.. currentmodule:: PySide2.QtCore
.. _Property:
Property
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Detailed Description
--------------------

The Property function lets you declare properties that
behave both as Qt and Python properties, and have their
setters and getters defined as Python functions.

Here is an example that illustrates how to use this
function:

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from PySide2.QtCore import QObject, Property

class MyObject(QObject):
    def __init__(self,startval=42):
        QObject.__init__(self)
        self.ppval = startval

    def readPP(self):
        return self.ppval

    def setPP(self,val):
        self.ppval = val

    pp = Property(int, readPP, setPP)

obj = MyObject()
obj.pp = 47
print(obj.pp)

Properties in QML expressions
-----------------------------

If you are using properties of your objects in QML expressions,
QML requires that the property changes are notified. Here is an
example illustrating how to do this:

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   :linenos:

from PySide2.QtCore import QObject, Signal, Property

class Person(QObject):
    def __init__(self, name):
        QObject.__init__(self)
        self._person_name = name

    def _name(self):
        return self._person_name

    @Signal
    def name_changed(self):
        pass

    name = Property(str, _name, notify=name_changed)