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[wxWidgets.git] / docs / latex / wx / variant.tex

diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/variant.tex b/docs/latex/wx/variant.tex
index 919900f4162915ea67a6518d54748c168b2f0d85..b3ff576d9b8f1c2246fa93ddd1598fdf667dd705 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/latex/wx/variant.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/variant.tex
@@ -80,12 +80,14 @@ Construction from a list of strings. This constructor
 copies {\it value}, the application is still responsible for
 deleting {\it value} and its contents.
 
-%Note: this constructor is currently disabled because it causes a C++ ambiguity.
-
 \func{}{wxVariant}{\param{void*}{ value}, \param{const wxString\& }{name = ``"}}
 
 Construction from a void pointer.
 
+\func{}{wxVariant}{\param{wxObject*}{ value}, \param{const wxString\& }{name = ``"}}
+
+Construction from a wxObject pointer.
+
 \func{}{wxVariant}{\param{wxVariantData*}{ data}, \param{const wxString\& }{name = ``"}}
 
 Construction from user-defined data. The variant holds on to the {\it data} pointer.
@@ -176,6 +178,12 @@ If the variant is null, the value type returned is the string ``null" (not the e
 
 Gets the void pointer value.
 
+\membersection{wxVariant::GetWxObjectPtr}\label{wxvariantgetwxobjectptr}
+
+\constfunc{void*}{GetWxObjectPtr}{\void}
+
+Gets the wxObject pointer value.
+
 \membersection{wxVariant::Insert}\label{wxvariantinsert}
 
 \func{void}{Insert}{\param{const wxVariant\&}{ value}}
@@ -194,6 +202,12 @@ Returns true if there is no data associated with this variant, false if there is
 
 Returns true if {\it type} matches the type of the variant, false otherwise.
 
+\membersection{wxVariant::IsValueKindOf}\label{wxvariantisvaluekindof}
+
+\constfunc{bool}{IsValueKindOf}{\param{const wxClassInfo* type}{ type}}
+
+Returns true if the data is derived from the class described by {\it type}, false otherwise.
+
 \membersection{wxVariant::MakeNull}\label{wxvariantmakenull}
 
 \func{void}{MakeNull}{\void}
@@ -381,6 +395,13 @@ Returns true if this object is equal to {\it data}.
 
 Returns the string type of the data.
 
+\membersection{wxVariantData::GetValueClassInfo}\label{wxvariantdatagetvalueclassinfo}
+
+\constfunc{wxClassInfo*}{GetValueClassInfo}{\void}
+
+If the data is a wxObject returns a pointer to the objects wxClassInfo structure, if
+the data isn't a wxObject the method returns NULL.
+
 \membersection{wxVariantData::Read}\label{wxvariantdataread}
 
 \func{bool}{Read}{\param{ostream\&}{ stream}}
@@ -398,4 +419,16 @@ Reads the data from {\it stream} or {\it string}.
 Writes the data to {\it stream} or {\it string}.
 
 
+\membersection{wxGetVariantCast}\label{wxgetvariantcast}
+
+\func{classname *}{wxGetVariantCast}{wxVariant\&, classname}
+
+This macro returns the data stored in {\it variant} cast to the type {\it classname *} if
+the data is of this type (the check is done during the run-time) or
+{\tt NULL} otherwise. 
+
+
+\wxheading{See also}
 
+\helpref{RTTI overview}{runtimeclassoverview}\\
+\helpref{wxDynamicCast}{wxdynamiccast}\\