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-rw-r--r--doc/src/snippets/declarative/qtobject.qml55
-rw-r--r--src/declarative/qml/qdeclarativeengine.cpp47
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diff --git a/doc/src/snippets/declarative/qtobject.qml b/doc/src/snippets/declarative/qtobject.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..970fa16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/src/snippets/declarative/qtobject.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** All rights reserved.
+** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
+**
+** This file is part of the QtDeclarative module of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
+** No Commercial Usage
+** This file contains pre-release code and may not be distributed.
+** You may use this file in accordance with the terms and conditions
+** contained in the Technology Preview License Agreement accompanying
+** this package.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file. Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Nokia gives you certain additional
+** rights. These rights are described in the Nokia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+** If you have questions regarding the use of this file, please contact
+** Nokia at qt-info@nokia.com.
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+//![0]
+import Qt 4.7
+
+Item {
+ QtObject {
+ id: attributes
+ property string name
+ property int size
+ property variant attributes
+ }
+
+ Text { text: attributes.name }
+}
+//![0]
+
diff --git a/src/declarative/qml/qdeclarativeengine.cpp b/src/declarative/qml/qdeclarativeengine.cpp
index d1ba6ce..9dae64d 100644
--- a/src/declarative/qml/qdeclarativeengine.cpp
+++ b/src/declarative/qml/qdeclarativeengine.cpp
@@ -115,22 +115,55 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
/*!
\qmlclass QtObject QObject
\since 4.7
- \brief The QtObject element is the most basic element in QML
+ \brief The QtObject element is the most basic element in QML.
The QtObject element is a non-visual element which contains only the
- objectName property. It is useful for when you need an extremely
- lightweight element to place your own custom properties in.
+ objectName property.
+
+ It can be useful to create a QtObject if you need an extremely
+ lightweight element to enclose a set of custom properties:
+
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/declarative/qtobject.qml 0
It can also be useful for C++ integration, as it is just a plain
QObject. See the QObject documentation for further details.
*/
/*!
\qmlproperty string QML:QtObject::objectName
- This property allows you to give a name to this specific object instance.
+ This property holds the QObject::objectName for this specific object instance.
+
+ This allows a C++ application to locate an item within a QML component
+ using the QObject::findChild() method. For example, the following C++
+ application locates the child \l Rectangle item and dynamically changes its
+ \c color value:
+
+ \qml
+ // MyRect.qml
+
+ import Qt 4.7
+
+ Item {
+ width: 200; height: 200
+
+ Rectangle {
+ anchors.fill: parent
+ color: "red"
+ objectName: "myRect"
+ }
+ }
+ \endqml
+
+ \code
+ // main.cpp
+
+ QDeclarativeView view;
+ view.setSource(QUrl::fromLocalFile("MyRect.qml"));
+ view.show();
- See \l{scripting.html#accessing-child-qobjects}{Accessing Child QObjects}
- in the scripting documentation for details how objectName can be used from
- scripts.
+ QDeclarativeItem *item = view.rootObject()->findChild<QDeclarativeItem*>("myRect");
+ if (item)
+ item->setProperty("color", QColor(Qt::yellow));
+ \endcode
*/
struct StaticQtMetaObject : public QObject