The abstract base class for Qore global variables. More...

Public Member Methods
	constructor (string path)
	Creates the object from the global variable name or namespace-justified path as a string. More...

string	getName ()
	returns the global variable name More...

Namespace	getNamespace ()
	Returns the namespace for the global variable. More...

hash< SourceLocationInfo >	getSourceLocation ()
	Returns the source location of the global variable declaration. More...

Type	getType ()
	Returns the type object for this global variable. More...

auto	getValue ()
	Returns the value of the global variable. More...

bool	isBuiltin ()
	returns True if the global variable is a builtin global variable More...

bool	isEqual (GlobalVar var)
	Returns True if the global variable passed as an argument is equal to the current object; False if not. More...

bool	isModulePublic ()
	returns True if the global variable has the module public flag set More...

bool	isUser ()
	returns True if the global variable is a user global variable More...

nothing	setValue (auto val)
	Sets the value of the global variable. More...

Static Public Member Methods
static list< GlobalVar >	findAllRegex (string pattern, *int re_opts)
	Returns a list of global variables matching the regular expression pattern argument or an empty list if no global variables match. More...

static list< GlobalVar >	findAllRegex (Program pgm, string pattern, *int re_opts)
	Returns a list of global variables matching the regular expression pattern argument or an empty list if no global variables match. More...

static GlobalVar	forName (string path)
	Returns a global variable object corresponding to the name or namespace-justified path provided as an argument. More...

static GlobalVar	forName (Program pgm, string path)
	Returns a global variable object corresponding to the name or namespace-justified path provided as an argument. More...

Detailed Description

The abstract base class for Qore global variables.

Restrictions:: Qore::PO_NO_REFLECTION

Since: Qore 0.9.0

Member Function Documentation

◆ constructor()

Qore::Reflection::GlobalVar::constructor ( string path )

Creates the object from the global variable name or namespace-justified path as a string.

Example:: GlobalVar var("::ARGV");

Parameters

path	the global variable name or namespace-justified path as a string

Exceptions

UNKNOWN-GLOBAL-VAR	cannot find a global variable with the given name or path
ENCODING-CONVERSION-ERROR	this exception could be thrown if the string argument is not in the default character encoding and an error occurs during encoding conversion

See also: forName()

◆ findAllRegex() [1/2]

static list<GlobalVar> Qore::Reflection::GlobalVar::findAllRegex	(	Program	pgm,
		string	pattern,
		*int	re_opts
	)

static

Returns a list of global variables matching the regular expression pattern argument or an empty list if no global variables match.

Code Flags:: RET_VALUE_ONLY

Example:: # return all accessible global variables that start with the letter "E"

list<GlobalVar> l = GlobalVar::findAllRegex(pgm, "^E");

Parameters

pgm	the Program object to search
pattern	the regular expression pattern to match
re_opts	see regex_constants for possible values

Returns: a list of global variables matching the regular expression pattern argument or an empty list if no global variables match

◆ findAllRegex() [2/2]

static list<GlobalVar> Qore::Reflection::GlobalVar::findAllRegex	(	string	pattern,
		*int	re_opts
	)

static

Returns a list of global variables matching the regular expression pattern argument or an empty list if no global variables match.

Code Flags:: RET_VALUE_ONLY

Example:: # return all accessible global variables that start with the letter "E"

list<GlobalVar> l = GlobalVar::findAllRegex("^E");

Parameters

pattern	the regular expression pattern to match
re_opts	see regex_constants for possible values

Returns: a list of global variables matching the regular expression pattern argument or an empty list if no global variables match

◆ forName() [1/2]

static GlobalVar Qore::Reflection::GlobalVar::forName	(	Program	pgm,
		string	path
	)

static

Returns a global variable object corresponding to the name or namespace-justified path provided as an argument.

Code Flags:: RET_VALUE_ONLY

Example:: GlobalVar var = GlobalVar::forName(pgm, "::ENV");

Parameters

pgm	the Program object to search
path	the global variable name or namespace-justified path as a string

Returns: a global variable object corresponding to the name or namespace-justified path provided as an argument

Exceptions

UNKNOWN-GLOBAL-VAR	cannot find a global variable with the given name or path
ENCODING-CONVERSION-ERROR	this exception could be thrown if the string argument is not in the default characterencoding" and an error occurs during encoding conversion

◆ forName() [2/2]

static GlobalVar Qore::Reflection::GlobalVar::forName ( string path )

static

Returns a global variable object corresponding to the name or namespace-justified path provided as an argument.

