[Qbs] Qt Quick Tests and custom import paths

[Christian Kandeler]

On Thu, 17 May 2018 10:57:31 +0200
Federico Frenguelli <synasius at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 17 May 2018 at 10:25, Christian Kandeler <christian.kandeler at qt.io>
> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 16 May 2018 18:01:40 +0200
> > Federico Frenguelli <synasius at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  
> > > > If functions were properly supported as properties, there'd be a simple
> > > > generic solution:
> > > >
> > > > AutotestRunner {
> > > >     additionalArgsFunc: function(testArtifact)  {
> > > >         var myArgs = [];
> > > >         var additionalImportPaths =
> > > > testArtifact.quickpaths.additionalImportPaths;
> > > >         for (var i in additionalImportPaths)
> > > >              myArgs.push("-import", additionalImportPaths[i]);
> > > >         return myArgs;
> > > >     })
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > In fact, I think this is already possible, though the implementation  
> > (on  
> > > > the AutotestRunner side) would look rather awful, involving eval().
> > > > So maybe that's the way to go? Higher-level concepts might not be  
> > flexible  
> > > > enough. For instance, the approach sketched above also allows you to  
> > get  
> > > > the necessary information from product or project properties, or even  
> > from  
> > > > the environment.
> > > >  
> > >
> > >  That could be a clear and flexible solution but is it possible to use
> > > function properties? Or you were thinking of wrapping the function
> > > definition in a string??  
> >
> > I think it can work like this already, using a variant property.
> >  
> I tried to test your proposal but unfortunately that syntax is not
> supported. 

What do you mean by that?

> Is it possible to access a product's properties from the artifact?

Artifact objects have a "product" property, which gives you the product object.


Christian