QQmlContext¶
The
QQmlContext
class defines a context within a QML engine. More…
Synopsis¶
Functions¶
def
baseUrl
()def
contextObject
()def
contextProperty
(arg__1)def
engine
()def
isValid
()def
nameForObject
(arg__1)def
parentContext
()def
resolvedUrl
(arg__1)def
setBaseUrl
(arg__1)def
setContextObject
(arg__1)def
setContextProperty
(arg__1, arg__2)def
setContextProperty
(arg__1, arg__2)
Detailed Description¶
Contexts allow data to be exposed to the QML components instantiated by the QML engine.
Each
QQmlContext
contains a set of properties, distinct from itsQObject
properties, that allow data to be explicitly bound to a context by name. The context properties are defined and updated by callingsetContextProperty()
. The following example shows a Qt model being bound to a context and then accessed from a QML file.QQmlEngine engine; QStringListModel modelData; QQmlContext *context = new QQmlContext(engine.rootContext()); context->setContextProperty("myModel", &modelData); QQmlComponent component(&engine); component.setData("import QtQuick 2.0\nListView { model: myModel }", QUrl()); QObject *window = component.create(context);Note it is the responsibility of the creator to delete any
QQmlContext
it constructs. If thecontext
object in the example is no longer needed when thewindow
component instance is destroyed, thecontext
must be destroyed explicitly. The simplest way to ensure this is to setwindow
as the parent ofcontext
.To simplify binding and maintaining larger data sets, a context object can be set on a
QQmlContext
. All the properties of the context object are available by name in the context, as though they were all individually added through calls tosetContextProperty()
. Changes to the property’s values are detected through the property’s notify signal. Setting a context object is both faster and easier than manually adding and maintaining context property values.The following example has the same effect as the previous one, but it uses a context object.
class MyDataSet : ... { ... Q_PROPERTY(QAbstractItemModel *myModel READ model NOTIFY modelChanged) ... }; MyDataSet myDataSet; QQmlEngine engine; QQmlContext *context = new QQmlContext(engine.rootContext()); context->setContextObject(&myDataSet); QQmlComponent component(&engine); component.setData("import QtQuick 2.0\nListView { model: myModel }", QUrl()); component.create(context);All properties added explicitly by
setContextProperty()
take precedence over the context object’s properties.
The Context Hierarchy¶
Contexts form a hierarchy. The root of this hierarchy is the QML engine’s
root context
. Child contexts inherit the context properties of their parents; if a child context sets a context property that already exists in its parent, the new context property overrides that of the parent.The following example defines two contexts -
context1
andcontext2
. The second context overrides the “b” context property inherited from the first with a new value.QQmlEngine engine; QQmlContext *context1 = new QQmlContext(engine.rootContext()); QQmlContext *context2 = new QQmlContext(context1); context1->setContextProperty("a", 12); context1->setContextProperty("b", 12); context2->setContextProperty("b", 15);While QML objects instantiated in a context are not strictly owned by that context, their bindings are. If a context is destroyed, the property bindings of outstanding QML objects will stop evaluating.
Warning
Setting the context object or adding new context properties after an object has been created in that context is an expensive operation (essentially forcing all bindings to reevaluate). Thus whenever possible you should complete “setup” of the context before using it to create any objects.
See also
Exposing Attributes of C++ Types to QML
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class
QQmlContext
(parent[, objParent=None])¶ QQmlContext(parent[, objParent=None])
- param parent
- param objParent
QObject
Create a new
QQmlContext
with the givenparentContext
, and theQObject
parent
.Create a new
QQmlContext
as a child ofengine
‘s root context, and theQObject
parent
.
-
PySide2.QtQml.QQmlContext.
baseUrl
()¶ - Return type
QUrl
Returns the base url of the component, or the containing component if none is set.
See also
-
PySide2.QtQml.QQmlContext.
contextObject
()¶ - Return type
QObject
Return the context object, or 0 if there is no context object.
See also
-
PySide2.QtQml.QQmlContext.
contextProperty
(arg__1)¶ - Parameters
arg__1 – unicode
- Return type
object
Returns the value of the
name
property for this context as aQVariant
.See also
-
PySide2.QtQml.QQmlContext.
engine
()¶ - Return type
Return the context’s
QQmlEngine
, or 0 if the context has noQQmlEngine
or theQQmlEngine
was destroyed.
-
PySide2.QtQml.QQmlContext.
isValid
()¶ - Return type
bool
Returns whether the context is valid.
To be valid, a context must have a engine, and it’s
contextObject()
, if any, must not have been deleted.
-
PySide2.QtQml.QQmlContext.
nameForObject
(arg__1)¶ - Parameters
arg__1 –
QObject
- Return type
unicode
Returns the name of
object
in this context, or an empty string ifobject
is not named in the context. Objects are named bysetContextProperty()
, or by ids in the case of QML created contexts.If the object has multiple names, the first is returned.
-
PySide2.QtQml.QQmlContext.
parentContext
()¶ - Return type
Return the context’s parent
QQmlContext
, or 0 if this context has no parent or if the parent has been destroyed.
-
PySide2.QtQml.QQmlContext.
resolvedUrl
(arg__1)¶ - Parameters
arg__1 –
QUrl
- Return type
QUrl
Resolves the URL
src
relative to the URL of the containing component.See also
-
PySide2.QtQml.QQmlContext.
setBaseUrl
(arg__1)¶ - Parameters
arg__1 –
QUrl
Explicitly sets the url
resolvedUrl()
will use for relative references tobaseUrl
.Calling this function will override the url of the containing component used by default.
See also
-
PySide2.QtQml.QQmlContext.
setContextObject
(arg__1)¶ - Parameters
arg__1 –
QObject
Set the context
object
.See also
-
PySide2.QtQml.QQmlContext.
setContextProperty
(arg__1, arg__2)¶ - Parameters
arg__1 – unicode
arg__2 –
QObject
-
PySide2.QtQml.QQmlContext.
setContextProperty
(arg__1, arg__2) - Parameters
arg__1 – unicode
arg__2 – object
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