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diff --git a/doc/src/network/files-and-resources/datastreamformat.qdoc b/doc/src/network/files-and-resources/datastreamformat.qdoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6fe888b52e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/src/network/files-and-resources/datastreamformat.qdoc @@ -0,0 +1,361 @@ +/**************************************************************************** +** +** Copyright (C) 2011 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies). +** All rights reserved. +** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com) +** +** This file is part of the documentation of the Qt Toolkit. +** +** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:FDL$ +** GNU Free Documentation License +** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Free +** Documentation License version 1.3 as published by the Free Software +** Foundation and appearing in the file included in the packaging of +** this file. +** +** Other Usage +** Alternatively, this file may be used in accordance with the terms +** and conditions contained in a signed written agreement between you +** and Nokia. +** +** +** +** +** $QT_END_LICENSE$ +** +****************************************************************************/ + +/*! + \page datastreamformat.html + \title Serializing Qt Data Types + \ingroup qt-network + \brief Representations of data types that can be serialized by QDataStream. + + The \l QDataStream allows you to serialize some of the Qt data types. + The table below lists the data types that QDataStream can serialize + and how they are represented. The format described below is + \l{QDataStream::setVersion()}{version 12}. + + It is always best to cast integers to a Qt integer type, such as + qint16 or quint32, when reading and writing. This ensures that + you always know exactly what size integers you are reading and + writing, no matter what the underlying platform and architecture + the application happens to be running on. + + \table + \row \o bool + \o \list + \o boolean + \endlist + \row \o qint8 + \o \list + \o signed byte + \endlist + \row \o qint16 + \o \list + \o signed 16-bit integer + \endlist + \row \o qint32 + \o \list + \o signed 32-bit integer + \endlist + \row \o qint64 + \o \list + \o signed 64-bit integer + \endlist + \row \o quint8 + \o \list + \o unsigned byte + \endlist + \row \o quint16 + \o \list + \o unsigned 16-bit integer + \endlist + \row \o quint32 + \o \list + \o unsigned 32-bit integer + \endlist + \row \o quint64 + \o \list + \o unsigned 64-bit integer + \endlist + \row \o \c float + \o \list + \o 32-bit floating point number using the standard IEEE 754 format + \endlist + \row \o \c double + \o \list + \o 64-bit floating point number using the standard IEEE 754 format + \endlist + \row \o \c {const char *} + \o \list + \o The string length (quint32) + \o The string bytes, excluding the terminating 0 + \endlist + \row \o QBitArray + \o \list + \o The array size (quint32) + \o The array bits, i.e. (size + 7)/8 bytes + \endlist + \row \o QBrush + \o \list + \o The brush style (quint8) + \o The brush color (QColor) + \o If style is CustomPattern, the brush pixmap (QPixmap) + \endlist + \row \o QByteArray + \o \list + \o If the byte array is null: 0xFFFFFFFF (quint32) + \o Otherwise: the array size (quint32) followed by the array bytes, i.e. size bytes + \endlist + \row \o \l QColor + \o \list + \o Color spec (qint8) + \o Alpha value (quint16) + \o Red value (quint16) + \o Green value (quint16) + \o Blue value (quint16) + \o Pad value (quint16) + \endlist + \row \o QCursor + \o \list + \o Shape ID (qint16) + \o If shape is BitmapCursor: The bitmap (QPixmap), mask (QPixmap), and hot spot (QPoint) + \endlist + \row \o QDate + \o \list + \o Julian day (quint32) + \endlist + \row \o QDateTime + \o \list + \o Date (QDate) + \o Time (QTime) + \o 0 for Qt::LocalTime, 1 for Qt::UTC (quint8) + \endlist + \row \o QEasingCurve + \o \list + \o type (quint8) + \o func (quint64) + \o hasConfig (bool) + \o If hasConfig is true then these fields follow: + \o list + \o period (double) + \o amplitude (double) + \o overshoot (double) + \endlist + \row \o QFont + \o \list + \o The family (QString) + \o The point size (qint16) + \o The style hint (quint8) + \o The char set (quint8) + \o The weight (quint8) + \o The font bits (quint8) + \endlist + \row \o QHash<Key, T> + \o \list + \o The number of items (quint32) + \o For