QQmlPropertyMap Class

// create our data
QQmlPropertyMap ownerData;
ownerData.insert("name", QVariant(QString("John Smith")));
ownerData.insert("phone", QVariant(QString("555-5555")));

// expose it to the UI layer
QQuickView view;
QQmlContext *ctxt = view.rootContext();
ctxt->setContextProperty("owner", &ownerData);

view.setSource(QUrl::fromLocalFile("main.qml"));
view.show();

Text { text: owner.name + " " + owner.phone }

Member Function Documentation

[explicit] QQmlPropertyMap::QQmlPropertyMap(QObject *parent = nullptr)

Constructs a bindable map with parent object parent.

[protected] template <typename DerivedType> QQmlPropertyMap::QQmlPropertyMap(DerivedType *derived, QObject *parent)

Constructs a bindable map with parent object parent. Use this constructor in classes derived from QQmlPropertyMap.

The type of derived is used to register the property map with the Meta-Object System, which is necessary to ensure that properties of the derived class are accessible. This type must be derived from QQmlPropertyMap.

[override virtual noexcept] QQmlPropertyMap::~QQmlPropertyMap()

Destroys the bindable map.

void QQmlPropertyMap::clear(const QString &key)

Clears the value (if any) associated with key.

bool QQmlPropertyMap::contains(const QString &key) const

Returns true if the map contains key.

See also size().

int QQmlPropertyMap::count() const

This is an overloaded function.

Same as size().

[since 6.1] void QQmlPropertyMap::freeze()

Disallows any further properties to be added to this property map. Existing properties can be modified or cleared.

In turn, an internal cache is turned on for the existing properties, which may result in faster access from QML.

This function was introduced in Qt 6.1.

void QQmlPropertyMap::insert(const QString &key, const QVariant &value)

Sets the value associated with key to value.

If the key doesn't exist, it is automatically created.

[since 6.1] void QQmlPropertyMap::insert(const QVariantHash &values)

Inserts the values into the QQmlPropertyMap.

Keys that don't exist are automatically created.

This method is substantially faster than calling insert(key, value) many times in a row.

This function was introduced in Qt 6.1.

bool QQmlPropertyMap::isEmpty() const

Returns true if the map contains no keys; otherwise returns false.

See also size().

[invokable] QStringList QQmlPropertyMap::keys() const

Returns the list of keys.

Keys that have been cleared will still appear in this list, even though their associated values are invalid QVariants.

int QQmlPropertyMap::size() const

Returns the number of keys in the map.

See also isEmpty() and count().

[virtual protected] QVariant QQmlPropertyMap::updateValue(const QString &key, const QVariant &input)

Returns the new value to be stored for the key key. This function is provided to intercept updates to a property from QML, where the value provided from QML is input.

Override this function to manipulate the property value as it is updated. Note that this function is only invoked when the value is updated from QML.

QVariant QQmlPropertyMap::value(const QString &key) const

Returns the value associated with key.

If no value has been set for this key (or if the value has been cleared), an invalid QVariant is returned.

[signal] void QQmlPropertyMap::valueChanged(const QString &key, const QVariant &value)

This signal is emitted whenever one of the values in the map is changed. key is the key corresponding to the value that was changed.

QVariant &QQmlPropertyMap::operator[](const QString &key)

Returns the value associated with the key key as a modifiable reference.

If the map contains no item with key key, the function inserts an invalid QVariant into the map with key key, and returns a reference to it.

See also insert() and value().

QVariant QQmlPropertyMap::operator[](const QString &key) const

This is an overloaded function.

Same as value().