[Interest] Q_ENUMS with foreign enum ?

[Konstantin Tokarev]

14.07.2014, 13:39, "Martin Koller" <kollix at aon.at>:
> On Monday 14 July 2014 09:11:06 Rutledge Shawn wrote:
>>  On 12 Jul 2014, at 10:03 AM, Martin Koller wrote:
>>>  Hi,
>>>
>>>  is there any possibility to use an enum in the Q_ENUMS macro when the enum is not
>>>  defined in a QObject derived class ?
>>>  (Specifically I'm trying to do that with QSslError::SslError)
>>  The Qt namespace has a lot of enums like that.  The trick there is to get moc to pretend that the namespace is actually a class.
>>
>>  src/corelib/global/qnamespace.h
>
> This is not what I meant.
> The Qt namespace defines enums on its own and the MOC-Hack (#if defined(Q_MOC_RUN)) just makes sure that the enums
> can be used in Q_ENUMS
>
> What I need is a FOREIGN enum, e.g. one which is already availabe in a different Qt header, but the enum is not
> part of a QObject derived class.
>
> E.g.
> #include <QSslError>
>
> class MyClass : public QObject
> {
>   Q_OBJECT
>   Q_ENUMS(QSslError::SslError)   // does not work
> };
>
> #include "moc_test.cxx"
>
> In file included from test.cxx:9:0:
> moc_test.cxx:66:10: error: ‘staticMetaObject’ is not a member of ‘QSslError’
>          &QSslError::staticMetaObject,

You can add fake poperty with type QSslError::SslError, and access enum via QMetaProperty::enumerator()

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Regards,
Konstantin