QCborMap¶
The QCborMap class is used to hold an associative container representable in CBOR. More…
New in version 5.12.
Synopsis¶
Functions¶
def
__eq__(other)def
__lt__(other)def
__ne__(other)def
clear()def
compare(other)def
contains(key)def
contains(key)def
contains(key)def
empty()def
isEmpty()def
keys()def
operator[](key)def
operator[](key)def
operator[](key)def
remove(key)def
remove(key)def
remove(key)def
size()def
swap(other)def
take(key)def
take(key)def
take(key)def
toCborValue()def
toJsonObject()def
toVariantHash()def
toVariantMap()def
value(key)def
value(key)def
value(key)
Static functions¶
def
fromJsonObject(o)def
fromVariantHash(hash)def
fromVariantMap(map)
Detailed Description¶
This class can be used to hold an associative container in CBOR, a map between a key and a value type. CBOR is the Concise Binary Object Representation, a very compact form of binary data encoding that is a superset of JSON. It was created by the IETF Constrained RESTful Environments (CoRE) WG, which has used it in many new RFCs. It is meant to be used alongside the CoAP protocol.
Unlike JSON and QVariantMap , CBOR map keys can be of any type, not just strings. For that reason, QCborMap is effectively a map between QCborValue keys to QCborValue value elements.
However, for all member functions that take a key parameter, QCborMap provides overloads that will work efficiently with integers and strings. In fact, the use of integer keys is encouraged, since they occupy fewer bytes to transmit and are simpler to encode and decode. Newer protocols designed by the IETF CoRE WG to work specifically with CBOR are known to use them.
QCborMap is not sorted, because of that, searching for keys has linear complexity (O(n)). QCborMap actually keeps the elements in the order that they were inserted, which means that it is possible to make sorted QCborMaps by carefully inserting elements in sorted order. CBOR does not require sorting, but recommends it.
QCborMap can also be converted to and from QVariantMap and QJsonObject . However, when performing the conversion, any non-string keys will be stringified using a one-way method that the conversion back to QCborMap will not undo.
See also
- class PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap¶
PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap(other)
- Parameters
other –
PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap
Constructs an empty CBOR Map object.
See also
Creates a QCborMap object that is a copy of other.
- PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.clear()¶
Empties this map.
See also
- PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.compare(other)¶
- Parameters
other –
PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap- Return type
int
Compares this map and other, comparing each element in sequence, and returns an integer that indicates whether this map should be sorted prior to (if the result is negative) or after other (if the result is positive). If this function returns 0, the two maps are equal and contain the same elements.
Note that CBOR maps are unordered, which means that two maps containing the very same pairs but in different order will still compare differently. To avoid this, it is recommended to insert elements into the map in a predictable order, such as by ascending key value. In fact, maps with keys in sorted order are required for Canonical CBOR representation.
For more information on CBOR sorting order, see compare() .
- PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.contains(key)¶
- Parameters
- Return type
bool
Returns true if this map contains a key-value pair identified by key key.
See also
value(const QCborValue &)operator[](const QCborValue &)find(const QCborValue &)remove(const QCborValue &)contains(qint64)remove(QLatin1String)remove(const QString &)
- PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.contains(key)
- Parameters
key – str
- Return type
bool
This is an overloaded function.
Returns true if this map contains a key-value pair identified by key key.
See also
value(const QString &)operator[](const QString &)find(const QString &)remove(const QString &)contains(qint64)remove(QLatin1String)remove(const QCborValue &)
- PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.contains(key)
- Parameters
key – int
- Return type
bool
Returns true if this map contains a key-value pair identified by key key. CBOR recommends using integer keys, since they occupy less space and are simpler to encode and decode.
See also
value(qint64)operator[](qint64)find(qint64)remove(qint64)contains(QLatin1String)remove(const QString &)remove(const QCborValue &)
- PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.empty()¶
- Return type
bool
Synonym for isEmpty() . This function is provided for compatibility with generic code that uses the Standard Library API.
Returns true if this map is empty ( size() == 0).
- static PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.fromJsonObject(o)¶
- Parameters
o –
QJsonObject- Return type
Converts all JSON items found in the obj object to CBOR using QCborValue::fromJson(), and returns the map composed of those elements.
This conversion is lossless, as the CBOR type system is a superset of JSON’s. Moreover, the map returned by this function can be converted back to the original obj by using toJsonObject() .
