#ifndef _PYTHONQT_H #define _PYTHONQT_H /* * * Copyright (C) 2006 MeVis Research GmbH All Rights Reserved. * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * Further, this software is distributed without any warranty that it is * free of the rightful claim of any third person regarding infringement * or the like. Any license provided herein, whether implied or * otherwise, applies only to this software file. 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(ownership of wrapper is passed to PythonQt) /*! Make sure that you have done a qRegisterMetaType first, if typeName is a user type! This will add a wrapper object that is used to make calls to the given classname \c typeName. All slots that take a pointer to typeName as the first argument will be callable from Python on a variant object that contains such a type. */ void registerCPPClass(const char* typeName, const char* parentTypeName = NULL, const char* package = NULL, PythonQtQObjectCreatorFunctionCB* wrapperCreator = NULL); //! as an alternative to registerClass, you can tell PythonQt the names of QObject derived classes //! and it will register the classes when it first sees a pointer to such a derived class void registerQObjectClassNames(const QStringList& names); //! parses the given file and returns the python code object, this can then be used to call evalCode() PythonQtObjectPtr parseFile(const QString& filename); //! evaluates the given code and returns the result value (use Py_Compile etc. to create pycode from string) //! If pycode is NULL, a python error is printed. QVariant evalCode(PyObject* module, PyObject* pycode); //! evaluates the given script code and returns the result value QVariant evalScript(PyObject* module, const QString& script, int start = Py_file_input); //! evaluates the given script code from file void evalFile(PyObject* module, const QString& filename); //! creates the new module \c name and evaluates the given file in the context of that module //! If the \c script is empty, the module contains no initial code. You can use evalScript/evalCode to add code //! to a module later on. //! The user needs to make sure that the \c name is unique in the python module dictionary. PythonQtObjectPtr createModuleFromFile(const QString& name, const QString& filename); //! creates the new module \c name and evaluates the given script in the context of that module. //! If the \c script is empty, the module contains no initial code. You can use evalScript/evalCode to add code //! to a module later on. //! The user needs to make sure that the \c name is unique in the python module dictionary. PythonQtObjectPtr createModuleFromScript(const QString& name, const QString& script = QString()); //! create a uniquely named module, you can use evalFile or evalScript to populate the module with //! script code PythonQtObjectPtr createUniqueModule(); //@{ Signal handlers //! add a signal handler to the given \c signal of \c obj and connect it to a callable \c objectname in module bool addSignalHandler(QObject* obj, const char* signal, PyObject* module, const QString& objectname); //! remove a signal handler from the given \c signal of \c obj bool removeSignalHandler(QObject* obj, const char* signal, PyObject* module, const QString& objectname); //! add a signal handler to the given \c signal of \c obj and connect it to a callable \c receiver bool addSignalHandler(QObject* obj, const char* signal, PyObject* receiver); //! remove a signal handler from the given \c signal of \c obj bool removeSignalHandler(QObject* obj, const char* signal, PyObject* receiver); //@} //@{ Variable access //! add the given \c object to the \c module as a variable with \c name (it can be removed via clearVariable) void addObject(PyObject* module, const QString& name, QObject* object); //! add the given variable to the module void addVariable(PyObject* module, const QString& name, const QVariant& v); //! remove the given variable void removeVariable(PyObject* module, const QString& name); //! get the variable with the \c name of the \c module, returns an invalid QVariant on error QVariant getVariable(PyObject* module, const QString& name); //! read vars etc. in scope of a module, optional looking inside of an object \c objectname QStringList introspection(PyObject* module, const QString& objectname, ObjectType type); //! returns the found callable object or NULL //! @return new reference PythonQtObjectPtr lookupCallable(PyObject* module, const QString& name); //@} //@{ Calling of python callables //! call the given python method, returns the result converted to a QVariant QVariant call(PyObject* module, const QString& callable, const QVariantList& args = QVariantList()); //@} //@{ Decorations, constructors, wrappers... //! add an object whose slots will be used as decorator slots for //! other QObjects or CPP classes. The slots need to follow the //! convention that the first argument is a pointer to the wrapped object. //! (ownership is passed to PythonQt) /*! Example: A slot with the signature \code bool doSomething(QWidget* w, int a) \endcode will extend QWidget instances (and derived classes) with a "bool doSomething(int a)" slot that will be called