Best way to use string in QML loaded from JSON

Mark81

I'm working with Qt5.9.2 under Linux. My application reads a JSON file that contains an array of strings and put them into a QStringList. I also have an enum to easily retrieve the desired one. Example:

text.json

{
	"TEXTS": [
            "Hello World!",
            "blablabla"
	]
}

myclass.cpp

enum Texts
{
    HelloWorld,
    BlaBlaBla
};

QStringList _texts;
// load strings to _texts

_texts[HelloWorld]; // access to a string

Now I need to use those strings in QML pages instead of hardcoded ones:

Text {
    color: "#f1f5f5"
    text: "Hello World!"
}

My first thought is to create a Q_INVOKABLE function to retrieve the string on the fly. Something like:

Text {
    color: "#f1f5f5"
    text: loadString(MyNamespace.HelloWorld);
}

but it requires to expose an enum to QML and I'm not sure if it's the best way. Any other idea?

raven-worx

@Mark81 said in Best way to use string in QML loaded from JSON:

but it requires to expose an enum to QML

why does it require an enum? Only if you design it that way. You could also pass a string?