- static PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.fromVariantHash(hash)¶
- Parameters
hash –
- Return type
Converts all the items in hash to CBOR using fromVariant() and returns the map composed of those elements.
Conversion from QVariant is not completely lossless. Please see the documentation in fromVariant() for more information.
- static PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.fromVariantMap(map)¶
- Parameters
map –
- Return type
Converts all the items in map to CBOR using fromVariant() and returns the map composed of those elements.
Conversion from QVariant is not completely lossless. Please see the documentation in fromVariant() for more information.
- PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.isEmpty()¶
- Return type
bool
Returns true if this map is empty (that is, size() is 0).
- PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.keys()¶
- Return type
Returns a list of all keys in this map.
See also
keys()keys()
- PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.__ne__(other)¶
- Parameters
other –
PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap- Return type
bool
Compares this map and other, comparing each element in sequence, and returns true if the two maps contains any different elements or elements in different orders, false otherwise.
Note that CBOR maps are unordered, which means that two maps containing the very same pairs but in different order will still compare differently. To avoid this, it is recommended to insert elements into the map in a predictable order, such as by ascending key value. In fact, maps with keys in sorted order are required for Canonical CBOR representation.
For more information on CBOR equality in Qt, see, compare() .
See also
compare()operator==()operator==()operator==()operator
- PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.__lt__(other)¶
- Parameters
other –
PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap- Return type
bool
- PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.__eq__(other)¶
- Parameters
other –
PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap- Return type
bool
Compares this map and other, comparing each element in sequence, and returns true if the two maps contains the same elements in the same order, false otherwise.
Note that CBOR maps are unordered, which means that two maps containing the very same pairs but in different order will still compare differently. To avoid this, it is recommended to insert elements into the map in a predictable order, such as by ascending key value. In fact, maps with keys in sorted order are required for Canonical CBOR representation.
For more information on CBOR equality in Qt, see, compare() .
See also
compare()operator==()operator!=()operator
- PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.operator[](key)
- Parameters
- Return type
Returns the QCborValue element in this map that corresponds to key key, if there is one.
If the map does not contain key key, this function returns a QCborValue containing an undefined value. For that reason, it is not possible with this function to tell apart the situation where the key was not present from the situation where the key was mapped to an undefined value.
If the map contains more than one key equal to key, it is undefined which one this function will return. QCborMap does not allow inserting duplicate keys, but it is possible to create such a map by decoding a CBOR stream with them. They are usually not permitted and having duplicate keys is usually an indication of a problem in the sender.
operator[](qint64), operator[]( QLatin1String ), operator[](const QCborOperator[] &)
See also
value(const QCborValue &)find(const QCborValue &)constFind(const QCborValue &)remove(const QCborValue &)contains(const QCborValue &)
- PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.operator[](key)
- Parameters
key – int
- Return type
Returns the QCborValue element in this map that corresponds to key key, if there is one. CBOR recommends using integer keys, since they occupy less space and are simpler to encode and decode.
If the map does not contain key key, this function returns a QCborValue containing an undefined value. For that reason, it is not possible with this function to tell apart the situation where the key was not present from the situation where the key was mapped to an undefined value.
If the map contains more than one key equal to key, it is undefined which one this function will return. QCborMap does not allow inserting duplicate keys, but it is possible to create such a map by decoding a CBOR stream with them. They are usually not permitted and having duplicate keys is usually an indication of a problem in the sender.
operator[]( QLatin1String ), operator[](const QString &), operator[](const QCborOperator[] &)
See also
value(qint64)find(qint64)constFind(qint64)remove(qint64)contains(qint64)
- PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.operator[](key)
- Parameters
key – str
- Return type
This is an overloaded function.
Returns the QCborValue element in this map that corresponds to key key, if there is one.
If the map does not contain key key, this function returns a QCborValue containing an undefined value. For that reason, it is not possible with this function to tell apart the situation where the key was not present from the situation where the key was mapped to an undefined value.
