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QStylePlugin Class Reference
[QtGui module]

The QStylePlugin class provides an abstract base for custom QStyle plugins. More...

#include <QStylePlugin>

Inherits QObject.

Public Functions

Additional Inherited Members


Detailed Description

The QStylePlugin class provides an abstract base for custom QStyle plugins.

QStylePlugin is a simple plugin interface that makes it easy to create custom styles that can be loaded dynamically into applications using the QStyleFactory class.

Writing a style plugin is achieved by subclassing this base class, reimplementing the pure virtual keys() and create() functions, and exporting the class using the Q_EXPORT_PLUGIN2() macro. See How to Create Qt Plugins for details.

See also QStyleFactory and QStyle.


Member Function Documentation

QStylePlugin::QStylePlugin ( QObject * parent = 0 )

Constructs a style plugin with the given parent.

Note that this constructor is invoked automatically by the Q_EXPORT_PLUGIN2() macro, so there is no need for calling it explicitly.

QStylePlugin::~QStylePlugin ()

Destroys the style plugin.

Note that Qt destroys a plugin automatically when it is no longer used, so there is no need for calling the destructor explicitly.

QStyle * QStylePlugin::create ( const QString & key )   [pure virtual]

Creates and returns a QStyle object for the given style key.

The style key is usually the class name of the required style. Note that the keys are case insensitive. For example:

    QStringList MyStylePlugin::keys() const
    {
        return QStringList() << "Rocket" << "StarBuster";
    }

    QStyle *MyStylePlugin::create(const QString &key)
    {
        QString lcKey = key;
        if (lcKey == "rocket") {
            return new RocketStyle;
        } else if (lcKey == "starbuster") {
            return new StarBusterStyle;
        }
        return 0;
    }

See also keys().

QStringList QStylePlugin::keys () const   [pure virtual]

Returns the list of style keys this plugin supports.

These keys are usually the class names of the custom styles that are implemented in the plugin.

See also create().


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