Add a way to allow tracking the originating object with QNetworkRequest.

Added setOriginatingObject() and originatingObject() to QNetworkRequest
that internally tracks the QObject using a QWeakPointer.

Reviewed-by: Lars Knoll
Rubberstamped-by: Thiago

1 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/network/access/qnetworkrequest.cpp b/src/network/access/qnetworkrequest.cpp
index cde9858..ca9e606 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qnetworkrequest.cpp
+++ b/src/network/access/qnetworkrequest.cpp
@@ -481,6 +481,36 @@ void QNetworkRequest::setSslConfiguration(const QSslConfiguration &config)
 }
 #endif
 
+/*!
+    \since 4.6
+
+    Allows setting a reference to the object initiating
+    the request.
+
+    For example QtWebKit sets the originating object to the
+    QWebFrame that initiated the request.
+
+    \sa originatingObject()
+*/
+void QNetworkRequest::setOriginatingObject(QObject *object)
+{
+    d->originatingObject = object;
+}
+
+/*!
+    \since 4.6
+
+    Returns a reference to the object that initiated this
+    network request; returns 0 if not set or the object has
+    been destroyed.
+
+    \sa setOriginatingObject()
+*/
+QObject *QNetworkRequest::originatingObject() const
+{
+    return d->originatingObject.data();
+}
+
 static QByteArray headerName(QNetworkRequest::KnownHeaders header)
 {
     switch (header) {