Input/Output and Networking

These Qt Core classes are used to handle input and output to and from external devices, processes, files etc., as well as manipulating files and directories.

QBuffer	QIODevice interface for a QByteArray
QDataStream	Serialization of binary data to a QIODevice
QDir	Access to directory structures and their contents
QFile	Interface for reading from and writing to files
QFileDevice	Interface for reading from and writing to open files
QFileInfo	System-independent file information
QFileSystemWatcher	Interface for monitoring files and directories for modifications
QIODevice	The base interface class of all I/O devices in Qt
QProcess	Used to start external programs and to communicate with them
QProcessEnvironment	Holds the environment variables that can be passed to a program
QResource	Interface for reading directly from resources
QSaveFile	Interface for safely writing to files
QSettings	Persistent platform-independent application settings
QSocketNotifier	Support for monitoring activity on a file descriptor
QStorageInfo	Provides information about currently mounted storage and drives
QTemporaryDir	Creates a unique directory for temporary use
QTemporaryFile	I/O device that operates on temporary files
QTextStream	Convenient interface for reading and writing text
QUrl	Convenient interface for working with URLs
QUrlQuery	Way to manipulate a key-value pairs in a URL's query
Qt3DRender::QSceneLoader	Provides the facility to load an existing Scene

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