Convert GVariantType table to a list

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Matthias Clasen 2014-02-08 13:43:16 -05:00
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* "a(aa(ui)(qna{ya(yd)}))".
*
* The meaning of each of the characters is as follows:
* <informaltable>
* <tgroup cols='2'>
* <tbody>
* <row>
* <entry>
* <para>
* <emphasis role='strong'>Character</emphasis>
* </para>
* </entry>
* <entry>
* <para>
* <emphasis role='strong'>Meaning</emphasis>
* </para>
* </entry>
* </row>
* <row>
* <entry>
* <para>
* b
* </para>
* </entry>
* <entry>
* <para>
* the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_BOOLEAN; a boolean value.
* </para>
* </entry>
* </row>
* <row>
* <entry>
* <para>
* y
* </para>
* </entry>
* <entry>
* <para>
* the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_BYTE; a byte.
* </para>
* </entry>
* </row>
* <row>
* <entry>
* <para>
* n
* </para>
* </entry>
* <entry>
* <para>
* the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_INT16; a signed 16 bit
* integer.
* </para>
* </entry>
* </row>
* <row>
* <entry>
* <para>
* q
* </para>
* </entry>
* <entry>
* <para>
* the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_UINT16; an unsigned 16 bit
* integer.
* </para>
* </entry>
* </row>
* <row>
* <entry>
* <para>
* i
* </para>
* </entry>
* <entry>
* <para>
* the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_INT32; a signed 32 bit
* integer.
* </para>
* </entry>
* </row>
* <row>
* <entry>
* <para>
* u
* </para>
* </entry>
* <entry>
* <para>
* the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_UINT32; an unsigned 32 bit
* integer.
* </para>
* </entry>
* </row>
* <row>
* <entry>
* <para>
* x
* </para>
* </entry>
* <entry>
* <para>
* the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_INT64; a signed 64 bit
* integer.
* </para>
* </entry>
* </row>
* <row>
* <entry>
* <para>
* t
* </para>
* </entry>
* <entry>
* <para>
* the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_UINT64; an unsigned 64 bit
* integer.
* </para>
* </entry>
* </row>
* <row>
* <entry>
* <para>
* h
* </para>
* </entry>
* <entry>
* <para>
* the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_HANDLE; a signed 32 bit
* value that, by convention, is used as an index into an array
* of file descriptors that are sent alongside a D-Bus message.
* </para>
* </entry>
* </row>
* <row>
* <entry>
* <para>
* d
* </para>
* </entry>
* <entry>
* <para>
* the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_DOUBLE; a double precision
* floating point value.
* </para>
* </entry>
* </row>
* <row>
* <entry>
* <para>
* s
* </para>
* </entry>
* <entry>
* <para>
* the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_STRING; a string.
* </para>
* </entry>
* </row>
* <row>
* <entry>
* <para>
* o
* </para>
* </entry>
* <entry>
* <para>
* the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_OBJECT_PATH; a string in
* the form of a D-Bus object path.
* </para>
* </entry>
* </row>
* <row>
* <entry>
* <para>
* g
* </para>
* </entry>
* <entry>
* <para>
* the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_STRING; a string in the
* form of a D-Bus type signature.
* </para>
* </entry>
* </row>
* <row>
* <entry>
* <para>
* ?
* </para>
* </entry>
* <entry>
* <para>
* the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_BASIC; an indefinite type
* that is a supertype of any of the basic types.
* </para>
* </entry>
* </row>
* <row>
* <entry>
* <para>
* v
* </para>
* </entry>
* <entry>
* <para>
* the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_VARIANT; a container type
* that contain any other type of value.
* </para>
* </entry>
* </row>
* <row>
* <entry>
* <para>
* a
* </para>
* </entry>
* <entry>
* <para>
* used as a prefix on another type string to mean an array of
* that type; the type string "ai", for example, is the type of
* an array of signed 32-bit integers.
* </para>
* </entry>
* </row>
* <row>
* <entry>
* <para>
* m
* </para>
* </entry>
* <entry>
* <para>
* used as a prefix on another type string to mean a "maybe", or
* "nullable", version of that type; the type string "ms", for example,
* is the type of a value that maybe contains a string, or maybe
* contains nothing.
