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authorRym Bouabid <rym.bouabid@qt.io>2023-09-22 17:12:50 +0200
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Remove Custom Type Example and Custom Type Sending Example
The whole Q_DECLARE_METATYPE part is superfluous in these two examples, as QVariant works with any type as long as it is copy-constructible. And QVariant will call the equivalent of qRegisterMetaType, so that doesn't need to happen, either. Showing how to integrate the type with qDebug is fine in theory, but also a repetition of content that can be found in other places. Given that there isn't much else being shown in these two examples, it's better to remove them from examples and move them to manual tests. Some parts of "Custom Type Example" were used as snippets in other documentations under qtbase/src/corelib. So, they were added in customtypeexample.cpp file in the snippets folder. Fixes: QTBUG-117001 Pick-to: 6.6 6.5 Change-Id: I45b16338912e3f7394cbb5169642bd31af32d5e1 Reviewed-by: Ivan Solovev <ivan.solovev@qt.io>
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-// Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GFDL-1.3-no-invariants-only
-
-/*!
- \example tools/customtype
- \title Custom Type Example
-
- \brief The Custom Type example shows how to integrate a custom type into Qt's
- meta-object system.
-
- Contents:
-
- \tableofcontents
-
- \section1 Overview
-
- Qt provides a range of standard value types that are used to provide
- rich and meaningful APIs. These types are integrated with the meta-object
- system, enabling them to be stored in QVariant objects, written out in
- debugging information and sent between components in signal-slot
- communication.
-
- Custom types can also be integrated with the meta-object system as long as
- they are written to conform to some simple guidelines. In this example, we
- introduce a simple \c Message class, we describe how we make it work with
- QVariant, and we show how it can be extended to generate a printable
- representation of itself for use in debugging output.
-
- \section1 The Message Class Definition
-
- The \c Message class is a simple value class that contains two pieces
- of information (a QString and a QStringList), each of which can be read
- using trivial getter functions:
-
- \snippet tools/customtype/message.h custom type definition
-
- The default constructor, copy constructor and destructor are
- all required, and must be public, if the type is to be integrated into the
- meta-object system. Other than this, we are free to implement whatever we
- need to make the type do what we want, so we also include a constructor
- that lets us set the type's data members.
-
- To enable the type to be used with QVariant, we declare it using the
- Q_DECLARE_METATYPE() macro:
-
- \snippet tools/customtype/message.h custom type meta-type declaration
-
- We do not need to write any additional code to accompany this macro.
-
- To allow us to see a readable description of each \c Message object when it
- is sent to the debug output stream, we define a streaming operator:
-
- \snippet tools/customtype/message.h custom type streaming operator
-
- This facility is useful if you need to insert tracing statements in your
- code for debugging purposes.
-
- \section1 The Message Class Implementation
-
- The streaming operator is implemented in the following way:
-
- \snippet tools/customtype/message.cpp custom type streaming operator
-
- Here, we want to represent each value depending on how many lines are stored
- in the message body. We stream text to the QDebug object passed to the
- operator and return the QDebug object obtained from its maybeSpace() member
- function; this is described in more detail in the
- \l{Creating Custom Qt Types#Making the Type Printable}{Creating Custom Qt Types}
- document.
-
- We include the code for the getter functions for completeness:
-
- \snippet tools/customtype/message.cpp getter functions
-
- With the type fully defined, implemented, and integrated with the
- meta-object system, we can now use it.
-
- \section1 Using the Message
-
- In the example's \c{main()} function, we show how a \c Message object can
- be printed to the console by sending it to the debug stream:
-
- \snippet tools/customtype/main.cpp printing a custom type
-
- You can use the type with QVariant in exactly the same way as you would
- use standard Qt value types. Here's how to store a value using the
- QVariant::setValue() function:
-
- \snippet tools/customtype/main.cpp storing a custom value
-
- Alternatively, the QVariant::fromValue() function can be used if
- you are using a compiler without support for member template
- functions.
-
- The value can be retrieved using the QVariant::value() member template
- function:
-
- \snippet tools/customtype/main.cpp retrieving a custom value
-
- \section1 Further Reading
-
- The custom \c Message type can also be used with direct signal-slot
- connections.
-
- To register a custom type for use with queued signals and slots, such as
- those used in cross-thread communication, see the
- \l{Queued Custom Type} example.
-
- More information on using custom types with Qt can be found in the
- \l{Creating Custom Qt Types} document.
-*/