name: Type

description: This is a extended version of String, specifically to handle types. Here we rely fully on what string provides us, however we also adjust the types received from the runtime, i.e. we remove the T:: prefixes found in some types for consistency accross implementation.

Hierarchy

↳ Text

↳ Type

Implements

Codec

Indexable

[index: number]: string

Constructors

constructor

⊕ new Type(value?: Text | Uint8Array | string): Type

Overrides Text.constructor

Defined in Type.ts:19

Parameters:

Name	Type	Default value
`Default value` value	Text	`Uint8Array`	`string`	""

Returns: Type

Accessors

encodedLength

getencodedLength(): number

Overrides Text.encodedLength

Defined in Type.ts:72

description: The length of the value when encoded as a Uint8Array

Returns: number

length

getlength(): number

Inherited from Text.length

Overrides String.length

Defined in Text.ts:54

description: The length of the value

Returns: number

Methods

toHex

▸ toHex(): string

Implementation of Codec.toHex

Inherited from Text.toHex

Defined in Text.ts:62

description: Returns a hex string representation of the value

Returns: string

toJSON

▸ toJSON(): any

Implementation of Codec.toJSON

Inherited from Text.toJSON

Defined in Text.ts:69

description: Converts the Object to JSON, typically used for RPC transfers

Returns: any

toString

▸ toString(): string

Implementation of Codec.toString

Inherited from Text.toString

Overrides String.toString

Defined in Text.ts:76

description: Returns the string representation of the value

Returns: string

toU8a

▸ toU8a(isBare?: undefined | false | true): Uint8Array

Overrides Text.toU8a

Defined in Type.ts:83

description: Encodes the value as a Uint8Array as per the parity-codec specifications