* </para>
* </entry>
* </row>
* <row>
* <entry>
* <para>
* ()
* </para>
* </entry>
* <entry>
* <para>
* used to enclose zero or more other concatenated type strings
* to create a tuple type; the type string "(is)", for example,
* is the type of a pair of an integer and a string.
* </para>
* </entry>
* </row>
* <row>
* <entry>
* <para>
* r
* </para>
* </entry>
* <entry>
* <para>
* the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_TUPLE; an indefinite type
* that is a supertype of any tuple type, regardless of the
* number of items.
* </para>
* </entry>
* </row>
* <row>
* <entry>
* <para>
* {}
* </para>
* </entry>
* <entry>
* <para>
* used to enclose a basic type string concatenated with another
* type string to create a dictionary entry type, which usually
* appears inside of an array to form a dictionary; the type
* string "a{sd}", for example, is the type of a dictionary that
* maps strings to double precision floating point values.
* </para>
* <para>
* The first type (the basic type) is the key type and the second
* type is the value type. The reason that the first type is
* restricted to being a basic type is so that it can easily be
* hashed.
* </para>
* </entry>
* </row>
* <row>
* <entry>
* <para>
* *
* </para>
* </entry>
* <entry>
* <para>
* the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_ANY; the indefinite type
* that is a supertype of all types. Note that, as with all type
* strings, this character represents exactly one type. It
* cannot be used inside of tuples to mean "any number of items".
* </para>
* </entry>
* </row>
* </tbody>
* </tgroup>
* </informaltable>
* - `b`: the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_BOOLEAN; a boolean value.
* - `y`: the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_BYTE; a byte.
* - `n`: the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_INT16; a signed 16 bit integer.
* - `q`: the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_UINT16; an unsigned 16 bit integer.
* - `i`: the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_INT32; a signed 32 bit integer.
* - `u`: the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_UINT32; an unsigned 32 bit integer.
* - `x`: the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_INT64; a signed 64 bit integer.
* - `t`: the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_UINT64; an unsigned 64 bit integer.
* - `h`: the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_HANDLE; a signed 32 bit value
* that, by convention, is used as an index into an array of file
* descriptors that are sent alongside a D-Bus message.
* - `d`: the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_DOUBLE; a double precision
* floating point value.
* - `s`: the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_STRING; a string.
* - `o`: the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_OBJECT_PATH; a string in the form
* of a D-Bus object path.
* - `g`: the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_STRING; a string in the form of
* a D-Bus type signature.
* - `?`: the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_BASIC; an indefinite type that
* is a supertype of any of the basic types.
* - `v`: the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_VARIANT; a container type that
* contain any other type of value.
* - `a`: used as a prefix on another type string to mean an array of that
* type; the type string "ai", for example, is the type of an array of
* signed 32-bit integers.
* - `m`: used as a prefix on another type string to mean a "maybe", or
* "nullable", version of that type; the type string "ms", for example,
* is the type of a value that maybe contains a string, or maybe contains
* nothing.
* - `()`: used to enclose zero or more other concatenated type strings to
* create a tuple type; the type string "(is)", for example, is the type of
* a pair of an integer and a string.
* - `r`: the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_TUPLE; an indefinite type that is
* a supertype of any tuple type, regardless of the number of items.
* - `{}`: used to enclose a basic type string concatenated with another type
* string to create a dictionary entry type, which usually appears inside of
* an array to form a dictionary; the type string "a{sd}", for example, is
* the type of a dictionary that maps strings to double precision floating
* point values.
*
* The first type (the basic type) is the key type and the second type is
* the value type. The reason that the first type is restricted to being a
* basic type is so that it can easily be hashed.
* - `*`: the type string of %G_VARIANT_TYPE_ANY; the indefinite type that is
* a supertype of all types. Note that, as with all type strings, this
* character represents exactly one type. It cannot be used inside of tuples
* to mean "any number of items".
*
* Any type string of a container that contains an indefinite type is,
* itself, an indefinite type. For example, the type string "a*"