Any

class ansys.dpf.core.any.Any(any_dpf=None, server=None)

Common wrapper representing any supported DPF Data Types.

Parameters:

• any_dpf (ctypes.c_void_p, ansys.grpc.dpf.any_pb2.Any message, optional)

• server (DPFServer, optional) – Server with channel connected to the remote or local instance. The default is None, in which case an attempt is made to use the global server.

Notes

Class available with server’s version starting at 7.0 (Ansys 2024 R1 pre0).

Overview

Methods

cast	Cast the Any back to its original type.

Static methods

new_from

Return an Any instance from the given object.

Special methods

__str__	Describe the entity.
__del__	Delete the entry.

Import detail

from ansys.dpf.core.any import Any

Method detail

static Any.new_from(obj, server=None)

Return an Any instance from the given object.

Parameters:

obj (Object wrap as an Any)

Returns:

any – Wrapped any type.

Return type:

Any

Any.__str__()

Describe the entity.

Returns:

description – Description of the entity.

Return type:

str

Any.cast(output_type=None)

Cast the Any back to its original type.

Parameters:

output_type (output_type, optional) – Used when the Any instance was retrieved from the server. Not necessary when the instance was created using the ansys.dpf.core.Any.new_from()

Returns:

Original object instance

Return type:

type

Any.__del__()

Delete the entry.