doc: Document the "Type" enum value as a const in variable.

Task-number:  	 QTBUG-7605

2 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/src/snippets/code/src_gui_graphicsview_qgraphicsitem.cpp b/doc/src/snippets/code/src_gui_graphicsview_qgraphicsitem.cpp
index 483c675..4f27661 100644
--- a/doc/src/snippets/code/src_gui_graphicsview_qgraphicsitem.cpp
+++ b/doc/src/snippets/code/src_gui_graphicsview_qgraphicsitem.cpp
@@ -260,3 +260,14 @@ class CustomItem : public QGraphicsItem
    ...
 };
 //! [QGraphicsItem type]
+
+//! [18]
+class QGraphicsPathItem : public QAbstractGraphicsShapeItem
+{
+ public:
+  enum { Type = 2 };
+    int type() const { return Type; }
+  ...
+};
+//! [18]
+
diff --git a/src/gui/graphicsview/qgraphicsitem.cpp b/src/gui/graphicsview/qgraphicsitem.cpp
index 1ea69fb..b633b41 100644
--- a/src/gui/graphicsview/qgraphicsitem.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/graphicsview/qgraphicsitem.cpp
@@ -268,6 +268,17 @@
 */
 
 /*!
+    \variable QGraphicsItem::Type
+
+    The type value returned by the virtual type() function in standard
+    graphics item classes in Qt. All such standard graphics item
+    classes in Qt are associated with a unique value for Type,
+    e.g. the value returned by QGraphicsPathItem::type() is 2.
+
+    \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_gui_graphicsview_qgraphicsitem.cpp 18
+*/
+
+/*!
     \variable QGraphicsItem::UserType
 
     The lowest permitted type value for custom items (subclasses