now wxGTK is always compiled against GTK+ >= 2.4

[wxWidgets.git] / interface / wx / variant.h

diff --git a/interface/wx/variant.h b/interface/wx/variant.h
index 98f4f0dd74367f58c379e4108160f3a66a397339..84e67c255653bb2dcd2a33c32c0c3f8b57734423 100644 (file)
--- a/interface/wx/variant.h
+++ b/interface/wx/variant.h
@@ -97,75 +97,75 @@ public:
         Default constructor.
     */
     wxVariant();
-    
+
     /**
         Constructs a variant directly with a wxVariantData object. wxVariant
         will take ownership of the wxVariantData and will not increase its
         reference count.
     */
-    wxVariant(wxVariantData* data, const wxString& name = "");
-    
+    wxVariant(wxVariantData* data, const wxString& name = wxEmptyString);
+
     /**
         Constructs a variant from another variant by increasing the reference
         count.
     */
     wxVariant(const wxVariant& variant);
-    
+
     /**
         Constructs a variant from a wide string literal.
     */
-    wxVariant(const wxChar* value, const wxString& name = "");
-    
+    wxVariant(const wxChar* value, const wxString& name = wxEmptyString);
+
     /**
         Constructs a variant from a string.
     */
-    wxVariant(const wxString& value, const wxString& name = "");
-    
+    wxVariant(const wxString& value, const wxString& name = wxEmptyString);
+
     /**
         Constructs a variant from a wide char.
     */
-    wxVariant(wxChar value, const wxString& name = "");
-    
+    wxVariant(wxChar value, const wxString& name = wxEmptyString);
+
     /**
         Constructs a variant from a long.
     */
-    wxVariant(long value, const wxString& name = "");
-    
+    wxVariant(long value, const wxString& name = wxEmptyString);
+
     /**
         Constructs a variant from a bool.
     */
-    wxVariant(bool value, const wxString& name = "");
-    
+    wxVariant(bool value, const wxString& name = wxEmptyString);
+
     /**
         Constructs a variant from a double.
     */
-    wxVariant(double value, const wxString& name = "");
-    
+    wxVariant(double value, const wxString& name = wxEmptyString);
+
     /**
         Constructs a variant from a list of variants
     */
-    wxVariant(const wxVariantList& value, const wxString& name = "");
-    
+    wxVariant(const wxVariantList& value, const wxString& name = wxEmptyString);
+
     /**
         Constructs a variant from a void pointer.
     */
-    wxVariant(void* value, const wxString& name = "");
-    
+    wxVariant(void* value, const wxString& name = wxEmptyString);
+
     /**
         Constructs a variant from a pointer to an wxObject
         derived class.
     */
-    wxVariant(wxObject* value, const wxString& name = "");
-    
+    wxVariant(wxObject* value, const wxString& name = wxEmptyString);
+
     /**
         Constructs a variant from a wxDateTime.
     */
-    wxVariant(wxDateTime& val, const wxString& name = "");
-    
+    wxVariant(const wxDateTime& val, const wxString& name = wxEmptyString);
+
     /**
         Constructs a variant from a wxArrayString.
     */
-    wxVariant(wxArrayString& val, const wxString& name = "");
+    wxVariant(const wxArrayString& val, const wxString& name = wxEmptyString);
 
     /**
         Destructor.
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ public:
     /**
         Returns the character value.
     */
-    wxChar GetChar() const;
+    wxUniChar GetChar() const;
 
     /**
         Returns a pointer to the internal variant data. To take ownership of
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ public:
     /**
         Returns a constant reference to the variant name.
     */
-    const wxString GetName() const;
+    const wxString& GetName() const;
 
     /**
         Gets the string value.
@@ -321,6 +321,9 @@ public:
 
     /**
         Gets the void pointer value.
+
+        Notice that this method can be used for null objects (i.e. those for
+        which IsNull() returns @true) and will return @NULL for them.
     */
     void* GetVoidPtr() const;
 
@@ -384,9 +387,9 @@ public:
     bool operator !=(const wxString& value) const;
     bool operator !=(const wxChar* value) const;
     bool operator !=(wxChar value) const;
-    bool operator !=(const long value) const;
-    bool operator !=(const bool value) const;
-    bool operator !=(const double value) const;
+    bool operator !=(long value) const;
+    bool operator !=(bool value) const;
+    bool operator !=(double value) const;
     bool operator !=(void* value) const;
     bool operator !=(wxObject* value) const;
     bool operator !=(const wxVariantList& value) const;
@@ -404,9 +407,9 @@ public:
     void operator =(const wxString& value);
     void operator =(const wxChar* value);
     void operator =(wxChar value);
-    void operator =(const long value);
-    void operator =(const bool value);
-    void operator =(const double value);
+    void operator =(long value);
+    void operator =(bool value);
+    void operator =(double value);
     void operator =(void* value);
     void operator =(wxObject* value);
     void operator =(const wxVariantList& value);
@@ -422,9 +425,9 @@ public:
     bool operator ==(const wxString& value) const;
     bool operator ==(const wxChar* value) const;
     bool operator ==(wxChar value) const;
-    bool operator ==(const long value) const;
-    bool operator ==(const bool value) const;
-    bool operator ==(const double value) const;
+    bool operator ==(long value) const;
+    bool operator ==(bool value) const;
+    bool operator ==(double value) const;
     bool operator ==(void* value) const;
     bool operator ==(wxObject* value) const;
     bool operator ==(const wxVariantList& value) const;
@@ -514,12 +517,12 @@ public:
     /**
         Returns @true if this object is equal to @a data.
     */
-    bool Eq(wxVariantData& data) const;
+    virtual bool Eq(wxVariantData& data) const = 0;
 
     /**
         Returns the string type of the data.
     */
-    wxString GetType() const;
+    virtual wxString GetType() const = 0;
 
     /**
         If the data is a wxObject returns a pointer to the objects wxClassInfo
@@ -536,7 +539,8 @@ public:
     /**
         Reads the data from @a stream.
     */
-    bool Read(ostream& stream);
+    virtual bool Read(istream& stream);
+
     /**
         Reads the data from @a string.
     */
@@ -558,7 +562,7 @@ public:
 // Global functions/macros
 // ============================================================================
 
-/** @ingroup group_funcmacro_rtti */
+/** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_rtti */
 //@{
 
 /**