DataObject Object

Derived from: Base Object
Defined in namespace "adsk::core" and the header file is <Core/Dashboard/DataObject.h>

Description

The DataObject provides access to the raw data that represents a logical entity. Typically, it is the bytes of a stored file, but it can also be something like the image data that could be stored within another file.

Methods

Name	Description
asString	Gets the file as a string (UTF-8). This is convenient when the saved file contains string data. For example, if the file contains JSON data. This eliminates the need to convert the Base64 string into a standard string.
classType	Static function that all classes support that returns the type of the class as a string. The returned string matches the string returned by the objectType property. For example if you have a reference to an object and you want to check if it's a SketchLine you can use myObject.objectType == fusion.SketchLine.classType().
getAsBase64String	Gets the binary data represented by the DataObject as a Base64 encoded string.
saveToFile	Saves the data represented by the DataObject to a file.

Properties

Name	Description
isValid	Indicates if this object is still valid, i.e. hasn't been deleted or some other action done to invalidate the reference.
objectType	This property is supported by all objects in the API and returns a string that contains the full name (namespace::objecttype) describing the type of the object. It's often useful to use this in combination with the classType method to see if an object is a certain type. For example: if obj.objectType == adsk.core.Point3D.classType():

Accessed From

Component.createThumbnail, DataObjectFuture.dataObject, FlatPatternComponent.createThumbnail

Version

Introduced in version September 2024