QML Model data by index

Question

I have QAbstractListModel based model...

class RecordModel : public QAbstractListModel { ... };

QQmlContext *ctxt = engine.rootContext();
ctxt->setContextProperty("recordModel", &model);

// QML
recordModel.get(0).name // now work

How to get a model data by index and role name?

... Solution:

// C++
class RecordModel : public QAbstractListModel
{
   Q_OBJECT
   Q_ENUMS(Roles)

   public:
      // ...
      Q_INVOKABLE QVariant data(int i, int role) const
      {
          return data(index(i, 0), role);
      }
};

// QML
recordModel.data(0, RecordModel.NameRole);

user_1380556 · Answer

You should only use a Q_INVOKABLE method for specific functionalities that you want to be able to call from QML. Unless you somehow want to access model data from without access to the delegate of your model, you should always use the more proper model<->delegate way of getting the data.

Since you're inheriting from QAbstractListModel, it'll work like QAbstractItemModel.

Declare roles as shown:

enum Roles {
    RoleA = Qt::UserRole + 1,
    RoleB = Qt::UserRole + 2
};

Override this method to allow QML access using roles:

QHash RecordModel::roleNames() const
{
    QHash roles;
    roles[RoleA] = _Ut("roleA");
    roles[RoleB] = _Ut("roleB");
    return roles;
}

Override this method to return data when QML tries to access:

QVariant RecordModel::data(const QModelIndex &modelIndex, int role) const
{
    QVariant rv;
    int index = modelIndex.row();

    switch( role ) {
    case RoleA:
        rv = "A";
        break;
    case RoleB:
        rv = "B";
        break;
    default:
        DASSERT(FALSE);     // Unexpected role.
        break;
    }

    return rv;
}

Then in QML you'll simply use "roleA" and "roleB" in the delegates of the QML Element that uses this model to access the data.

References:

http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.0/qtcore/qabstractitemmodel.html

http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.0/qtcore/qabstractlistmodel.html

user_771271 · Answer

You can use Q_INVOKABLE method:

Q_INVOKABLE QVariant getRecord(int iIndex)
{
    return QVariant::fromValue((CRecord*)this->at(iIndex));
}

And then in QML:

recordModel.getRecord(0)

You will just need to declare a metatype:

Q_DECLARE_METATYPE( RecordModel* )

And somewhere in main.cpp:

qmlRegisterType("PrivateComponents", 1, 0, "RecordModel");
qmlRegisterType("PrivateComponents", 1, 0, "CRecord");

QML Model data by index

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