QDBusReply::operator Type() const usage

Eligijus

Hello,

I'm trying to follow this example in the QDBusReply documentation.

If the remote method call cannot fail, you can skip the error checking:

QString reply = interface->call("RemoteMethod");

But this example does not compile for me. Am I missing something?
There is overloaded operator QDBusReply::operator Type() const. And closest I could get to example that compiles is:

QString reply = QDBusReply<QString>(interface->call("RemoteMethod"));

jsulm

@Eligijus What example do you mean? If it does not compile: what is the compiler error?

Eligijus

Sorry I had a wrong link in QDBusReply documentation it's fixed now.
Error:

/home/eligijus/BigDisk/QtProjects/bigbrother2/gui_application/systemd1service.cpp:510: error: conversion from ‘QDBusMessage’ to non-scalar type ‘QString’ requested
     QString s = call("GetDefaultTarget");
                     ^

jsulm

@Eligijus Why are you trying to cast QDBusMessage to a QString? What do you want to achieve?

Eligijus

@jsulm I'm trying to follow an example from here http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qdbusreply.html#details

Detailed Description
The QDBusReply class stores the reply for a method call to a remote object.

A QDBusReply object is a subset of the QDBusMessage object that represents a method call's reply. It contains only the first output argument or the error code and is used by QDBusInterface-derived classes to allow returning the error code as the function's return argument.

It can be used in the following manner:

QDBusReply<QString> reply = interface->call("RemoteMethod");
if (reply.isValid())
    // use the returned value
    useValue(reply.value());
else
    // call failed. Show an error condition.
    showError(reply.error());

If the remote method call cannot fail, you can skip the error checking:

QString reply = interface->call("RemoteMethod");

However, if it does fail under those conditions, the value returned by QDBusReply::value() is a default-constructed value. It may be indistinguishable from a valid return value.

QDBusReply objects are used for remote calls that have no output arguments or return values (i.e., they have a "void" return type). Use the isValid() function to test if the reply succeeded.

And my code QString s = call("GetDefaultTarget"); (it's the same as QString reply = interface->call("RemoteMethod");) does not compile