Function isStringChannel

app/src/MDF4/Player.cpp:56–64

* @brief Returns true when the channel stores text samples (string-typed MDF4 channel). */

 * @brief Returns true when the channel stores text samples (string-typed MDF4 channel).
 */
static bool isStringChannel(const mdf::IChannel* channel)
{
  if (!channel)
    return false;

  const auto type = channel->DataType();
  return type == mdf::ChannelDataType::StringAscii || type == mdf::ChannelDataType::StringUTF8
      || type == mdf::ChannelDataType::StringUTF16Le || type == mdf::ChannelDataType::StringUTF16Be;
}

/**
 * @brief Observer class that caches channel values during MDF4 data reading