned to wxAny.

## ◆ CheckType()

template<typename T >

bool wxAny::CheckType | ( |  | ) | const

Use this template function for checking if this wxAny holds a specific C++ data type.

See also
  wxAnyValueType::CheckType()

## ◆ GetAs() [1/2]

template<typename T >

bool wxAny::GetAs | ( | T * | value | ) | const

Template function that retrieves and converts the value of this wxAny to the type that T* value is.

Returns
  Returns true if conversion was successful.

## ◆ GetAs() [2/2]

bool wxAny::GetAs | ( | wxVariant * | value | ) | const

Specialization of GetAs() that allows conversion of wxAny into wxVariant.

Returns
  Returns true if conversion was successful. Conversion usually only fails if variant used custom wxVariantData that did not implement the wxAny to wxVariant conversion functions.

## ◆ GetType()

const wxAnyValueType* wxAny::GetType | ( |  | ) | const

Returns the value type as wxAnyValueType instance.

Remarks
  You cannot reliably test whether two wxAnys are of same value type by simply comparing return values of wxAny::GetType(). Instead, use wxAny::HasSameType().

See also
  HasSameType()

## ◆ HasSameType()

bool wxAny::HasSameType | ( | const wxAny & | other | ) | const

Returns true if this and another wxAny have the same value type.

## ◆ IsNull()

bool wxAny::IsNull | ( |  | ) | const

Tests if wxAny is null (that is, whether there is no data).

## ◆ MakeNull()

void wxAny::MakeNull | ( |  | ) |

Makes wxAny null (that is, clears it).

## ◆ operator!=() [1/16]

bool wxAny::operator!= | ( | bool | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator!=() [2/16]

bool wxAny::operator!= | ( | const char * | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator!=() [3/16]

bool wxAny::operator!= | ( | const wchar_t * | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator!=() [4/16]

bool wxAny::operator!= | ( | const wxString & | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator!=() [5/16]

bool wxAny::operator!= | ( | double | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator!=() [6/16]

bool wxAny::operator!= | ( | float | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator!=() [7/16]

bool wxAny::operator!= | ( | signed char | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator!=() [8/16]

bool wxAny::operator!= | ( | signed int | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator!=() [9/16]

bool wxAny::operator!= | ( | signed long | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator!=() [10/16]

bool wxAny::operator!= | ( | signed short | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator!=() [11/16]

bool wxAny::operator!= | ( | unsigned char | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator!=() [12/16]

bool wxAny::operator!= | ( | unsigned int | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator!=() [13/16]

bool wxAny::operator!= | ( | unsigned long | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator!=() [14/16]

bool wxAny::operator!= | ( | unsigned short | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator!=() [15/16]

bool wxAny::operator!= | ( | wxLongLong_t | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator!=() [16/16]

bool wxAny::operator!= | ( | wxULongLong_t | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator=() [1/3]

template<typename T >

wxAny& wxAny::operator= | ( | const T & | value | ) |

## ◆ operator=() [2/3]

wxAny& wxAny::operator= | ( | const wxAny & | any | ) |

## ◆ operator=() [3/3]

wxAny& wxAny::operator= | ( | const wxVariant & | variant | ) |

## ◆ operator==() [1/16]

bool wxAny::operator== | ( | bool | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator==() [2/16]

bool wxAny::operator== | ( | const char * | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator==() [3/16]

bool wxAny::operator== | ( | const wchar_t * | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator==() [4/16]

bool wxAny::operator== | ( | const wxString & | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator==() [5/16]

bool wxAny::operator== | ( | double | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator==() [6/16]

bool wxAny::operator== | ( | float | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator==() [7/16]

bool wxAny::operator== | ( | signed char | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator==() [8/16]

bool wxAny::operator== | ( | signed int | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator==() [9/16]

bool wxAny::operator== | ( | signed long | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator==() [10/16]

bool wxAny::operator== | ( | signed short | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator==() [11/16]

bool wxAny::operator== | ( | unsigned char | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator==() [12/16]

bool wxAny::operator== | ( | unsigned int | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator==() [13/16]

bool wxAny::operator== | ( | unsigned long | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator==() [14/16]

bool wxAny::operator== | ( | unsigned short | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator==() [15/16]

bool wxAny::operator== | ( | wxLongLong_t | value | ) | const

## ◆ operator==() [16/16]

bool wxAny::operator== | ( | wxULongLong_t | value | ) | const