with the concrete instance as first argument. So in Python you can now e.g. call \code someWidget.doSomething(12) \endcode without QWidget really having this method. This allows to easily make normal methods of Qt classes callable by forwarding them with such decorator slots or to make CPP classes (which are not derived from QObject) callable from Python. */ void addInstanceDecorators(QObject* o); //! add an object whose slots will be used as decorator slots for //! class objects (ownership is passed to PythonQt) /*! The slots need to follow the following convention: - SomeClass* new_SomeClass(...) - QVariant new_SomeClass(...) - void delete_SomeClass(SomeClass*) - ... static_SomeClass_someName(...) This will add: - a constructor - a constructor which generates a QVariant - a destructor (only useful for CPP objects) - a static decorator slot which will be available on the MetaObject (visible in PythonQt module) */ void addClassDecorators(QObject* o); //! this will add the object both as class and instance decorator (ownership is passed to PythonQt) void addDecorators(QObject* o); //! add the given factory to PythonQt (ownership stays with caller) void addWrapperFactory(PythonQtCppWrapperFactory* factory); //! add the given constructor handler to PythonQt (ownership stays with caller) void addConstructorHandler(PythonQtConstructorHandler* handler); //! get list of constructor handlers const QList& constructorHandlers(); //@} //@{ Custom importer (to replace internal import implementation of python) //! replace the internal import implementation and use the supplied interface to load files (both py and pyc files) //! (this method should be called directly after initialization of init() and before calling overwriteSysPath(). //! On the first call to this method, it will install a generic PythonQt importer in Pythons "path_hooks". //! This is not reversible, so even setting setImporter(NULL) afterwards will //! keep the custom PythonQt importer with a QFile default import interface. //! Subsequent python import calls will make use of the passed importInterface //! which forwards all import calls to the given \c importInterface. //! Passing NULL will install a default QFile importer. //! (\c importInterface ownership stays with caller) void setImporter(PythonQtImportFileInterface* importInterface); //! this installs the default QFile importer (which effectively does a setImporter(NULL)) //! (without calling setImporter or installDefaultImporter at least once, the default python import //! mechanism is in place) //! the default importer allows to import files from anywhere QFile can read from, //! including the Qt resource system using ":". Keep in mind that you need to extend //! "sys.path" with ":" to be able to import from the Qt resources. void installDefaultImporter() { setImporter(NULL); } //! set paths that the importer should ignore void setImporterIgnorePaths(const QStringList& paths); //! get paths that the importer should ignore const QStringList& getImporterIgnorePaths(); //@} //! get access to internal data (should not be used on the public API, but is used by some C functions) static PythonQtPrivate* priv() { return _self->_p; } //! get access to the file importer (if set) static PythonQtImportFileInterface* importInterface(); //! handle a python error, call this when a python function fails. If no error occurred, it returns false. //! The error is currently just output to the python stderr, future version might implement better trace printing bool handleError(); //! set a callback that is called when a QObject with parent == NULL is wrapped by pythonqt void setQObjectWrappedCallback(PythonQtQObjectWrappedCB* cb); //! set a callback that is called when a QObject with parent == NULL is no longer wrapped by pythonqt void setQObjectNoLongerWrappedCallback(PythonQtQObjectNoLongerWrappedCB* cb); //! call the callback if it is set static void qObjectNoLongerWrappedCB(QObject* o); signals: //! emitted when python outputs something to stdout (and redirection is turned on) void pythonStdOut(const QString& str); //! emitted when python outputs something to stderr (and redirection is turned on) void pythonStdErr(const QString& str); //! emitted when help() is called on a PythonQt object and \c ExternalHelp is enabled void pythonHelpRequest(const QByteArray& cppClassName); public: //! called by internal help methods PyObject* helpCalled(PythonQtClassInfo* info); //! returns the found object or NULL //! @return new reference PythonQtObjectPtr lookupObject(PyObject* module, const QString& name); private: void initPythonQtModule(bool redirectStdOut); //! callback for stdout redirection, emits pythonStdOut signal static void stdOutRedirectCB(const QString& str); //! callback for stderr redirection, emits pythonStdErr signal static void stdErrRedirectCB(const QString& str); //! get (and create if not available) the signal receiver of that QObject, signal receiver is made child of the passed \c obj PythonQtSignalReceiver* getSignalReceiver(QObject* obj); PythonQt(int flags); ~PythonQt(); static PythonQt* _self; static int _uniqueModuleCount; PythonQtPrivate* _p; }; //! internal PythonQt details class