1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qsharedpointer.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qsharedpointer.cpp
index 8ca153f433..73a1e6c607 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qsharedpointer.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qsharedpointer.cpp
@@ -1214,6 +1214,26 @@ QtSharedPointer::ExternalRefCountData *QtSharedPointer::ExternalRefCountData::ge
     return x;
 }
 
+/**
+    \internal
+    Returns a QSharedPointer<QObject> if the variant contains
+    a QSharedPointer<T> where T inherits QObject. Otherwise the behaviour is undefined.
+*/
+QSharedPointer<QObject> QtSharedPointer::sharedPointerFromVariant_internal(const QVariant &variant)
+{
+    return *reinterpret_cast<const QSharedPointer<QObject>*>(variant.constData());
+}
+
+/**
+    \internal
+    Returns a QWeakPointer<QObject> if the variant contains
+    a QWeakPointer<T> where T inherits QObject. Otherwise the behaviour is undefined.
+*/
+QWeakPointer<QObject> QtSharedPointer::weakPointerFromVariant_internal(const QVariant &variant)
+{
+    return *reinterpret_cast<const QWeakPointer<QObject>*>(variant.constData());
+}
+
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
 #endif