QMetaObject#

Inheritance diagram of PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject

Synopsis#

Functions#

Static functions#

  • def checkConnectArgs (signal, method)

  • def checkConnectArgs (signal, method)

  • def connectSlotsByName (o)

  • def disconnect (sender, signal_index, receiver, method_index)

  • def disconnectOne (sender, signal_index, receiver, method_index)

  • def invokeMethod (obj, member, arg__3, ret[, val0=QGenericArgument(nullptr)[, val1=QGenericArgument()[, val2=QGenericArgument()[, val3=QGenericArgument()[, val4=QGenericArgument()[, val5=QGenericArgument()[, val6=QGenericArgument()[, val7=QGenericArgument()[, val8=QGenericArgument()[, val9=QGenericArgument()]]]]]]]]]])

  • def invokeMethod (obj, member, ret[, val0=QGenericArgument(nullptr)[, val1=QGenericArgument()[, val2=QGenericArgument()[, val3=QGenericArgument()[, val4=QGenericArgument()[, val5=QGenericArgument()[, val6=QGenericArgument()[, val7=QGenericArgument()[, val8=QGenericArgument()[, val9=QGenericArgument()]]]]]]]]]])

  • def invokeMethod (obj, member, type[, val0=QGenericArgument(nullptr)[, val1=QGenericArgument()[, val2=QGenericArgument()[, val3=QGenericArgument()[, val4=QGenericArgument()[, val5=QGenericArgument()[, val6=QGenericArgument()[, val7=QGenericArgument()[, val8=QGenericArgument()[, val9=QGenericArgument()]]]]]]]]]])

  • def invokeMethod (obj, member[, val0=QGenericArgument(nullptr)[, val1=QGenericArgument()[, val2=QGenericArgument()[, val3=QGenericArgument()[, val4=QGenericArgument()[, val5=QGenericArgument()[, val6=QGenericArgument()[, val7=QGenericArgument()[, val8=QGenericArgument()[, val9=QGenericArgument()]]]]]]]]]])

  • def invokeMethod (object, member, ret[, val0={}[, val1={}[, val2={}]]])

  • def invokeMethod (object, member, type, ret[, val0={}[, val1={}[, val2={}]]])

  • def invokeMethod (object, member, type[, val0={}[, val1={}[, val2={}]]])

  • def invokeMethod (object, member[, val0={}[, val1={}[, val2={}]]])

  • def normalizedSignature (method)

  • def normalizedType (type)

Detailed Description#

Represents a handle to a signal-slot (or signal-functor) connection.

It can be used to check if the connection is valid and to disconnect it using disconnect() . For a signal-functor connection without a context object, it is the only way to selectively disconnect that connection.

As Connection is just a handle, the underlying signal-slot connection is unaffected when Connection is destroyed or reassigned.

class PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject#
PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.Call#
PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.__repr__()#
Return type

object

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.cast(obj)#
Parameters

obj – PySide6.QtCore.QObject

Return type

PySide6.QtCore.QObject

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.cast(obj)
Parameters

obj – PySide6.QtCore.QObject

Return type

PySide6.QtCore.QObject

static PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.checkConnectArgs(signal, method)#
Parameters
Return type

bool

This is an overloaded function.

Returns true if the signal and method arguments are compatible; otherwise returns false.

static PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.checkConnectArgs(signal, method)
Parameters

  • signal – str

  • method – str

Return type

bool

Returns true if the signal and method arguments are compatible; otherwise returns false.

Both signal and method are expected to be normalized.

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.classInfo(index)#
Parameters

index – int

Return type

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaClassInfo

Returns the meta-data for the item of class information with the given index.

Example:

class MyClass(QObject):

    Q_OBJECT
    Q_CLASSINFO("author", "Sabrina Schweinsteiger")
    Q_CLASSINFO("url", "http://doc.moosesoft.co.uk/1.0/")
# public
    ...

See also

classInfoCount() classInfoOffset() indexOfClassInfo()

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.classInfoCount()#
Return type

int

Returns the number of items of class information in this class.

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.classInfoOffset()#
Return type

int

Returns the class information offset for this class; i.e. the index position of this class’s first class information item.

