qgsmaplayerref.h

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/***************************************************************************
  qgsmaplayerref.h
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  Date                 : January 2017
  Copyright            : (C) 2017 by Martin Dobias
  Email                : wonder dot sk at gmail dot com
 ***************************************************************************
 *                                                                         *
 *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
 *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
 *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
 *                                                                         *
 ***************************************************************************/

#ifndef QGSMAPLAYERREF_H
#define QGSMAPLAYERREF_H

#define SIP_NO_FILE

#include <QPointer>

#include "qgsmaplayer.h"
#include "qgsdataprovider.h"
#include "qgsproject.h"

template<typename TYPE>
struct _LayerRef
{

  _LayerRef( TYPE *l = nullptr )
    : layer( l )
    , layerId( l ? l->id() : QString() )
    , source( l ? l->publicSource() : QString() )
    , name( l ? l->name() : QString() )
    , provider( l && l->dataProvider() ? l->dataProvider()->name() : QString() )
  {}

  _LayerRef( const QString &id, const QString &name = QString(), const QString &source = QString(), const QString &provider = QString() )
    : layer()
    , layerId( id )
    , source( source )
    , name( name )
    , provider( provider )
  {}

  void setLayer( TYPE *l )
  {
    layer = l;
    layerId = l ? l->id() : QString();
    source = l ? l->publicSource() : QString();
    name = l ? l->name() : QString();
    provider = l && l->dataProvider() ? l->dataProvider()->name() : QString();
  }

  operator bool() const
  {
    return static_cast< bool >( layer.data() );
  }

  TYPE *operator->() const
  {
    return layer.data();
  }

  TYPE *get() const
  {
    return layer.data();
  }

  QPointer<TYPE> layer;

  QString layerId;

  QString source;
  QString name;
  QString provider;

  bool layerMatchesSource( QgsMapLayer *layer ) const
  {
    if ( layer->publicSource() != source ||
         layer->name() != name )
      return false;

    if ( layer->providerType() != provider )
      return false;

    return true;
  }

  TYPE *resolve( const QgsProject *project )
  {
    if ( project && !layerId.isEmpty() )
    {
      if ( TYPE *l = qobject_cast<TYPE *>( project->mapLayer( layerId ) ) )
      {
        setLayer( l );
        return l;
      }
    }
    return nullptr;
  }

  TYPE *resolveWeakly( const QgsProject *project )
  {
    // first try matching by layer ID
    if ( resolve( project ) )
      return layer;

    if ( project && !name.isEmpty() )
    {
      const QList<QgsMapLayer *> layers = project->mapLayersByName( name );
      for ( QgsMapLayer *l : layers )
      {
        if ( TYPE *tl = qobject_cast< TYPE *>( l ) )
        {
          if ( layerMatchesSource( tl ) )
          {
            setLayer( tl );
            return tl;
          }
        }
      }
    }
    return nullptr;
  }

  TYPE *resolveByIdOrNameOnly( const QgsProject *project )
  {
    // first try by matching by layer ID, or weakly by source, name and provider
    if ( resolveWeakly( project ) )
      return layer;

    // fallback to checking by name only
    if ( project && !name.isEmpty() )
    {
      const QList<QgsMapLayer *> layers = project->mapLayersByName( name );
      for ( QgsMapLayer *l : layers )
      {
        if ( TYPE *tl = qobject_cast< TYPE *>( l ) )
        {
          setLayer( tl );
          return tl;
        }
      }
    }
    return nullptr;
  }


};

typedef _LayerRef<QgsMapLayer> QgsMapLayerRef;

#endif // QGSMAPLAYERREF_H