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What is the significance of Q_PROPERTY in Qt?

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I am not able to understand the usage of Q_PROPERTY. How th Q_PROPERTY helps in making a program defensive? What is it used for? I have seen the forum, but really not able to make its applicaton. I have understood the example, but not it's usage.

Here is the example, what do I gain with it. I understand that read will give a privilege of reading only.

The write property will give the privilege to write only. But what is the need of it? Can someone exemplify it?

 class MyClass : public QObject  {      Q_OBJECT      Q_PROPERTY(Priority priority READ priority WRITE setPriority NOTIFY priorityChanged)      Q_ENUMS(Priority)   public:      MyClass(QObject *parent = 0);      ~MyClass();       enum Priority { High, Low, VeryHigh, VeryLow };       void setPriority(Priority priority)      {          m_priority = priority;          emit priorityChanged(priority);      }      Priority priority() const      { return m_priority; }   signals:      void priorityChanged(Priority);   private:      Priority m_priority;  }; 
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dexterous Avatar asked Feb 23 '14 08:02

dexterous


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It has the following advantages:

  • It is available for the meta object system, so it can be introspected, used from QML etc.

  • It has further options than just read and write. Look at notify, reset, etc. It is also easier to integrate them into QtCreator (designer).

  • You do not need to write the boilerplate with Qt 5.1 onwards in common read and write cases because they will be generated for you.

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lpapp Avatar answered Nov 28 '22 21:11

lpapp