[Interest] C++ / QML headaches

[Nikita Krupenko]

Possibly you have name clashes here. I suggest not to start property
and method names from capital letter, this is only for type names
(classes).
The property (your 1-st case) is the preferred way, as you use it in
binding. Also, rename vendorModel property member to m_vendorModel and
make it private.
One more thing: have you set parent to the object you return in
VendorModel() method?

2016-02-12 8:29 GMT+02:00 Willem Ferguson <willemferguson at zoology.up.ac.za>:
> I include an image explaining much of the context of the problem I
> encounter.
>
> I have a QML combobox that needs to respond to a C++ QStringListModel. I do
> this as follows:
>
> At the start where the QML machine is initialised (at the top of the
> attached image)
> 1) Define and instantiate the underlying C++ class (DownloadManager) as a
> global object (downloadhelper),
>     visible to the C++ code far away.
> 2) Define a context pointer to downloadhelper. The handle for this pointer
> is "downloadhelper".
>
> Within the downloadmanager class (the C++ code):
> 1) Define a property set (Q_PROPERTY) that allows QML to see several
> structures inside the C++ code.
> 2) Define the model vendorModel to be used by the QML combobox. The
> vendorModel is accessible both
>     as a QStringListModel (vendorModel) and as a function that returns a
> pointer to a QStrinListModel
>     (VendorModel()).
>
> In the QML:
> 1) The downloadhelper object is seen with the QML code, visible by the
> italic font of "downloadhelper" as well
>     some of the visible parts within downloadhelper, offered in the dropdown
> list (right-hand side of attached image)
>     In fact, the function downloadhelper.fill_computer_list() works as
> expected and fills venderModel (the QStringListModel)
>     with an appropriate QStringList.
>
> The result: If, within the model specification in the QML:
> 1) If I choose "vendorModel" from the dropdown list and execute, there is a
> segfault at the model definition in the QML
>      Commenting out the model definition eliminates the segfault.
> 2) If I choose "VendorModel()", the QML processor does not recognise the
> identifier
> 3) If I choose the source QStringList (not the model based in that
> stringlist) I get an error message:
>     ERROR: Unknown method return type: QStringListModel*
> 4) If I choose VendorModel (as defined in the Q_PROPERTY), then I get the
> output in the black box at the bottom of the image.
>     If I take the Q_PROPERTY definition as a yard stick, the READ handle
> VendorModel should be the appropriate one.
>     But VendorModel is not even listed in the dropdown list in the QML code
> in the image.
>
> Any comments or suggestion will be very valuable.
> Kind regards,
> willem
>
>
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