# FileData

Available since LÖVE 0.7.0
This object is not supported in earlier versions.

Data representing the contents of a file.

## Constructors

love.filesystem.newFileData | Creates a new FileData object. | 0.7.0 |

## 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 |
FileData:getExtension | Gets the extension of the FileData. | 0.7.0 |
FileData:getFilename | Gets the filename of the FileData. | 0.7.0 |
Object:type | Gets the type of the object as a string. |  |
Object:typeOf | Checks whether an object is of a certain type. |  |

## Supertypes

- Data
- Object

## See Also

- love.filesystem
- File

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Category:

- Types