QAbstractProtobufSerializer Class

The QAbstractProtobufSerializer class is interface that represents basic functions for serialization/deserialization. More...

Header: #include <QAbstractProtobufSerializer>
CMake: find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Protobuf)
target_link_libraries(mytarget PRIVATE Qt6::Protobuf)
Since: Qt 6.5
Inherited By:

QProtobufJsonSerializer and QProtobufSerializer

Status: Technical Preview

Note: All functions in this class are reentrant.

Public Types

enum DeserializationError { NoError, InvalidHeaderError, NoDeserializerError, UnexpectedEndOfStreamError, InvalidFormatError }

Public Functions

virtual ~QAbstractProtobufSerializer()
virtual QAbstractProtobufSerializer::DeserializationError deserializationError() const = 0
virtual QString deserializationErrorString() const = 0
bool deserialize(QProtobufMessage *message, QByteArrayView data) const
virtual bool deserializeObject(QProtobufMessage *message) const = 0
QByteArray serialize(const QProtobufMessage *message) const
virtual void serializeObject(const QProtobufMessage *message, const QtProtobufPrivate::QProtobufFieldInfo &fieldInfo) const = 0

Protected Functions

virtual bool deserializeMessage(QProtobufMessage *message, QByteArrayView data) const = 0
virtual QByteArray serializeMessage(const QProtobufMessage *message) const = 0

Macros

Detailed Description

The QProtobufSerializer class registers serializers/deserializers for classes implementing a protobuf message, inheriting QProtobufMessage. These classes are generated automatically, based on a .proto file, using the CMake function qt_add_protobuf or by running qtprotobufgen directly.

This class should be used as a base for specific serializers. The handlers property contains all message-specific serializers and should be used while serialization/deserialization. Inherited classes should reimplement scope of virtual methods that used by registered message serialization/deserialization functions.

Member Type Documentation

enum QAbstractProtobufSerializer::DeserializationError

This enum contains possible errors that can occur during deserialization. When an error occurs, call deserializationErrorString() to get a human-readable error message.

ConstantValueDescription
QAbstractProtobufSerializer::NoError0No error occurred.
QAbstractProtobufSerializer::InvalidHeaderError1Something went wrong while attempting to decode a header in the message.
QAbstractProtobufSerializer::NoDeserializerError2While deserializing a message, no deserializer was found for a type in the message.
QAbstractProtobufSerializer::UnexpectedEndOfStreamError3While deserializing a message, the stream ended unexpectedly.
QAbstractProtobufSerializer::InvalidFormatError4The data has invalid format. For example the JSON value doesn't match the field type.

Member Function Documentation

[virtual noexcept] QAbstractProtobufSerializer::~QAbstractProtobufSerializer()

Destroys this QAbstractProtobufSerializer.

[pure virtual] QAbstractProtobufSerializer::DeserializationError QAbstractProtobufSerializer::deserializationError() const

Returns the last deserialization error for the serializer instance.

See also deserializationErrorString().

[pure virtual] QString QAbstractProtobufSerializer::deserializationErrorString() const

Returns the last deserialization error string for the serializer instance.

See also deserializationError().

bool QAbstractProtobufSerializer::deserialize(QProtobufMessage *message, QByteArrayView data) const

Deserializes a registered Protobuf message message from a QByteArray data. message must not be nullptr. Returns true if deserialization was successful, otherwise false.

Unexpected/unknown properties in the data are skipped.

See also serialize().

[pure virtual protected] bool QAbstractProtobufSerializer::deserializeMessage(QProtobufMessage *message, QByteArrayView data) const

This is called by deserialize() to deserialize a registered Protobuf message from a QByteArrayView data. message can be assumed to not be nullptr. Returns true if deserialization was successful, otherwise false.

[pure virtual] bool QAbstractProtobufSerializer::deserializeObject(QProtobufMessage *message) const

Deserializes a registered Protobuf message message. message must not be nullptr. Returns true if deserialization was successful, otherwise false.

You should not call this function directly.

See also QAbstractProtobufSerializer::serializeObject().

QByteArray QAbstractProtobufSerializer::serialize(const QProtobufMessage *message) const

Serializes a registered Protobuf message message into a QByteArray. message must not be nullptr.

See also deserialize().

[pure virtual protected] QByteArray QAbstractProtobufSerializer::serializeMessage(const QProtobufMessage *message) const

This is called by serialize() to serialize a registered Protobuf message. message must not be nullptr. Returns a QByteArray containing the serialized message.

[pure virtual] void QAbstractProtobufSerializer::serializeObject(const QProtobufMessage *message, const QtProtobufPrivate::QProtobufFieldInfo &fieldInfo) const

Serializes a registered Protobuf message message with defined fieldInfo, that is recognized like an object, into a QByteArray. message must not be nullptr.

You should not call this function directly.

See also QAbstractProtobufSerializer::deserializeObject().

Macro Documentation

Q_PROTOBUF_OBJECT

Declares the propertyOrdering member in a class inheriting QProtobufMessage. This is used as part of the code generated by the qtprotobufgen tool.

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