blpapi.Constant
- class blpapi.Constant(handle, sessions)
Represents the value of a schema enumeration constant.
Constants can be any of the following
DataType
s:BOOL
,CHAR
,BYTE
,INT32
,INT64
,FLOAT32
,FLOAT64
,STRING
,DATE
,TIME
,DATETIME
. This class provides access not only to to the constant value, but also to the symbolic name, the description, and the status of the constant.Constant
objects are read-only.Application clients never create
Constant
object directly; applications will typically work withConstant
objects returned by otherblpapi
components.- getValueAsDatetime()
- Return type:
- Returns:
Value of this object as one of the datetime types.
- Raises:
InvalidConversionException – If the value cannot be converted to one of the datetime types.
- getValueAsFloat()
- Return type:
- Returns:
Value of this object as a float.
- Raises:
InvalidConversionException – If the value cannot be converted to a float.
- getValueAsInteger()
- Return type:
- Returns:
Value of this object as an integer.
- Raises:
InvalidConversionException – If the value cannot be converted to an integer.
- getValueAsString()
- Return type:
- Returns:
Value of this object as a string.
- Raises:
InvalidConversionException – If the value cannot be converted to a string.
- status()
-
The possible return values are enumerated in
SchemaStatus
.