2 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.cpp
index 7298dc588f..78ade68a2c 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.cpp
@@ -1733,7 +1733,6 @@ bool QMetaType::debugStream(QDebug& dbg, const void *rhs)
     meta type.
 */
 bool QMetaType::hasRegisteredDebugStreamOperator() const
-
 {
     return d_ptr && d_ptr->debugStream != nullptr;
 }
@@ -2687,6 +2686,20 @@ bool QMetaType::load(QDataStream &stream, void *data) const
 }
 
 /*!
+    \since 6.1
+
+    Returns \c true, if the meta type system has registered data stream operators for this
+    meta type.
+*/
+bool QMetaType::hasRegisteredDataStreamOperators() const
+{
+    int type = id();
+    if (type == QMetaType::Long || type == QMetaType::ULong)
+        return true;
+    return d_ptr && d_ptr->dataStreamIn != nullptr && d_ptr->dataStreamOut != nullptr;
+}
+
+/*!
    \fn bool QMetaType::load(QDataStream &stream, int type, void *data)
    \overload
    \obsolete
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.h b/src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.h
index 7f61e28c37..e45c40c372 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.h
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.h
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ public:
 #ifndef QT_NO_DATASTREAM
     bool save(QDataStream &stream, const void *data) const;
     bool load(QDataStream &stream, void *data) const;
+    bool hasRegisteredDataStreamOperators() const;
 
 #if QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(6, 0)
     QT_DEPRECATED_VERSION_6_0