List of types (is it possible?)

[qxoz]

Hi everybody!
Is it possible make list that contains data types?
@QMap<QString name, type t> typeList;
...
typeList.value("ClassName1")::staticMethod();
ParentClass *vObject = new typeList.value("ClassName1");@

[lgeyer]

Yes and no.

Yes, you can create a QMap<QString, std::type_info>.

No, I see no way to invoke a static member or to instatiate an object using this list without a common base class or a factory.

If your types already share QObject as the common base class you can use QMetaObject::newInstance() resp. QMetaObject::invokeMethod() provided that both, the constructor and the methods, are marked as Q_INVOKABLE.

If your types qualify you can also use QMetaType::construct().

[qxoz]

Thanks, Lukas!
QMetaObject solves most part of the problems.