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@@ -674,6 +674,16 @@ declaring a new property, and the corresponding C++ type.
\row \o variant \o QVariant
\endtable
+From QML you can also declare object and list properties using any element name
+like this:
+
+\code
+ property QtObject objectProperty
+ property Item itemProperty
+ property MyCustomType customProperty
+ property list<Item> listOfItemsProperty
+\endcode
+
QML supports two methods for adding a new property to a type: a new property
definition, and a property alias.
@@ -965,6 +975,20 @@ Item {
}
\endcode
+This may be connected to via QObject::connect() or called directly from C++ using
+QMetaObject::invokeMethod():
+
+\code
+ QDeclarativeEngine engine;
+ QDeclarativeContext *context = new QDeclarativeContext(engine.rootContext());
+ QDeclarativeComponent component(&engine, QUrl::fromLocalFile("main.qml"));
+ QObject *object = component.create(context);
+ QVariant str("Hello");
+ QMetaObject::invokeMethod(object, "say", Q_ARG(QVariant, str));
+\endcode
+
+Return values of type QVariant are also supported via Q_RETURN_ARG.
+
\section1 Defining new Components
\target components