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# Data

The superclass of all data.

## Functions

Data:getPointer | Gets a pointer to the Data. |  |
Data:getSize | Gets the size in bytes of the Data. |  |
Data:getString | Gets the full Data as a string. | 0.9.0 |
Object:type | Gets the type of the object as a string. |  |
Object:typeOf | Checks whether an object is of a certain type. |  |

## Supertypes

- Object

## Subtypes

CompressedData | Compressed image data designed to stay compressed in RAM and on the GPU. | 0.9.0 |
FileData | Data representing the contents of a file. |  |
FontData | A FontData represents a font. | 0.7.0 | 0.8.0
GlyphData | A GlyphData represents a drawable symbol of a font. | 0.7.0 |
ImageData | Raw (decoded) image data. |  |
SoundData | Contains raw audio samples. |  |

## See Also

- love

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