PythonQtPrivate : public QObject { Q_OBJECT public: PythonQtPrivate(); ~PythonQtPrivate(); enum DecoratorTypes { StaticDecorator = 1, ConstructorDecorator = 2, DestructorDecorator = 4, InstanceDecorator = 8, AllDecorators = 0xffff }; //! returns if the id is the id for PythonQtObjectPtr bool isPythonQtObjectPtrMetaId(int id) { return _PythonQtObjectPtr_metaId == id; } //! remove the wrapper ptr again void removeWrapperPointer(void* obj); //! called when a signal emitting QObject is destroyed to remove the signal handler from the hash map void removeSignalEmitter(QObject* obj); //! wrap the given QObject into a Python object (or return existing wrapper!) PyObject* wrapQObject(QObject* obj); //! wrap the given ptr into a Python object (or return existing wrapper!) if there is a known QObject of that name or a known wrapper in the factory PyObject* wrapPtr(void* ptr, const QByteArray& name); //! registers a QObject derived class to PythonQt (this is implicitly called by addObject as well) /* Since Qt4 does not offer a way to detect if a given classname is derived from QObject and thus has a QMetaObject, you MUST register all your QObject derived classes here when you want them to be detected in signal and slot calls */ void registerClass(const QMetaObject* metaobject, const char* package = NULL, PythonQtQObjectCreatorFunctionCB* wrapperCreator = NULL); //! add a wrapper object for the given QMetaType typeName, also does an addClassDecorators() to add constructors for variants //! (ownership of wrapper is passed to PythonQt) /*! Make sure that you have done a qRegisterMetaType first, if typeName is a user type! This will add a wrapper object that is used to make calls to the given classname \c typeName. All slots that take a pointer to typeName as the first argument will be callable from Python on a variant object that contains such a type. */ void registerCPPClass(const char* typeName, const char* parentTypeName = NULL, const char* package = NULL, PythonQtQObjectCreatorFunctionCB* wrapperCreator = NULL); //! as an alternative to registerClass, you can tell PythonQt the names of QObject derived classes //! and it will register the classes when it first sees a pointer to such a derived class void registerQObjectClassNames(const QStringList& names); //! add a decorator object void addDecorators(QObject* o, int decoTypes); //! get list of all slots that are available as decorator slots QList getDecoratorSlots(const QByteArray& className); //! check if the enum is either part of the \c meta class or contains a scope and is //! an enum of another known metaobject (and as last resort, of the Qt namespace) bool isEnumType(const QMetaObject* meta, const QByteArray& name); //! helper method that creates a PythonQtMetaObjectWrapper object PythonQtMetaObjectWrapper* createNewPythonQtMetaObjectWrapper(PythonQtClassInfo* info); //! helper method that creates a PythonQtWrapper object and registers it in the object map PythonQtWrapper* createNewPythonQtWrapper(QObject* obj, PythonQtClassInfo* info, void* wrappedPtr = NULL); //! get the class info for a meta object (if available) PythonQtClassInfo* getClassInfo(const QMetaObject* meta) { return _knownQtClasses.value(meta->className()); } //! get the class info for a meta object (if available) PythonQtClassInfo* getClassInfo(const QByteArray& className) { return _knownQtClasses.value(className); } //! get the constructor slot for the given classname PythonQtSlotInfo* getConstructorSlot(const QByteArray& className) { return _constructorSlots.value(className); } //! get the destructor slot for the given classname PythonQtSlotInfo* getDestructorSlot(const QByteArray& className) { return _destructorSlots.value(className); } //! creates the new module from the given pycode PythonQtObjectPtr createModule(const QString& name, PyObject* pycode); private: //! get/create new package module PythonQtObjectPtr packageByName(const char* name); //! get the wrapper for a given pointer (and remove a wrapper of an already destroyed qobject) PythonQtWrapper* findWrapperAndRemoveUnused(void* obj); //! stores pointer to PyObject mapping of wrapped QObjects AND C++ objects QHash _wrappedObjects; //! stores the meta info of known Qt classes QHash _knownQtClasses; //! stores the meta info of known Qt classes QHash _knownQtWrapperClasses; //! stores the meta info of known Qt C++ wrapper classes QMultiHash _knownQtDecoratorSlots; //! names of qobject derived classes that can be casted to qobject savely QHash _knownQObjectClassNames; //! stores signal receivers for QObjects QHash _signalReceivers; //! the PythonQt python module PythonQtObjectPtr _pythonQtModule; //! the importer interface (if set) PythonQtImportFileInterface* _importInterface; //! the default importer PythonQtQFileImporter* _defaultImporter; PythonQtQObjectNoLongerWrappedCB* _noLongerWrappedCB; PythonQtQObjectWrappedCB* _wrappedCB; QStringList _importIgnorePaths; //! the cpp object wrapper factories QList _cppWrapperFactories; //! the cpp object wrapper factories QList _constructorHandlers; QHash _constructorSlots; QHash _destructorSlots; QHash _packages; int _initFlags; int _PythonQtObjectPtr_metaId; friend class PythonQt; }; #endif