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These rights are described in the Digia Qt LGPL Exception ** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package. ** ** $QT_END_LICENSE$ ** ****************************************************************************/ #include "qqmlextensionplugin.h" #include "qqmlextensionplugin_p.h" QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE /*! \since 5.0 \inmodule QtQml \class QQmlExtensionPlugin \brief The QQmlExtensionPlugin class provides an abstract base for custom QML extension plugins. \ingroup plugins QQmlExtensionPlugin is a plugin interface that makes it possible to create QML extensions that can be loaded dynamically into QML applications. These extensions allow custom QML types to be made available to the QML engine. To write a QML extension plugin: \list \li Subclass QQmlExtensionPlugin, implement registerTypes() method to register types using qmlRegisterType(), and export the class using the Q_PLUGIN_METADATA() macro \li Write an appropriate project file for the plugin \li Create a \l{Module Definition qmldir Files}{qmldir file} to describe the plugin \endlist QML extension plugins can be used to provide either application-specific or library-like plugins. Library plugins should limit themselves to registering types, as any manipulation of the engine's root context may cause conflicts or other issues in the library user's code. \section1 An example Suppose there is a new \c TimeModel C++ class that should be made available as a new QML element. It provides the current time through \c hour and \c minute properties, like this: \snippet qmlextensionplugins/plugin.cpp 0 \dots To make this class available as a QML type, create a plugin that registers this type with a specific \l {QML Modules}{module} using qmlRegisterType(). For this example the plugin module will be named \c TimeExample (as defined in the project file further below). \snippet qmlextensionplugins/plugin.cpp plugin This registers the \c TimeModel class with the 1.0 version of this plugin library, as a QML type called \c Time. The Q_ASSERT statement ensures the module is imported correctly by any QML components that use this plugin. The project file defines the project as a plugin library and specifies it should be built into the \c imports/TimeExample directory: \code TEMPLATE = lib CONFIG += qt plugin QT += qml DESTDIR = imports/TimeExample TARGET = qmlqtimeexampleplugin ... \endcode Finally, a \l{Module Definition qmldir Files}{qmldir file} is required in the \c imports/TimeExample directory that describes the plugin. This directory includes a \c Clock.qml file that should be bundled with the plugin, so it needs to be specified in the \c qmldir file: \quotefile qmlextensionplugins/imports/TimeExample/qmldir Once the project is built and installed, the new \c Time element can be used by any QML component that imports the \c TimeExample module: \snippet qmlextensionplugins/plugins.qml 0 The full source code is available in the \l {qmlextensionplugins}{plugins example}. The \l {Writing QML Extensions with C++} tutorial also contains a chapter on creating QML plugins. Note that the \l {Qt Quick 1} version is called QDeclarativeExtensionPlugin. \sa QQmlEngine::importPlugin(), {How to Create Qt Plugins} */ /*! \fn void QQmlExtensionPlugin::registerTypes(const char *uri) Registers the QML types in the given \a uri. Subclasses should implement this to call qmlRegisterType() for all types which are provided by the extension plugin. The \a uri is an identifier for the plugin generated by the QML engine based on the name and path of the extension's plugin library. */ /*! Constructs a QML extension plugin with the given \a parent. Note that this constructor is invoked automatically by the Q_PLUGIN_METADATA() macro, so there is no need for calling it explicitly. */ QQmlExtensionPlugin::QQmlExtensionPlugin(QObject *parent) : QObject(*(new QQmlExtensionPluginPrivate), parent) { } /*! \internal */ QQmlExtensionPlugin::~QQmlExtensionPlugin() { } /*! \since 5.1 \brief Returns the URL of the directory from which the extension is loaded. This is useful when the plugin also needs to load QML files or other assets from the same directory. */ QUrl QQmlExtensionPlugin::baseUrl() const { Q_D(const QQmlExtensionPlugin); return d->baseUrl; } /*! \fn void QQmlExtensionPlugin::initializeEngine(QQmlEngine *engine, const char *uri) Initializes the extension from the \a uri using the \a engine. Here an application plugin might, for example, expose some data or objects to QML, as context properties on the engine's root context. */ void QQmlExtensionPlugin::initializeEngine(QQmlEngine *engine, const char *uri) { Q_UNUSED(engine); Q_UNUSED(uri); } QT_END_NAMESPACE