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ObjectType

ObjectType​

class ObjectType

Type of an IOTA object

debugDescription​

var debugDescription: String { get }

A textual representation of this instance, suitable for debugging.

Calling this property directly is discouraged. Instead, convert an instance of any type to a string by using the String(reflecting:) initializer. This initializer works with any type, and uses the custom debugDescription property for types that conform to CustomDebugStringConvertible:

struct Point: CustomDebugStringConvertible {
    let x: Int, y: Int

    var debugDescription: String {
        return "(\(x), \(y))"
    }
}

let p = Point(x: 21, y: 30)
let s = String(reflecting: p)
print(s)
// Prints "(21, 30)"

The conversion of p to a string in the assignment to s uses the Point type's debugDescription property.

description​

var description: String { get }

A textual representation of this instance.

Calling this property directly is discouraged. Instead, convert an instance of any type to a string by using the String(describing:) initializer. This initializer works with any type, and uses the custom description property for types that conform to CustomStringConvertible:

struct Point: CustomStringConvertible {
    let x: Int, y: Int

    var description: String {
        return "(\(x), \(y))"
    }
}

let p = Point(x: 21, y: 30)
let s = String(describing: p)
print(s)
// Prints "(21, 30)"

The conversion of p to a string in the assignment to s uses the Point type's description property.

asOptStruct()​

func asOptStruct() -> StructTag?

asStruct()​

func asStruct() -> StructTag

isPackage()​

func isPackage() -> Bool

isStruct()​

func isStruct() -> Bool

newPackage()​

static func newPackage() -> ObjectType

newStruct(structTag:)​

static func newStruct(structTag: StructTag) -> ObjectType

!=(_:_:)​

static func != (lhs: Self, rhs: Self) -> Bool

Returns a Boolean value indicating whether two values are not equal.

Inequality is the inverse of equality. For any values a and b, a != b implies that a == b is false.

This is the default implementation of the not-equal-to operator (!=) for any type that conforms to Equatable.

  • Parameters:
    • lhs: A value to compare.
    • rhs: Another value to compare.

==(_:_:)​

static func == (self: ObjectType, other: ObjectType) -> Bool

Returns a Boolean value indicating whether two values are equal.

Equality is the inverse of inequality. For any values a and b, a == b implies that a != b is false.

  • Parameters:
    • lhs: A value to compare.
    • rhs: Another value to compare.