Name
playout:IsNull -- check if layout is invalid
Synopsis
bool = playout:IsNull()
Function
Returns True if the layout is NULL, i.e. invalid. If functions that allocate layouts fail, they might not throw an error but simply set the layout to NULL. You can use this function to check if layout allocation has failed in which case the layout will be NULL.

Also, certain getter functions can return a NULL object in case the object doesn't exist. You can use this function to check if a getter function returned a NULL handle.

Inputs
none

Results
bool
True if the layout is NULL, otherwise False

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