Don't use statics for type definition, at least for plugin modules.

Task-number: QT-2798

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/declarative/qml/qmlmoduleplugin.cpp b/src/declarative/qml/qmlmoduleplugin.cpp
index 3346ec7..2f2cb25 100644
--- a/src/declarative/qml/qmlmoduleplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/declarative/qml/qmlmoduleplugin.cpp
@@ -59,11 +59,12 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
     exporting the class with the Q_EXPORT_PLUGIN2() macro. See \l{How
     to Create Qt Plugins} for details.
 
-    The plugin should register QML types with QML_DEFINE_TYPE.
-
     The strings returned by keys() should be the list of URIs of modules
     that the plugin registers.
 
+    The plugin should register QML types with qmlRegisterType() when the
+    defineModule() method is called.
+
     \sa examples/declarative/plugins
 */
 
@@ -86,4 +87,25 @@ QmlModulePlugin::~QmlModulePlugin()
 {
 }
 
+/*!
+    \fn void QmlModulePlugin::defineModule(const QString& uri)
+
+    Subclasses must override this function to register types
+    of the module \a uri, which will be one of the strings returned by keys().
+
+    The plugin registers QML types with qmlRegisterType():
+
+    \code
+        qmlRegisterType<MyClass>("com.nokia.MyModule", 1, 0, "MyType", "MyClass");
+    \endcode
+*/
+
+void QmlModulePlugin::defineModuleOnce(const QString& uri)
+{ 
+    if (!defined.contains(uri)) {
+        defined += uri;
+        defineModule(uri);
+    }
+}
+
 QT_END_NAMESPACE