If the class has no superclasses with class information, the offset is 0; otherwise the offset is the sum of all the class information items in the class’s superclasses.

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.className()#
Return type

str

Returns the class name.

See also

superClass()

static PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(o)#
Parameters

o – PySide6.QtCore.QObject

Searches recursively for all child objects of the given object, and connects matching signals from them to slots of object that follow the following form:

on_<object = void(<signal parameters>)

Let’s assume our object has a child object of type QPushButton with the object name button1. The slot to catch the button’s clicked() signal would be:

def on_button1_clicked():

If object itself has a properly set object name, its own signals are also connected to its respective slots.

See also

setObjectName()

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.constructor(index)#
Parameters

index – int

Return type

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaMethod

Returns the meta-data for the constructor with the given index.

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.constructorCount()#
Return type

int

Returns the number of constructors in this class.

static PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.disconnect(sender, signal_index, receiver, method_index)#
Parameters
Return type

bool

static PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.disconnectOne(sender, signal_index, receiver, method_index)#
Parameters
Return type

bool

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.enumerator(index)#
Parameters

index – int

Return type

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaEnum

Returns the meta-data for the enumerator with the given index.

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.enumeratorCount()#
Return type

int

Returns the number of enumerators in this class.

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.enumeratorOffset()#
Return type

int

Returns the enumerator offset for this class; i.e. the index position of this class’s first enumerator.

If the class has no superclasses with enumerators, the offset is 0; otherwise the offset is the sum of all the enumerators in the class’s superclasses.

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.indexOfClassInfo(name)#
Parameters

name – str

Return type

int

Finds class information item name and returns its index; otherwise returns -1.

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.indexOfConstructor(constructor)#
Parameters

constructor – str

Return type

int

Finds constructor and returns its index; otherwise returns -1.

Note that the constructor has to be in normalized form, as returned by normalizedSignature() .

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.indexOfEnumerator(name)#
Parameters

name – str

Return type

int

Finds enumerator name and returns its index; otherwise returns -1.

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.indexOfMethod(method)#
Parameters

method – str

Return type

int

Finds method and returns its index; otherwise returns -1.

Note that the method has to be in normalized form, as returned by normalizedSignature() .

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.indexOfProperty(name)#
Parameters

name – str

Return type

int

Finds property name and returns its index; otherwise returns -1.

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.indexOfSignal(signal)#
Parameters

signal – str

Return type

int

Finds signal and returns its index; otherwise returns -1.

This is the same as indexOfMethod() , except that it will return -1 if the method exists but isn’t a signal.

Note that the signal has to be in normalized form, as returned by normalizedSignature() .

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.indexOfSlot(slot)#
Parameters

slot – str

Return type

int

Finds slot and returns its index; otherwise returns -1.

This is the same as indexOfMethod() , except that it will return -1 if the method exists but isn’t a slot.

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.inherits(metaObject)#
Parameters

metaObject – PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject

Return type

bool

Returns true if the class described by this QMetaObject inherits the type described by metaObject; otherwise returns false.

A type is considered to inherit itself.

static PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.invokeMethod(obj, member[, val0=QGenericArgument(nullptr)[, val1=QGenericArgument()[, val2=QGenericArgument()[, val3=QGenericArgument()[, val4=QGenericArgument()[, val5=QGenericArgument()[, val6=QGenericArgument()[, val7=QGenericArgument()[, val8=QGenericArgument()[, val9=QGenericArgument()]]]]]]]]]])#
Parameters
Return type

bool

This function overloads invokeMethod() .

This overload invokes the member using the connection type AutoConnection and ignores return values.

static PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.invokeMethod(obj, member, ret[, val0=QGenericArgument(nullptr)[, val1=QGenericArgument()[, val2=QGenericArgument()[, val3=QGenericArgument()[, val4=QGenericArgument()[, val5=QGenericArgument()[, val6=QGenericArgument()[, val7=QGenericArgument()[, val8=QGenericArgument()[, val9=QGenericArgument()]]]]]]]]]])
Parameters
Return type

bool

This function overloads invokeMethod() .

