QObject::setProperty() always return false

[gbstack]

I defined a User class derived from QObject

@#ifndef USER_H
#define USER_H

#include <string>
using namespace std;

#endif // USER_H
class User : public QObject{
Q_OBJECT
Q_PROPERTY(string name READ getName WRITE setName)
Q_PROPERTY(string mobile)
public:

string getName(){return this->m_name;}
void setName(const string &_name){this->m_name = _name;}

string m_name;

};
@

then I use setProperty() to set "name" property
@User *user = new User();
if(!user->setProperty("name", "aaa")){
QMessageBox::information(NULL, "setproperty failed", "failed");
}@

but setProperty() always return false...

Any suggestion is appreciated:)

[tilsitt]

Hi,

I am not sure it will solve it, but your read accessor should be declared const and your property should be in the private section.

[gbstack]

Thanks for your reply, I modifed code as you said, but unfortunatelly the same problem still exists..

[tilsitt]

I read the "doc":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/properties.html#qt-s-property-system a second time: properties with a custom type (std::string is a custom type for Qt) must be registered with Q_DECLARE_METATYPE to be used with QVariant (see this "section":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/properties.html#properties-and-custom-types). That could be your problem.

[lgeyer]

As tilsitt has alredy mentioned you will have to declare std::string as a metatype (so it can be used with QVariant).
@
class User : public QObject{
Q_PROPERTY(string name READ getName WRITE setName)
...
};
Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(string)
@
Be aware that string and std::string are two different types (to the metatype system). So it is either <code>Q_PROPERTY(string name ...)</code> and <code>Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(string)</code> or <code>Q_PROPERTY(std::string name ...)</code> and <code>Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(std::string)</code>. You cannot mix both.

[Code_ReaQtor]

Why not use "QString" instead of "string"?

[gbstack]

[quote author="tilsitt" date="1358517715"]I read the "doc":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/properties.html#qt-s-property-system a second time: properties with a custom type (std::string is a custom type for Qt) must be registered with Q_DECLARE_METATYPE to be used with QVariant (see this "section":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/properties.html#properties-and-custom-types). That could be your problem.[/quote]

Thanks a lot!
As you said, custom type "string" is the problem. I tried Q_DECLARE_METATYPE, it still return false. But after using QString instead of "string", it works now!
My boss is a little hurry, so I decide to use QString

[gbstack]

[quote author="Lukas Geyer" date="1358517907"]As tilsitt has alredy mentioned you will have to declare std::string as a metatype (so it can be used with QVariant).
@
class User : public QObject{
Q_PROPERTY(string name READ getName WRITE setName)
...
};
Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(string)
@
Be aware that string and std::string are two different types (to the metatype system). So it is either <code>Q_PROPERTY(string name ...)</code> and <code>Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(string)</code> or <code>Q_PROPERTY(std::string name ...)</code> and <code>Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(std::string)</code>. You cannot mix both.[/quote]

[quote author="Code_ReaQtor" date="1358519157"]Why not use "QString" instead of "string"?

[/quote]

thanks all, using QString works.
(Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(string) still let QObject::setProperty return false. But my boss is a little hurry, so I decide to use QString)