QML defining an object property - qt

I am trying to create a map in QML, the only way I've found to do this is:
readonly property variant translate: { "Hello" : "123" }
Then in the QML I can get 123 by using:
idOfItem.translate["Hello"]
This works fine and when doing this I get "123" returned as desired. Now what I want to do is define another property to replace "Hello" which can be used in the QML, ideally something like:
readonly property string strHello: "Hello"
readonly property variant translate: { strHello : "123" }
Then in the QML:
idOfItem.translate[idOfItem.strHello]
This doesn't work and when trying to put strHello into the initial definition a read underscore appears under ":".
Can this be resolved?

This is more of a JavaScript question/issue.
You can create an object with dynamic property names, but not at declaration/initialization time. You have to do it dynamically, eg.:
readonly property string strHello: "Hello"
property var translate: ({})
function populate() {
translate[strHello] = "123";
console.log(translate[strHello]);
}
Component.onCompleted: populate();
See the following question, for example, but note that QtQuick doesn't support ES6.
Is it possible to add dynamically named properties to JavaScript object?

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Access Kotlin Delegate Type without an Instance

I have read Access property delegate in Kotlin which is about accessing a delegate from an instance. One can use KProperty::getDelegate since Kotlin 1.1, however this will return the instance of the delegate and therefore needs an instance of the class first.
Now I want to get the type of the delegate without having an instance of the class. Consider a library with a custom delegate type CustomDelegate that want's to get all properties of a class that are delegated to an instance of CustomDelegate:
class Example
{
var nonDelegatedProperty = "I don't care about this property"
var delegatedProperty1 by lazy { "I don't care about this too" }
var delegatedProperty2 by CustomDelegate("I care about this one")
}
How can I, given I have KClass<Example>, but not an instance of Example, get all properties delegated to CustomDelegate?
How can I, given I have KClass<Example>, but not an instance of
Example, get all properties delegated to CustomDelegate?
You can do it in two ways depending on your needs.
First of all, you have to include the kotlin-reflect dependency in your build.gradle file:
compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect:1.1.51"
In my opinion, you should use the first solution if you can, because it's the most clear and optimized one. The second solution instead, can handle one case that the first solution can't.
First
You can loop an the declared properties and check if the type of the property or the type of the delegate is CustomDelegate.
// Loop on the properties of this class.
Example::class.declaredMemberProperties.filter { property ->
// If the type of field is CustomDelegate or the delegate is an instance of CustomDelegate,
// it will return true.
CustomDelegate::class.java == property.javaField?.type
}
There's only one problem with this solution, you will get also the fields with type CustomDelegate, so, given this example:
class Example {
var nonDelegatedProperty = "I don't care about this property"
val delegatedProperty1 by lazy { "I don't care about this too" }
val delegatedProperty2 by CustomDelegate("I care about this one")
val customDelegate = CustomDelegate("jdo")
}
You will get delegatedProperty2 and customDelegate. If you want to get only delegatedProperty2, I found an horrible solution that you can use if you need to manage this case.
Second
If you check the source code of KPropertyImpl, you can see how a delegation is implemented. So, you can do something like this:
// Loop on the properties of this class.
Example::class.declaredMemberProperties.filter { property ->
// You must check in all superclasses till you find the right method.
property::class.allSuperclasses.find {
val computeField = try {
// Find the protected method "computeDelegateField".
it.declaredFunctions.find { it.name == "computeDelegateField" } ?: return#find false
} catch (t: Throwable) {
// Catch KotlinReflectionInternalError.
return#find false
}
// Get the delegate or null if the delegate is not present.
val delegateField = computeField.call(property) as? Field
// If the delegate was null or the type is different from CustomDelegate, it will return false.
CustomDelegate::class.java == delegateField?.type
} != null
}
In this case, you will get only delegatedProperty2 as result.

QML dictionary (jsobject, var) sub-properties notify

Is it possible to raise notify-method of a var/variant/object/ (etc.) variables automatically during updating?
Suppose I have:
property var objects: {'obj1': 'unnamed', 'obj2': 'unnamed'}
Next I have binding in, for example, text:
Text {
text: objects.obj1
onTextChanged: objects.obj1 = text
}
In onTextChanged I want to raise a notify signal of objects variable to update it everywhere.
Hm, if I am not mistaken, QML generates a onObjectsChanged signal handler for objects but it is not emitted when you change objects internally, and due to QML brilliant design, you cannot emit objectsChanged() manually, it is expected to automatically emit, except that it doesn't. It only emits when the property is reassigned to another object.
You cannot create a signal for the JS object, since that requires a QObject derived class to get signals and therefore notifications and bindings.
You can force to emit objectsChanged() by reassigning the objects property a new object with the new value for obj1 and the old value of obj2, this will force the second text element to update and show the new value. It is not exactly elegant, but if you really need to use the JS object, it is a valid solution. Otherwise you will have to use a QtObject element and QML properties for obj1/2
property var objects: {'obj1': 'unnamed', 'obj2': 'unnamed'}
Column {
spacing: 30
TextEdit {
text: objects.obj1
onTextChanged: {
objects = {'obj1': text, 'obj2': objects.obj2}
}
}
Text {
text: objects.obj1
}
}
Another possible solution would be to simply not rely on notifications from objects and use a proxy property as a controller for it.
property var objects: {'obj1': 'unnamed', 'obj2': 'unnamed'}
property string obj1: objects.obj1
onObj1Changed: objects.obj1 = obj1
This way you don't use objects at all, except for storing data into it, use the obj1 property instead, and every time it is changed it will write the changed into objects without reassigning the entire objects as in the first solution.
But unless you really need the JS objects, I'd recommend scrapping it and using a more QML friendly data representation..

