MetaMethod

Inherited: None

Description

This class is a part of Object-Introspection-Mechanism. MetaMethod provides information about one particular class method. Developers are able to retrieve information about method arguments, return types and etc.

To make methods visible in introspection mechanism, developers must declare those under A_METHODS() macro.

Public Methods

	MetaMethod (const MetaMethod::Table * table)
bool	invoke (void * object, Variant & returnValue, int argc, const Variant * args) const
bool	isValid () const
const char	name () const
int	parameterCount () const
MetaType	parameterType (int index) const
MetaType	returnType () const
std::string	signature () const
const MetaMethod::Table *	table () const
MetaMethod::MethodType	type () const

Public Enums

enum MetaMethod::MethodType

This enum defines base method types.

Constant	Value	Description
MetaMethod::Method	0	Standard method can be invoked. Used for general porposes.
MetaMethod::Signal	1	Method without impelementation can’t be invoked. Used for Signals and Slots mechanism.
MetaMethod::Slot	2	Very similar to A_METHOD but with special flag to be used for Signals and Slots mechanism.
MetaMethod::Static	3	This is a static method and doesn’t requires an object to call.

Static Methods

None

Methods Description

MetaMethod::MetaMethod (MetaMethod::Table * table)

Constructs MetaMethod object which will contain information provided in a table.

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bool MetaMethod::invoke (void * object, Variant & returnValue, int argc, Variant * args) const

Calls current method for object. Function recieves an argument count in argc parameter and args array. Function is able to return the result of method invocation in returnValue.

Return true on succssed; otherwise returns false.

Note: Function checks if current method can be invoked.

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bool MetaMethod::isValid () const

Returns true if method is valid; otherwise returns false.

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const char MetaMethod::name () const

Returns a name of method.

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int MetaMethod::parameterCount () const

Returns a parameter count of method.

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MetaType MetaMethod::parameterType (int index) const

Returns the type of parameter at index position.

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MetaType MetaMethod::returnType () const

Returns a return type of method.

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std::string MetaMethod::signature () const

Returns method signature in text format.

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const MetaMethod::Table * MetaMethod::table () const

Returns method information table.

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MetaMethod::MethodType MetaMethod::type () const

Returns a type of method.