ENH: get_value for non-list items

src/Entity.jl

@@ -755,19 +755,57 @@ Return the value of the given `property`
 """
 function get_value(property::Ref{_Property})
 
-    out = Ref{Ptr{UInt8}}(Ptr{UInt8}())
-
-    err_code = ccall(
-        (:caosdb_entity_property_get_value, CaosDB.library_name),
-        Cint,
-        (Ref{_Property}, Ref{Ptr{UInt8}}),
-        property,
-        out,
-    )
-
-    CaosDB.Exceptions.evaluate_return_code(err_code)
+    _caosdb_dtypes = ("INTEGER", "DOUBLE", "BOOLEAN", "TEXT")
+    
+    prop_datatype = get_datatype(property)
+    if prop_datatype[1] in _caosdb_dtypes
+        
+        if prop_datatype[1] == "INTEGER"
+            out = Ref{Cint}(0)
+            err_code = ccall(
+                (:caosdb_entity_property_get_int_value, CaosDB.library_name),
+                Cint,
+                (Ref{_Property}, Ref{Cint}),
+                property,
+                out,
+            )
+            
+            out = out[]
+        elseif prop_datatype[1] == "DOUBLE"
+            out = Ref{Cdouble}(0)
+            err_code = ccall(
+                (:caosdb_entity_property_get_double_value, CaosDB.library_name),
+                Cint,
+                (Ref{_Property}, Ref{Cdouble}),
+                property,
+                out,
+            )
+            out = out[]
+        elseif prop_datatype[1] == "BOOLEAN"
+            out = Ref{Cint}(0)
+            err_code = ccall(
+                (:caosdb_entity_property_get_boolean_value, CaosDB.library_name),
+                Cint,
+                (Ref{_Property}, Ref{Cint}),
+                property,
+                out,
+            )
+            out = convert(Bool, out[])
+        elseif prop_datatype[1] == "TEXT"
+            out = Ref{Ptr{UInt8}}(Ptr{UInt8}())
+            err_code = ccall(
+                (:caosdb_entity_property_get_string_value, CaosDB.library_name),
+                Cint,
+                (Ref{_Property}, Ref{Ptr{UInt8}}),
+                property,
+                out,
+            )
+            out = unsafe_string(out[])
+        end
+        CaosDB.Exceptions.evaluate_return_code(err_code)
+    end
 
-    return unsafe_string(out[])
+    return out
 end
 
 """