ASP.NET: Shadowing Issues

I have two classes in two separate libraries (one VB, one C#):
Public Class Item
...
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property TotalPrice() As String
Get
Return FormatCurrency(Price + SelectedOptionsTotal())
End Get
End Property
End Class
and
public class DerivedItem : Item {
...
public new Decimal TotalPrice
{
get { return Price + OptionsPrice; }
}
}
As you can see, the DerivedItem.TotalPrice shadows the Item.TotalPrice property. However, when trying to retrieve the DerivedItem.TotalPrice value, I'm still getting the base object's TotalPrice value.
Why is the DerivedItem's property not being returned?
EDIT
I've actually found the problem! I am getting the wrong value in the JSON string being returned via AJAX. It turns out that the TotalPrice is being returned correctly, it's just being overwritten by the shadowed property call being made later in the JSON string. My new question, then, is how to I prevent the shadowed property from being serialized?
(This question has been rescoped here)
It may depend on how you are instantiating the object.
For example:
DerivedItem i = new DerivedItem();
i.TotalPrice();
Will call the shadowed version.
However:
Item i = new DerivedItem();
i.TotalPrice();
Will actually call the base.
Here's a nice explanation.
Of course if at all possible I would avoid shadowing.... :-)
Are you referecing TotalPrice from a reference to the base type?
Item item = new DerivedItem;
string s = item.TotalPrice;
Does setting <NonSerialized()> attribute on the base class property work?

Questions about bindable in Flex

Since I found the webpages explaning the bindable propety quite confusing,so I would like to post my question here,which is quite simple,if I declare a variable to be bindable,does that mean whenever I changed the value of this variable in another class,all appearence of this variable will be synchronized to be the same value at the same time?
Say,if boolean variable "select" is declared to be bindable in Class A and default to be false,and we have an if statement in class A like if(select).
Then in another class,we changed the value of "select" to be true,will that if(select) statement pass the test ?
Also,how about the following setter method that is defined to be bindable:
[Bindable]
public function set isShowingAvg(b:Boolean):void
{
_isShowingAvg = b;
hasChanged();
}
Does this code imply that changing the value of _isShowingAvg is also going to be broadcasted?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks for your idea.
Declaring a property as Bindable means that when you change the value, an event will get broadcasted. This event enables data binding, but it's not necessarily automatic.
If the consuming class is MXML and you use brackets, like this:
<mx:Button enabled="{selected}" />
Then the MXML compiler will generate the appropriate binding code and anytime selected changes, enabled will also get changed.
If you're using it outside MXML then you'll either subscribe to the event to detect changes or use BindingUtils.
In your example I think you need to mark the getter [Bindable] and not the setter.
example:
public static const SHOWING_AVG_CHANGED:String = "showingAvgChangedEvent";
[Bindable(event="showingAvgChangedEvent")]
public function get isShowingAvg():Boolean
{
return _isShowingAvg;
}
public function set isShowingAvg(isShowing:Boolean):void
{
_isShowingAvg = isShowing;
dispatchEvent(new Event(SHOWING_AVG_CHANGED));
}

looping through object property names in actionscript

I have a dynamic class that I have created
public dynamic class SiteZoneFileUploadVO
{
public var destination:String = "sitezone";
public var siteZoneId:uint;
public var fileType:String;
public var fileContents:String;
public function SiteZoneFileUploadVO()
{
}
}
when I try to iterate over this object's property names it only iterates the dynamically added properties.
parameters.dynVar= "value";
for(var name:String in parameters)
{
trace(name);
}
Even though the object has all the properties equal to a value (ive checked this in the debugger) the only property name that will be traced is dynVar.
How can I iterate over all the property names and not just the dynamically added ones?
You can use describeType() to get an XML with all methods and variables of your class and then filter out the properties you want to iterate over (e.g. all variables) and store them in an XMLList.
As the next step you would then iterate over the XMLList and use square bracket notation on your object to access the filtered properties by their names. However, you can only access public properties this way because describeType() won't look at private properties.
If you're running flex:
Looked at a few posts, ObjectUtil.toString was the most promising, then looked at the flex source code for it, it uses another method ObjectUtil.getClassInfo which is exactly what you need. If you just want property names:
ObjectUtil.getClassInfo(myClass).properties
returns an Array of QName objects, each has a localName property which will give you a string for each property name
Just use trace(ObjectUtil.toString(parameters)); That should give you your entire object.

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