Data

The superclass of all data.

Functions

Data:getPointer Gets a pointer to the Data.
Data:getSize Gets the Data's size in bytes.
Data:getString Gets the full Data as a string. 0.9.0
Object:type Gets the type of the object as a string.
Object:typeOf Checks whether an object is of a certain type.

Supertypes

Subtypes

CompressedData Byte data compressed using a specific algorithm. 0.10.0
CompressedImageData Compressed image data designed to stay compressed in RAM and on the GPU. 0.9.0
FileData Data representing the contents of a file.
FontData A FontData represents a font. 0.7.0 0.8.0
GlyphData A GlyphData represents a drawable symbol of a font. 0.7.0
ImageData Raw (decoded) image data.
SoundData Contains raw audio samples.

See Also


Data:getString

Data:getString Available since LÖVE 0.9.0 This function is not supported in earlier versions. Gets the full Data as a string.

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Data:getSize

Data:getSize Gets the Data's size in bytes. Function Synopsis

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Data:getPointer

Data:getPointer Gets a pointer to the Data. Can be used with libraries such as LuaJIT's FFI

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