Wofür der Macro "QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE"

Galilio

Hallo Zusammen,

bei Qt5 ist mir aufgefallen die Benutzung von dieses Macro QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE.
z.b:

QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
class QAction;
class QCheckBox;
class QComboBox;
class QGroupBox;
class QLabel;
class QLineEdit;
class QMenu;
class QPushButton;
class QSpinBox;
class QTextEdit;
QT_END_NAMESPACE

//! [0]
class Window : public QDialog
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    Window();

    void setVisible(bool visible) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;

protected:
    void closeEvent(QCloseEvent *event) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;

private slots:
    void setIcon(int index);
    void iconActivated(QSystemTrayIcon::ActivationReason reason);
    void showMessage();
    void messageClicked();

private:
    void createIconGroupBox();
    void createMessageGroupBox();
    void createActions();
    void createTrayIcon();

    QGroupBox *iconGroupBox;
    QLabel *iconLabel;
    QComboBox *iconComboBox;
    QCheckBox *showIconCheckBox;

    QGroupBox *messageGroupBox;
    QLabel *typeLabel;
    QLabel *durationLabel;
    QLabel *durationWarningLabel;
    QLabel *titleLabel;
    QLabel *bodyLabel;
    QComboBox *typeComboBox;
    QSpinBox *durationSpinBox;
    QLineEdit *titleEdit;
    QTextEdit *bodyEdit;
    QPushButton *showMessageButton;

    QAction *minimizeAction;
    QAction *maximizeAction;
    QAction *restoreAction;
    QAction *quitAction;

    QSystemTrayIcon *trayIcon;
    QMenu *trayIconMenu;
};

Wie wichtig ist dieses Macro?

Danke

Paul Colby

This QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE macro is used to wrap Qt classes in the (optional) QT_NAMESPACE namespace. The Qt libraries that ship pre-compiled from the Qt website, as well as those in most OS distributions are built without any wrapping namespace (ie QT_NAMESPACE is empty, and QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE does nothing). However, in some circumstances, you wish to rebuild Qt from source, with QT_NAMESPACE defined. Unless you (or someone else) rebuilds Qt from source, it's unlikely you'll ever need it.

Of course, if you were creating code intended to be included in the Qt project, you would be required to use those the QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE and QT_END_NAMESPACE macros to allow users to QT_NAMESPACE if they wish.