all items, the key (Key) and value (T) + \endlist + \row \o QIcon + \o \list + \o The number of pixmap entries (quint32) + \o For all pixmap entries: + \list + \o The pixmap (QPixmap) + \o The file name (QString) + \o The pixmap size (QSize) + \o The \l{QIcon::Mode}{mode} (quint32) + \o The \l{QIcon::State}{state} (quint32) + \endlist + \endlist + \row \o QImage + \o \list + \o If the image is null a "null image" marker is saved; + otherwise the image is saved in PNG or BMP format (depending + on the stream version). If you want control of the format, + stream the image into a QBuffer (using QImageIO) and stream + that. + \endlist + \row \o QKeySequence + \o \list + \o A QList<int>, where each integer is a key in the key sequence + \endlist + \row \o QLinkedList<T> + \o \list + \o The number of items (quint32) + \o The items (T) + \endlist + \row \o QList<T> + \o \list + \o The number of items (quint32) + \o The items (T) + \endlist + \row \o QMap<Key, T> + \o \list + \o The number of items (quint32) + \o For all items, the key (Key) and value (T) + \endlist + \row \o QMatrix + \o \list + \o m11 (double) + \o m12 (double) + \o m21 (double) + \o m22 (double) + \o dx (double) + \o dy (double) + \endlist + \row \o QMatrix4x4 + \o \list + \o m11 (double) + \o m12 (double) + \o m13 (double) + \o m14 (double) + \o m21 (double) + \o m22 (double) + \o m23 (double) + \o m24 (double) + \o m31 (double) + \o m32 (double) + \o m33 (double) + \o m34 (double) + \o m41 (double) + \o m42 (double) + \o m43 (double) + \o m44 (double) + \endlist + \row \o QPair<T1, T2> + \o \list + \o first (T1) + \o second (T2) + \endlist + \row \o QPalette + \o The disabled, active, and inactive color groups, each of which consists + of the following: + \list + \o foreground (QBrush) + \o button (QBrush) + \o light (QBrush) + \o midlight (QBrush) + \o dark (QBrush) + \o mid (QBrush) + \o text (QBrush) + \o brightText (QBrush) + \o buttonText (QBrush) + \o base (QBrush) + \o background (QBrush) + \o shadow (QBrush) + \o highlight (QBrush) + \o highlightedText (QBrush) + \o link (QBrush) + \o linkVisited (QBrush) + \endlist + \row \o QPen + \o \list + \o The pen styles (quint8) + \o The pen width (quint16) + \o The pen color (QColor) + \endlist + \row \o QPicture + \o \list + \o The size of the picture data (quint32) + \o The raw bytes of picture data (char) + \endlist + \row \o QPixmap + \o \list + \o Save it as a PNG image. + \endlist + \row \o QPoint + \o \list + \o The x coordinate (qint32) + \o The y coordinate (qint32) + \endlist + \row \o QQuaternion + \o \list + \o The scalar component (double) + \o The x coordinate (double) + \o The y coordinate (double) + \o The z coordinate (double) + \endlist + \row \o QRect + \o \list + \o left (qint32) + \o top (qint32) + \o right (qint32) + \o bottom (qint32) + \endlist + \row \o QRegExp + \o \list + \o The regexp pattern (QString) + \o Case sensitivity (quint8) + \o Regular expression syntax (quint8) + \o Minimal matching (quint8) + \endlist + \row \o QRegion + \o \list + \o The size of the data, i.e. 8 + 16 * (number of rectangles) (quint32) + \o 10 (qint32) + \o The number of rectangles (quint32) + \o The rectangles in sequential order (QRect) + \endlist + \row \o QSize + \o \list + \o width (qint32) + \o height (qint32) + \endlist + \row \o QString + \o \list + \o If the string is null: 0xFFFFFFFF (quint32) + \o Otherwise: The string length in bytes (quint32) followed by the data in UTF-16 + \endlist + \row \o QTime + \o \list + \o Milliseconds since midnight (quint32) + \endlist + \row \o QTransform + \o \list + \o m11 (double) + \o m12 (double) + \o m13 (double) + \o m21 (double) + \o m22 (double) + \o m23 (double) + \o m31 (double) + \o m32 (double) + \o m33 (double) + \endlist + \row \o QUrl + \o \list + \o Holds an URL (QString) + \endlist + \row \o QVariant + \o \list + \o The type of the data (quint32) + \o The null flag (qint8) + \o The data of the specified type + \endlist + \row \o QVector2D + \o \list + \o the x coordinate (double) + \o the y coordinate (double) + \endlist + \row \o QVector3D + \o \list + \o the x coordinate (double) + \o the y coordinate (double) + \o the z coordinate (double) + \endlist + \row \o QVector4D + \o \list + \o the x coordinate (double) + \o the y coordinate (double) + \o the z coordinate (double) + \o the w coordinate (double) + \endlist + \row \o QVector<T> + \o \list + \o The number of items (quint32) + \o The items (T) + \endlist + \endtable +*/ |