How to get class name from a class ?

[SPlatten]

I want to test a object type in a function, the function is passed QAbstractButton *, in the function I can get the class type using:

QString strType(pobjButton->metaObject()->className());

strType is either clsQtRadioButton or clsQtPushButton these are my derived class names.

Is there a way to get a string from the class itself without using an instance? Something like:

QString strClassName(clsQtRadioButton::metaObject()->className());

I know the above won't work as metaObject() can only be used on an instance.

[Christian Ehrlicher]

What's wrong with qobject_cast<> (or dynamic_cast<> in plain c++) as already explained to you in your previous (basic c++) question?

[SPlatten]

@Christian-Ehrlicher , this isn't a cast question, I intend to have a test for the class name then assign a pointer to get a common node pointer from the class.

[Christian Ehrlicher]

@SPlatten said in How to get class name from a class ?:

I intend to have a test for the class name then assign a pointer to get a common node pointer from the class.

And why does dynamic_cast or qobject_cast does not work for this usecase?

[SPlatten]

@Christian-Ehrlicher , ok, that will work, just didn't think of it immediately.