How to use enum declared in another class as Q_Enum

IknowQT

I want to define all enum classes in a place called CollectEnums.
And we will declare and use CollectEnums for each required class. And I want to use enumtoString or Stringtoenum.
If I define an enum class in one class, it works normally, but when I separate only the enum class, an error like that occurs.

jsulm

@IknowQT said in How to use enum declared in another class as Q_Enum:

I want to define all enum classes in a place called CollectEnums

From design point of view it is better do declare enums where they belong to instead of putting all eneums into one place.

IknowQT

@jsulm

If there is an enum class that is commonly used, it would be more efficient to use it in one place.

So can you answer my question?
Is there any way to fix the error?

Asperamanca

@jsulm said in How to use enum declared in another class as Q_Enum:

From design point of view it is better do declare enums where they belong to instead of putting all eneums into one place.

I beg to differ. Classes with included enums are almost impossible to forward-declare. So if you have a large project and want to use forward declarations extensively, you are better off having enums in separate header files.

Asperamanca

@IknowQT said in How to use enum declared in another class as Q_Enum:

@jsulm

If there is an enum class that is commonly used, it would be more efficient to use it in one place.

So can you answer my question?
Is there any way to fix the error?

Have you looked at Q_ENUM_NS?

IknowQT

@Asperamanca said in How to use enum declared in another class as Q_Enum:

Q_ENUM_NS

I tried it, but the same error occurs.

Can you give me one example?

CP71

@IknowQT
Hi,
The second answer in this link works well to me

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20089196/how-to-access-c-enum-from-qml

Only issue, the qml editor doesn’t show the tips when start tip text ( Ex MyNamespace. after point the editor doesn’t show the possible keys, I’m working on

JoeCFD

@Asperamanca said in How to use enum declared in another class as Q_Enum:

Q_ENUM_NS

https://blog.birost.com/a?ID=01500-a7ae7381-dc1f-424d-8847-220e31d68484

jadelisle

If you look closely at the compiler errors, you'll notice that the complaints are directed toward the namespace, not the enumeration. The namespace does not have a static QMetaObject to which the Qt MetaObject system can relate the enumeration. To correct this, you must enable the namespace to participate in the Qt MetaObject system[1]. For example:

namespace CollectEnums 
{
    Q_NAMESPACE

    enum class CELL_TYPE {
        Single = 0,
        Multi,
        Nanoliter
    };
    Q_ENUM_NS(CELL_TYPE)
}

The net effect of adding 'Q_NAMESPACE' to a namespace is similar to adding 'Q_OBJECT' in that it creates a static MetaObject for the type.

After doing this, you can refer to 'CollectEnums::CELL_TYPE' as a type and 'CollectEnums::CELL_TYPE::Single' as a value for that type.

Also, in my experience, using 'enum class' (instead of just plain 'enum') also requires that the type be registered with the QMetaType system if the type is going to be used in a QVariant. This is due to how plain enums are treated (like a synonym for 'int'), and 'enum class' (which is defining a new type) [2]. To do this, add this line in the same header file, but outside of the namespace declaration:

namespace CollectEnums {
    Q_NAMESPACE
    .
    .
    .
}
Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(CollectEnums::CELL_TYPE)

Doing this is absolutely necessary if the type will be referred to in QML.

Cheers.

[1] QObject documentation
[2] QMetaType documentation

IknowQT

@jadelisle said in How to use enum declared in another class as Q_Enum:

If you look closely at the compiler errors, you'll notice that the complaints are directed toward the namespace, not the enumeration. The namespace does not have a static QMetaObject to which the Qt MetaObject system can relate the enumeration. To correct this, you must enable the namespace to participate in the Qt MetaObject system[1]. For example:

error	LNK2001	"struct QMetaObject const CollectEnums::staticMetaObject" (?staticMetaObject@CollectEnums@@3UQMetaObject@@B)

I tried it, but the same error occurs.
For reference, we are developing in the QWidget method in the vs2019 environment.

namespace CollectEnums
{
	Q_NAMESPACE
	enum class CELL_TYPE
	{
		Single = 0,
		Multi,
		Nanoliter,
		Sipper,
		Temperature,
		Max
	};
	Q_ENUM_NS(CELL_TYPE);
}
Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(CollectEnums::CELL_TYPE)

QString cModelCommon::EnumtoStringCellType(const CollectEnums::CELL_TYPE e)
{
	return QVariant::fromValue(e).toString();
}

CollectEnums::CELL_TYPE cModelCommon::StringtoEnumCellType(QString str)
{
	CollectEnums::CELL_TYPE e = CollectEnums::CELL_TYPE::Single;

	QMetaEnum map = QMetaEnum::fromType<CollectEnums::CELL_TYPE>();
	for (qint32 i = (qint32)CollectEnums::CELL_TYPE::Single; i < map.keyCount(); i++)
	{
		if (map.key(i) == str)
		{
			e = CollectEnums::CELL_TYPE(i);
			break;
		}
	}

	return e;
}

The peculiar thing is that if you comment out the code inside the EnumtoStringCellType and StringtoEnumCellType functions, it will be built.
I want to convert an enum to a string and vice versa, convert a string to an enum.

jadelisle

@IknowQT
Have you tried using the facilities in QMetaEnum to convert between the value and name?
https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qmetaenum.html

IknowQT

@jadelisle

I don't know how to use qmetaEnum.
Do you have any examples I can refer to?

Pl45m4

@IknowQT

QMetaEnum myEnum = QMetaEnum::fromType<CellType>();
QString s = myEnum.valueToKey(CellType::Single);

IknowQT

@Pl45m4

I tested it, but the result is the same error.

It doesn't seem to be a problem with the code, but it seems to be because of the structure of my source code.
cModelCommon inherits cSerializer as its parent
If you look at the structure of cSerializer, there are xml parsing codes.
It was used by declaring Q_GADGET and QS_SERIALIZABLE instead of qobject.