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authorSimon Hausmann <simon.hausmann@theqtcompany.com>2015-07-17 15:06:22 +0200
committerSimon Hausmann <simon.hausmann@theqtcompany.com>2015-07-17 16:35:42 +0200
commitb2603b76655ac819e43c063bb6f16bc95f358083 (patch)
tree0fbe2c367ebfffdb70e9e3f21a7cf408bafd9626 /src/corelib/kernel/qmetaobject.cpp
parent99b94aadf875c822afb6c2580e43355ac392ac92 (diff)
parent756266d01560157b7274e466b9ffc1b0e2ef9a1f (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/5.5' into HEAD
Conflicts: src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsopengltester.cpp Change-Id: Ia7abeba9395ccf84e2fa81b91a5725a86dedb9fe
Diffstat (limited to 'src/corelib/kernel/qmetaobject.cpp')
-rw-r--r--src/corelib/kernel/qmetaobject.cpp20
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qmetaobject.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qmetaobject.cpp
index 60cd3ab94a..90ee7d8f95 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qmetaobject.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qmetaobject.cpp
@@ -1879,13 +1879,14 @@ const char *QMetaMethod::typeName() const
way in the function declaration:
\code
+ // In the class MainWindow declaration
#ifndef Q_MOC_RUN
- // define the tag text
- # define THISISTESTTAG
+ // define the tag text as empty, so the compiler doesn't see it
+ # define MY_CUSTOM_TAG
#endif
...
private slots:
- THISISTESTTAG void testFunc();
+ MY_CUSTOM_TAG void testFunc();
\endcode
and the information can be accessed by using:
@@ -1895,12 +1896,14 @@ const char *QMetaMethod::typeName() const
win.show();
int functionIndex = win.metaObject()->indexOfSlot("testFunc()");
- QMetaMethod mm = metaObject()->method(functionIndex);
- qDebug() << mm.tag(); // prints THISISTESTTAG
+ QMetaMethod mm = win.metaObject()->method(functionIndex);
+ qDebug() << mm.tag(); // prints MY_CUSTOM_TAG
\endcode
For the moment, \c moc will extract and record all tags, but it will not
- handle any of them specially.
+ handle any of them specially. You can use the tags to annotate your methods
+ differently, and treat them according to the specific needs of your
+ application.
\note Since Qt 5.0, \c moc expands preprocessor macros, so it is necessary
to surround the definition with \c #ifndef \c Q_MOC_RUN, as shown in the
@@ -1960,8 +1963,9 @@ int QMetaMethod::revision() const
Returns the access specification of this method (private,
protected, or public).
- Signals are always protected, meaning that you can only emit them
- from the class or from a subclass.
+ \note Signals are always public, but you should regard that as an
+ implementation detail. It is almost always a bad idea to emit a signal from
+ outside its class.
\sa methodType()
*/