diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.cpp')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.cpp | 24 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.cpp index 21254108e3..33240dd335 100644 --- a/src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.cpp +++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.cpp @@ -414,19 +414,21 @@ struct DefinedTypesFilter { \fn const QMetaObject *QMetaType::metaObject() const \since 5.5 - return a QMetaObject relative to this type. + Returns a QMetaObject relative to this type. If the type is a pointer type to a subclass of QObject, flags() contains - QMetaType::PointerToQObject and this function returns the corresponding QMetaObject. This can - be used to in combinaison with QMetaObject::construct to create QObject of this type. - - If the type is a Q_GADGET, flags() contains QMetaType::IsGadget, and this function returns its - QMetaObject. This can be used to retrieve QMetaMethod and QMetaProperty and use them on a - pointer of this type. (given by QVariant::data for example) - - If the type is an enumeration, flags() contains QMetaType::IsEnumeration, and this function - returns the QMetaObject of the enclosing object if the enum was registered as a Q_ENUM or - \nullptr otherwise + QMetaType::PointerToQObject and this function returns the corresponding QMetaObject. + This can be used in combination with QMetaObject::newInstance() to create QObjects of this type. + + If the type is a Q_GADGET, flags() contains QMetaType::IsGadget. + If the type is a pointer to a Q_GADGET, flags() contains QMetaType::PointerToGadget. + In both cases, this function returns its QMetaObject. + This can be used to retrieve QMetaMethod and QMetaProperty and use them on a + pointer of this type for example, as given by QVariant::data(). + + If the type is an enumeration, flags() contains QMetaType::IsEnumeration. + In this case, this function returns the QMetaObject of the enclosing + object if the enum was registered as a Q_ENUM or \nullptr otherwise. \sa QMetaType::metaObjectForType(), QMetaType::flags() */ |