Code Flags:: RET_VALUE_ONLY

Example:: GlobalVar var = GlobalVar::forName("::ENV");

Parameters

path	the global variable name or namespace-justified path as a string

Returns: a global variable object corresponding to the name or namespace-justified path provided as an argument

Exceptions

UNKNOWN-GLOBAL-VAR	cannot find a global variable with the given name or path
ENCODING-CONVERSION-ERROR	this exception could be thrown if the string argument is not in the default characterencoding" and an error occurs during encoding conversion

◆ getName()

string Qore::Reflection::GlobalVar::getName ( )

returns the global variable name

Code Flags:: RET_VALUE_ONLY

Example:: string name = var.getName();

Returns: the global variable name

Exceptions

PROGRAM-ERROR thrown if the Program object holding the global variable has been destroyed

◆ getNamespace()

Namespace Qore::Reflection::GlobalVar::getNamespace ( )

Returns the namespace for the global variable.

Code Flags:: CONSTANT

Example:: Namespace ns = var.getNamespace();

Returns: the namespace for the global variable

◆ getSourceLocation()

hash<SourceLocationInfo> Qore::Reflection::GlobalVar::getSourceLocation ( )

Returns the source location of the global variable declaration.

Code Flags:: RET_VALUE_ONLY

Example:: hash<SourceLocationInfo> loc = var.getSourceLocation();

Returns: the source location of the global variable declaration

Exceptions

PROGRAM-ERROR thrown if the Program object holding the global variable has been destroyed

◆ getType()

Type Qore::Reflection::GlobalVar::getType ( )

Returns the type object for this global variable.

Code Flags:: RET_VALUE_ONLY

Example:: Type t = var.getType();

Returns: the type object for this global variable

Exceptions

PROGRAM-ERROR thrown if the Program object holding the global variable has been destroyed

◆ getValue()

auto Qore::Reflection::GlobalVar::getValue ( )

Returns the value of the global variable.

Code Flags:: RET_VALUE_ONLY

Example:: auto val = var.getValue();

Returns: the value of the global variable

Exceptions

PROGRAM-ERROR thrown if the Program object holding the global variable has been destroyed

◆ isBuiltin()

bool Qore::Reflection::GlobalVar::isBuiltin ( )

returns True if the global variable is a builtin global variable

Code Flags:: RET_VALUE_ONLY

Example:: bool b = var.isBuiltin();

Returns: True if the global variable is a builtin global variable

Exceptions

PROGRAM-ERROR thrown if the Program object holding the global variable has been destroyed

Note: complementary to isUser()

◆ isEqual()

bool Qore::Reflection::GlobalVar::isEqual ( GlobalVar var )

Returns True if the global variable passed as an argument is equal to the current object; False if not.

Code Flags:: CONSTANT

Example:: bool b = var1.isEqual(var2);

Parameters

var	the global variable to check with the current object for equality

Returns: True if the object passed as an argument is equal to the current object; False if not

Note: if this method is called on user global variables created from the same source code but in different Program containers, it will return False

◆ isModulePublic()

bool Qore::Reflection::GlobalVar::isModulePublic ( )

returns True if the global variable has the module public flag set

Code Flags:: RET_VALUE_ONLY

Example:: bool b = var.isModulePublic();

Returns: True if the global variable has the module public flag set

Exceptions

PROGRAM-ERROR thrown if the Program object holding the global variable has been destroyed

◆ isUser()

bool Qore::Reflection::GlobalVar::isUser ( )

returns True if the global variable is a user global variable

Code Flags:: RET_VALUE_ONLY

Example:: bool b = var.isUser();

Returns: True if the global variable is a user global variable

Exceptions

PROGRAM-ERROR thrown if the Program object holding the global variable has been destroyed

Note: complementary to isBuiltin()

◆ setValue()

nothing Qore::Reflection::GlobalVar::setValue ( auto val )

Sets the value of the global variable.

Example:: var.setValue(val);

Parameters

val	the new value of the global variable

Exceptions

PROGRAM-ERROR	thrown if the Program object holding the global variable has been destroyed
RUNTIME-TYPE-ERROR	value type is not compatible with the global variable's type

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

QC_GlobalVar.dox.h

Public Member Methods

Static Public Member Methods

Detailed Description

Member Function Documentation

◆ constructor()

◆ findAllRegex() [1/2]

◆ findAllRegex() [2/2]

◆ forName() [1/2]

◆ forName() [2/2]

◆ getName()

◆ getNamespace()

◆ getSourceLocation()

◆ getType()

◆ getValue()

◆ isBuiltin()

◆ isEqual()

◆ isModulePublic()

◆ isUser()

◆ setValue()