If the map contains more than one key equal to key, it is undefined which one this function will return. QCborMap does not allow inserting duplicate keys, but it is possible to create such a map by decoding a CBOR stream with them. They are usually not permitted and having duplicate keys is usually an indication of a problem in the sender.
operator[](qint64), operator[]( QLatin1String ), operator[](const QCborOperator[] &)
See also
value(const QString &)find(const QString &)constFind(const QString &)remove(const QString &)contains(const QString &)
- PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.remove(key)¶
- Parameters
Removes the key key and the corresponding value from the map, if it is found. If the map contains no such key, this function does nothing.
If the map contains more than one key equal to key, it is undefined which one this function will remove. QCborMap does not allow inserting duplicate keys, but it is possible to create such a map by decoding a CBOR stream with them. They are usually not permitted and having duplicate keys is usually an indication of a problem in the sender.
remove(qint64), remove( QLatin1String ), remove(const QString &)
See also
value(const QCborValue &)operator[](const QCborValue &)find(const QCborValue &)contains(const QCborValue &)
- PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.remove(key)
- Parameters
key – str
This is an overloaded function.
Removes the key key and the corresponding value from the map, if it is found. If the map contains no such key, this function does nothing.
If the map contains more than one key equal to key, it is undefined which one this function will remove. QCborMap does not allow inserting duplicate keys, but it is possible to create such a map by decoding a CBOR stream with them. They are usually not permitted and having duplicate keys is usually an indication of a problem in the sender.
remove(qint64), remove( QLatin1String ), remove(const QCborValue &)
See also
value(const QString &)operator[](const QString &)find(const QString &)contains(const QString &)
- PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.remove(key)
- Parameters
key – int
Removes the key key and the corresponding value from the map, if it is found. If the map contains no such key, this function does nothing.
If the map contains more than one key equal to key, it is undefined which one this function will remove. QCborMap does not allow inserting duplicate keys, but it is possible to create such a map by decoding a CBOR stream with them. They are usually not permitted and having duplicate keys is usually an indication of a problem in the sender.
remove( QLatin1String ), remove(const QString &), remove(const QCborValue &)
See also
value(qint64)operator[](qint64)find(qint64)contains(qint64)
- PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.size()¶
- Return type
qsizetype
Returns the number of elements in this map.
See also
- PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.swap(other)¶
- Parameters
other –
PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap
Swaps the contents of this map and other.
- PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.take(key)¶
- Parameters
- Return type
Removes the key key and the corresponding value from the map and returns the value, if it is found. If the map contains no such key, this function does nothing.
If the map contains more than one key equal to key, it is undefined which one this function will remove. QCborMap does not allow inserting duplicate keys, but it is possible to create such a map by decoding a CBOR stream with them. They are usually not permitted and having duplicate keys is usually an indication of a problem in the sender.
See also
value(const QCborValue &)operator[](const QCborValue &)find(const QCborValue &)contains(const QCborValue &)take(QLatin1String)take(const QString &)take(qint64)insert()
- PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.take(key)
- Parameters
key – str
- Return type
Removes the key key and the corresponding value from the map and returns the value, if it is found. If the map contains no such key, this function does nothing.
If the map contains more than one key equal to key, it is undefined which one this function will remove. QCborMap does not allow inserting duplicate keys, but it is possible to create such a map by decoding a CBOR stream with them. They are usually not permitted and having duplicate keys is usually an indication of a problem in the sender.
See also
value(const QString &)operator[](const QString &)find(const QString &)contains(const QString &)take(QLatin1String)take(qint64)take(const QCborValue &)insert()
- PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.take(key)
- Parameters
key – int
- Return type
Removes the key key and the corresponding value from the map and returns the value, if it is found. If the map contains no such key, this function does nothing.
If the map contains more than one key equal to key, it is undefined which one this function will remove. QCborMap does not allow inserting duplicate keys, but it is possible to create such a map by decoding a CBOR stream with them. They are usually not permitted and having duplicate keys is usually an indication of a problem in the sender.
See also
value(qint64)operator[](qint64)find(qint64)contains(qint64)take(QLatin1String)take(const QString &)take(const QCborValue &)insert()
- PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.toCborValue()¶
- Return type
Explicitly constructs a QCborValue object that represents this map. This function is usually not necessary since QCborValue has a constructor for QCborMap , so the conversion is implicit.
Converting QCborMap to QCborValue allows it to be used in any context where QCborValues can be used, including as keys and mapped types in QCborMap , as well as toCbor() .
