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== See Also ==
 
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Revision as of 03:53, 14 November 2012

The superclass of all data.

Functions

Data:cloneCreates a new copy of the Data object.
Data:getFFIPointerGets an FFI pointer to the Data.
Data:getPointerGets a pointer to the Data.
Data:getSizeGets the Data's size in bytes.
Data:getStringGets the full Data as a string.
Object:releaseImmediately destroys the object's Lua reference.
Object:typeGets the type of the object as a string.
Object:typeOfChecks whether an object is of a certain type.

Supertypes

Subtypes

ByteDataData object containing arbitrary bytes in an contiguous memory.
CompressedDataByte data compressed using a specific algorithm.
CompressedImageDataCompressed image data designed to stay compressed in RAM and on the GPU.
FileDataData representing the contents of a file.
FontDataA FontData represents a font.
GlyphDataA GlyphData represents a drawable symbol of a font.
ImageDataRaw (decoded) image data.
SoundDataContains raw audio samples.

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