This overload always invokes the member using the connection type AutoConnection .

static PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.invokeMethod(obj, member, arg__3, ret[, val0=QGenericArgument(nullptr)[, val1=QGenericArgument()[, val2=QGenericArgument()[, val3=QGenericArgument()[, val4=QGenericArgument()[, val5=QGenericArgument()[, val6=QGenericArgument()[, val7=QGenericArgument()[, val8=QGenericArgument()[, val9=QGenericArgument()]]]]]]]]]])
Parameters
Return type

bool

Invokes the member (a signal or a slot name) on the object obj. Returns true if the member could be invoked. Returns false if there is no such member or the parameters did not match.

The invocation can be either synchronous or asynchronous, depending on type:

  • If type is DirectConnection , the member will be invoked immediately.

  • If type is QueuedConnection , a QEvent will be sent and the member is invoked as soon as the application enters the main event loop.

  • If type is BlockingQueuedConnection , the method will be invoked in the same way as for QueuedConnection , except that the current thread will block until the event is delivered. Using this connection type to communicate between objects in the same thread will lead to deadlocks.

  • If type is AutoConnection , the member is invoked synchronously if obj lives in the same thread as the caller; otherwise it will invoke the member asynchronously.

The return value of the member function call is placed in ret. If the invocation is asynchronous, the return value cannot be evaluated. You can pass up to ten arguments (val0, val1, val2, val3, val4, val5, val6, val7, val8, and val9) to the member function.

QGenericArgument and QGenericReturnArgument are internal helper classes. Because signals and slots can be dynamically invoked, you must enclose the arguments using the Q_ARG() and Q_RETURN_ARG() macros. Q_ARG() takes a type name and a const reference of that type; Q_RETURN_ARG() takes a type name and a non-const reference.

You only need to pass the name of the signal or slot to this function, not the entire signature. For example, to asynchronously invoke the quit() slot on a QThread , use the following code:

QMetaObject.invokeMethod(thread, "quit",
                          Qt.QueuedConnection)

With asynchronous method invocations, the parameters must be of types that are known to Qt’s meta-object system, because Qt needs to copy the arguments to store them in an event behind the scenes. If you try to use a queued connection and get the error message

QMetaObject.invokeMethod: Unable to handle unregistered datatype 'MyType'

call qRegisterMetaType() to register the data type before you call invokeMethod().

To synchronously invoke the compute(QString, int, double) slot on some arbitrary object obj retrieve its return value:

retVal = QString()
QMetaObject.invokeMethod(obj, "compute", Qt.DirectConnection,
                          Q_RETURN_ARG(QString, retVal),
                          Q_ARG(QString, "sqrt"),
                          Q_ARG(int, 42),
                          Q_ARG(double, 9.7))

If the “compute” slot does not take exactly one QString , one int and one double in the specified order, the call will fail.

See also

Q_ARG() Q_RETURN_ARG() qRegisterMetaType() invoke()

static PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.invokeMethod(obj, member, type[, val0=QGenericArgument(nullptr)[, val1=QGenericArgument()[, val2=QGenericArgument()[, val3=QGenericArgument()[, val4=QGenericArgument()[, val5=QGenericArgument()[, val6=QGenericArgument()[, val7=QGenericArgument()[, val8=QGenericArgument()[, val9=QGenericArgument()]]]]]]]]]])
Parameters
Return type

bool

This function overloads invokeMethod() .

This overload can be used if the return value of the member is of no interest.

static PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.invokeMethod(object, member, type[, val0={}[, val1={}[, val2={}]]])
Parameters
Return type

bool

static PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.invokeMethod(object, member, type, ret[, val0={}[, val1={}[, val2={}]]])
Parameters

  • object – PySide6.QtCore.QObject

  • member – str

  • type – ConnectionType

  • ret – QGenericReturnArgumentHolder

  • val0 – QGenericArgumentHolder

  • val1 – QGenericArgumentHolder

  • val2 – QGenericArgumentHolder

Return type

object

static PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.invokeMethod(object, member[, val0={}[, val1={}[, val2={}]]])
Parameters

