How to get a pointer to a QObject's property ?

[HiJack]

Assuming here's a class named QXXX inherited from QObject, how can i get the address of the property ["Abc"], any idea?

class QABC : public QObject
{
Q_OBJECT
    Q_PROPERTY(int Val READ Val WRITE setVal)
public:
    QABC (QObject* parent = 0, int a = 987) : QObject(parent)
    {
        setVal(a);
    }
    ~QABC ()
    {
    }
    QABC (const QABC & rhs)
    {
        copyFrom(rhs);
    }
 
    QABC & copyFrom(const QABC & rhs)
    {
        if(this == &rhs)
            return *this;
 
        setVal(rhs._val);
 
        return *this;
    }
 
    QABC & operator = (const QABC & rhs)
    {
        return copyFrom(rhs);
    }
 
    int Val() const { return _val; }
    void setVal( int val ) { _val = val; }
private:
    int             _val;
};
class QXXX : public QObject
{
Q_OBJECT
    Q_PROPERTY(QABC Abc READ Abc WRITE setAbc)
public:
    QXXX(QObject* parent = 0, QABC a = QABC()) : QObject(parent)
    {
        setAbc(a);
    }
    ~QXXX()
    {
    }
    QXXX(const QXXX& rhs)
    {
        copyFrom(rhs);
    }
 
    QXXX& copyFrom(const QXXX& rhs)
    {
        if(this == &rhs)
            return *this;
 
        setAbc(rhs._Abc);
 
        return *this;
    }
 
    QXXX& operator = (const QXXX& rhs)
    {
        return copyFrom(rhs);
    }
 
    QAbc Abc() const { return _Abc; }
    void setAbc( QAbc val ) { _Abc= val; }
private:
    QABC _Abc;
};

class QABC : public QObject
{
Q_OBJECT
    Q_PROPERTY(int Val READ Val WRITE setVal)
public:
    QABC (QObject* parent = 0, int a = 987) : QObject(parent)
    {
        setVal(a);
    }
    ~QABC ()
    {
    }
    QABC (const QABC & rhs)
    {
        copyFrom(rhs);
    }

    QABC & copyFrom(const QABC & rhs)
    {
        if(this == &rhs)
            return *this;

        setVal(rhs._val);

        return *this;
    }

    QABC & operator = (const QABC & rhs)
    {
        return copyFrom(rhs);
    }

    int Val() const { return _val; }
    void setVal( int val ) { _val = val; }
private:
    int             _val;
};
class QXXX : public QObject
{
Q_OBJECT
    Q_PROPERTY(QABC Abc READ Abc WRITE setAbc)
public:
    QXXX(QObject* parent = 0, QABC a = QABC()) : QObject(parent)
    {
        setAbc(a);
    }
    ~QXXX()
    {
    }
    QXXX(const QXXX& rhs)
    {
        copyFrom(rhs);
    }

    QXXX& copyFrom(const QXXX& rhs)
    {
        if(this == &rhs)
            return *this;

        setAbc(rhs._Abc);

        return *this;
    }

    QXXX& operator = (const QXXX& rhs)
    {
        return copyFrom(rhs);
    }

    QAbc Abc() const { return _Abc; }
    void setAbc( QAbc val ) { _Abc= val; }
private:
    QABC _Abc;
};

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QXXX x;
...
QObject * z = (QObject*)x;
QObject* pointer = z ...?? ???? // to get (&QXXX::_Abc)
I just only know the property name, it's 'Abc', can i get &z->_Abc?

[HiJack]

somebody ...

[aamer4yu]

QObject::property

[HiJack]

QObject::property

Man do you mean z->property("Abc") ?? No, I want to get the member's address. For example, I got a QObject* pointer, even I'm not sure whether it has a propery named 'Abc'. If it has,
then give me back its address, please. It should be a QObject* pointer.
something like this.

[hobbyist]

I got a QObject* pointer, even I'm not sure whether it has a propery named 'Abc'. If it has,
then give me back its address, please.

Did you check the source? See QObject:roperty() and QMetaProperty::read() for the dirty details.

[HiJack]

Did you check the source? See QObject:roperty() and QMetaProperty::read() for the dirty details.

Ya I do have seen back to QMetaProperty, but thers's no way to help me to get the member's address unless you modify the moc file. ( seems like anti-oop, hur? )
I can enumerate the children list of one QObject object, but first I must set each member's parent, and second there's no one child pointer if the member's type is int, or QString, bool, etc. so I gave up this way.
Another suggestion?

[HiJack]

solved manually. you guys.

[wysota]

Properties are not QObjects and don't have addresses. I think your whole concept is flawed because of a wrong assumption. If you'd like to get an address to a value of a property, it still wouldn't have worked as QVariant (which stores the value) is implicitly shared and thus the place in memory holding the value may vary in time (and you'd get a stale pointer). If you want to have a property which is QObject then that's another flaw as QVariant values are mutable and QObjects are not. You should only store a pointer to a QObject within a property.

class PropVal : public QObject {
  Q_PROPERTY(int val READ ... WRITE ...);
  // ...
};
 
class ABC : public QObject {
  Q_PROPERTY(QObject* abc READ ... WRITE ...);
  // ...
};
// ...
ABC abc;
PropVal *prop = qobject_cast<PropVal*>(qvariant_cast<QObject*>(abc.property("abc")));
if(prop) {
  int val = prop->property("val").toInt();
}

class PropVal : public QObject {
  Q_PROPERTY(int val READ ... WRITE ...);
  // ...
};

class ABC : public QObject {
  Q_PROPERTY(QObject* abc READ ... WRITE ...);
  // ...
};
// ...
ABC abc;
PropVal *prop = qobject_cast<PropVal*>(qvariant_cast<QObject*>(abc.property("abc")));
if(prop) {
  int val = prop->property("val").toInt();
}

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