Method toChar

src/openms/source/DATASTRUCTURES/DataValue.cpp:674–688

Convert DataValues to char

  // Convert DataValues to char*
  const char* DataValue::toChar() const
  {
    switch (value_type_)
    {
    case DataValue::STRING_VALUE: 
      return const_cast<const char*>(data_.str_->c_str());

    case DataValue::EMPTY_VALUE: 
      return nullptr;

    default: 
      throw Exception::ConversionError(__FILE__, __LINE__, OPENMS_PRETTY_FUNCTION, 
        "Could not convert DataValue of type '" + NamesOfDataType[value_type_] + "' and value '" + this->toString(true) + "' to char*");
    }
  }

  StringList DataValue::toStringList() const
  {