See also
QCborValue(const QCborMap &)
- PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.toJsonObject()¶
- Return type
QJsonObject
Recursively converts every QCborValue value in this map to JSON using toJsonValue() and creates a string key for all keys that aren’t strings, then returns the corresponding QJsonObject composed of those associations.
Please note that CBOR contains a richer and wider type set than JSON, so some information may be lost in this conversion. For more details on what conversions are applied, see toJsonValue() .
Map key conversion to string¶
JSON objects are defined as having string keys, unlike CBOR, so the conversion of a QCborMap to QJsonObject will imply a step of “stringification” of the key values. The conversion will use the special handling of tags and extended types from above and will also convert the rest of the types as follows:
Type
Transformation
Bool
“true” and “false”
Null
“null”
Undefined
“undefined”
Integer
The decimal string form of the number
Double
The decimal string form of the number
Byte array
Unless tagged differently (see above), encoded as Base64url
Array
Replaced by the compact form of its
Diagnostic notationMap
Replaced by the compact form of its
Diagnostic notationTags and extended types
Tag number is dropped and the tagged value is converted to string
- PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.toVariantHash()¶
- Return type
Converts the CBOR values to QVariant using toVariant() and “stringifies” all the CBOR keys in this map, returning the QVariantHash that results from that association list.
QVariantMaps have string keys, unlike CBOR, so the conversion of a QCborMap to QVariantMap will imply a step of “stringification” of the key values. See toJsonObject() for details.
In addition, the conversion to QVariant is not completely lossless. Please see the documentation in toVariant() for more information.
- PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.toVariantMap()¶
- Return type
Converts the CBOR values to QVariant using toVariant() and “stringifies” all the CBOR keys in this map, returning the QVariantMap that results from that association list.
QVariantMaps have string keys, unlike CBOR, so the conversion of a QCborMap to QVariantMap will imply a step of “stringification” of the key values. See toJsonObject() for details.
In addition, the conversion to QVariant is not completely lossless. Please see the documentation in toVariant() for more information.
- PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.value(key)¶
- Parameters
- Return type
Returns the QCborValue element in this map that corresponds to key key, if there is one.
If the map does not contain key key, this function returns a QCborValue containing an undefined value. For that reason, it is not possible with this function to tell apart the situation where the key was not present from the situation where the key was mapped to an undefined value.
If the map contains more than one key equal to key, it is undefined which one this function will return. QCborMap does not allow inserting duplicate keys, but it is possible to create such a map by decoding a CBOR stream with them. They are usually not permitted and having duplicate keys is usually an indication of a problem in the sender.
value(qint64), value( QLatin1String ), value(const QString &)
See also
operator[](const QCborValue &)find(const QCborValue &)constFind(const QCborValue &)remove(const QCborValue &)contains(const QCborValue &)
- PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.value(key)
- Parameters
key – str
- Return type
This is an overloaded function.
Returns the QCborValue element in this map that corresponds to key key, if there is one.
If the map does not contain key key, this function returns a QCborValue containing an undefined value. For that reason, it is not possible with this function to tell apart the situation where the key was not present from the situation where the key was mapped to an undefined value.
If the map contains more than one key equal to key, it is undefined which one this function will return. QCborMap does not allow inserting duplicate keys, but it is possible to create such a map by decoding a CBOR stream with them. They are usually not permitted and having duplicate keys is usually an indication of a problem in the sender.
value(qint64), value( QLatin1String ), value(const QCborValue &)
See also
operator[](const QString &)find(const QString &)constFind(const QString &)remove(const QString &)contains(const QString &)
- PySide6.QtCore.QCborMap.value(key)
- Parameters
key – int
- Return type
Returns the QCborValue element in this map that corresponds to key key, if there is one. CBOR recommends using integer keys, since they occupy less space and are simpler to encode and decode.
If the map does not contain key key, this function returns a QCborValue containing an undefined value. For that reason, it is not possible with this function to tell apart the situation where the key was not present from the situation where the key was mapped to an undefined value.
If the map contains more than one key equal to key, it is undefined which one the return from function will reference. QCborMap does not allow inserting duplicate keys, but it is possible to create such a map by decoding a CBOR stream with them. They are usually not permitted and having duplicate keys is usually an indication of a problem in the sender.
value( QLatin1String ), value(const QString &), value(const QCborValue &)
See also
operator[](qint64)find(qint64)constFind(qint64)remove(qint64)contains(qint64)
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