  • object – PySide6.QtCore.QObject

  • member – str

  • val0 – QGenericArgumentHolder

  • val1 – QGenericArgumentHolder

  • val2 – QGenericArgumentHolder

Return type

bool

static PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.invokeMethod(object, member, ret[, val0={}[, val1={}[, val2={}]]])
Parameters

  • object – PySide6.QtCore.QObject

  • member – str

  • ret – QGenericReturnArgumentHolder

  • val0 – QGenericArgumentHolder

  • val1 – QGenericArgumentHolder

  • val2 – QGenericArgumentHolder

Return type

object

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.metaType()#
Return type

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaType

Returns the metatype corresponding to this metaobject. If the metaobject originates from a namespace, an invalid metatype is returned.

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.method(index)#
Parameters

index – int

Return type

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaMethod

Returns the meta-data for the method with the given index.

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.methodCount()#
Return type

int

Returns the number of methods in this class, including the number of methods provided by each base class. These include signals and slots as well as normal member functions.

Use code like the following to obtain a QStringList containing the methods specific to a given class:

QMetaObject* metaObject = obj.metaObject()
methods = QStringList()
for i in range(metaObject.methodOffset(), metaObject.methodCount()):
    methods << QString.fromLatin1(metaObject.method(i).methodSignature())

See also

method() methodOffset() indexOfMethod()

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.methodOffset()#
Return type

int

Returns the method offset for this class; i.e. the index position of this class’s first member function.

The offset is the sum of all the methods in the class’s superclasses (which is always positive since QObject has the deleteLater() slot and a destroyed() signal).

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.newInstance([val0=QGenericArgument(nullptr)[, val1=QGenericArgument()[, val2=QGenericArgument()[, val3=QGenericArgument()[, val4=QGenericArgument()[, val5=QGenericArgument()[, val6=QGenericArgument()[, val7=QGenericArgument()[, val8=QGenericArgument()[, val9=QGenericArgument()]]]]]]]]]])#
Parameters
Return type

PySide6.QtCore.QObject

Constructs a new instance of this class. You can pass up to ten arguments (val0, val1, val2, val3, val4, val5, val6, val7, val8, and val9) to the constructor. Returns the new object, or None if no suitable constructor is available.

Note that only constructors that are declared with the Q_INVOKABLE modifier are made available through the meta-object system.

See also

Q_ARG() constructor()

static PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.normalizedSignature(method)#
Parameters

method – str

Return type

PySide6.QtCore.QByteArray

Normalizes the signature of the given method.

Qt uses normalized signatures to decide whether two given signals and slots are compatible. Normalization reduces whitespace to a minimum, moves ‘const’ to the front where appropriate, removes ‘const’ from value types and replaces const references with values.

static PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.normalizedType(type)#
Parameters

type – str

Return type

PySide6.QtCore.QByteArray

Normalizes a type.

See normalizedSignature() for a description on how Qt normalizes.

Example:

normType = QMetaObject.normalizedType(" int *")
# normType is now "const int*"

See also

normalizedSignature()

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.property(index)#
Parameters

index – int

Return type

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaProperty

Returns the meta-data for the property with the given index. If no such property exists, a null QMetaProperty is returned.

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.propertyCount()#
Return type

int

Returns the number of properties in this class, including the number of properties provided by each base class.

Use code like the following to obtain a QStringList containing the properties specific to a given class:

QMetaObject* metaObject = obj.metaObject()
properties = QStringList()
for i in range(metaObject.propertyOffset(), metaObject.propertyCount()):
    properties << QString.fromLatin1(metaObject.property(i).name())

See also

property() propertyOffset() indexOfProperty()

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.propertyOffset()#
Return type

int

Returns the property offset for this class; i.e. the index position of this class’s first property.

The offset is the sum of all the properties in the class’s superclasses (which is always positive since QObject has the name() property).

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.superClass()#
Return type

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject

Returns the meta-object of the superclass, or None if there is no such object.

See also

className()

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaObject.userProperty()#
Return type

PySide6.QtCore.QMetaProperty

Returns the property that has the USER flag set to true.

See also

isUser()