[Development] QtRemoteObjects (was Replicant)

[Simon Hausmann]

On Monday 20. October 2014 10.38.26 Stottlemyer, Brett wrote:
> On Monday, October 20, 2014 2:32 AM Simon Hausmann wrote:
> > So what would a .proto file look like for a Q_OBJECT? That's not evident
> > to me
> yet.
> 
> > However a .proto file could be written (manually) that describes the
> > messages needed to allow calling into QObjects. Basically a schema for
> > what QWebChannel also does.  In order to allow for custom types to be
> > passed through, the meta- type system would have to be extended to allow
> > for registering mappings from meta-type ids to protocol buffer
> > descriptors.
> 
> Just have a minute, and wanted to clarify one point.
> 
> I wasn't trying to suggest using protocol buffers as a wholesale replacement
> for MOC generated code.  I was thinking only of the piece for marshalling
> Properties and Signal arguments for QueuedConnection calls, and the return
> value.  Since the types are known at compile time (based on everything MOC
> already does), it should be possible to generate the protocol buffer
> definitions for those items, which would then be compiled with the rest of
> the MOC generated code.

Hmm, the problem I see is that the types are _not_ known at moc execution 
time, only at C++ compile time.

Simon