WStringType Class

Represents an Unicode string (Wide string)

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  TwinCAT.Ads.TypeSystem.DataType
    TwinCAT.Ads.TypeSystem.WStringType
Namespace:  TwinCAT.Ads.TypeSystem
Assembly:  TwinCAT.Ads (in TwinCAT.Ads.dll) Version: 4.3.0.0

Syntax

C#

public sealed class WStringType : DataType, 
    IStringType, IDataType, IBitSize

VB

Public NotInheritable Class WStringType
    Inherits DataType
    Implements IStringType, IDataType, IBitSize

The WStringType type exposes the following members.

Properties

 

Name

Description

Attributes

Gets the attributes of the IDataType (Inherited from DataType.)

BitSize

Gets the size of the DataType in bits. (Inherited from DataType.)

ByteSize

Gets the (aligned) size of of the Type/Instance in Bytes (Inherited from DataType.)

Category

Gets the Data Type category (Inherited from DataType.)

Comment

Gets the comment. (Inherited from DataType.)

Encoding

Gets the encoding of the String (Encoding.Default (STRING) or Encoding.UNICODE (WSTRING))

FullName

Gets the full name of the IDataType (Namespace + Name) (Inherited from DataType.)

Id

Gets the ID of the DataType (Inherited from DataType.)

IsBitType

Gets a value indicating whether this IDataType is a bit mapping Type (Inherited from DataType.)

IsByteAligned

Indicates that the Size of the Object is Byte aligned (BitSize % 8 == 0) (Inherited from DataType.)

IsContainer

Gets a value indicating whether this IDataType is a container type (Inherited from DataType.)

IsFixedLength

Gets a value indicating whether the string is of fixed length.

IsPointer

Gets a value indicating whether this IDataType is a pointer type (Inherited from DataType.)

IsPrimitive

Gets a value indicating whether this IDataType is primitive (Inherited from DataType.)

IsReference

Gets a value indicating whether this IDataType is a reference type (Inherited from DataType.)

Length

Gets the number of characters within the string.

ManagedType

Gets the corresponding .NET Type if attached. (Inherited from DataType.)

Name

Gets the name of the Data Type (without namespace) (Inherited from DataType.)

Namespace

Gets the namespace string within the IDataType exists. (Inherited from DataType.)

Size

Gets the Size of the DataType in Bytes (Inherited from DataType.)

Methods

 

Name

Description

Equals

Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

GetHashCode

Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.)

GetType

Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)

ToString

Returns a String that represents this instance. (Overrides DataType.ToString..)

Reference

TwinCAT.Ads.TypeSystem Namespace