Base class for all map layer types. More...

#include <qgsmaplayer.h>

Inheritance diagram for QgsMapLayer:

Public Types
enum	LayerFlag { Identifiable = 1 << 0 , Removable = 1 << 1 , Searchable = 1 << 2 , Private = 1 << 3 }
	Flags for the map layer. More...

enum	PropertyType { Style = 0 , Metadata }
	Maplayer has a style and a metadata property. More...

enum	ReadFlag { FlagDontResolveLayers = 1 << 0 , FlagTrustLayerMetadata = 1 << 1 , FlagReadExtentFromXml = 1 << 2 , FlagForceReadOnly = 1 << 3 }
	Flags which control project read behavior. More...

enum	StyleCategory { LayerConfiguration = 1 << 0 , Symbology = 1 << 1 , Symbology3D = 1 << 2 , Labeling = 1 << 3 , Fields = 1 << 4 , Forms = 1 << 5 , Actions = 1 << 6 , MapTips = 1 << 7 , Diagrams = 1 << 8 , AttributeTable = 1 << 9 , Rendering = 1 << 10 , CustomProperties = 1 << 11 , GeometryOptions = 1 << 12 , Relations = 1 << 13 , Temporal = 1 << 14 , Legend = 1 << 15 , Elevation = 1 << 16 , Notes = 1 << 17 , AllStyleCategories }
	Categories of style to distinguish appropriate sections for import/export. More...

Public Slots
void	emitStyleChanged ()
	Triggers an emission of the styleChanged() signal.

QgsProject *	project () const
	Returns the parent project if this map layer is added to a project.

virtual bool	setDependencies (const QSet< QgsMapLayerDependency > &layers)
	Sets the list of dependencies.

void	setMaximumScale (double scale)
	Sets the maximum map scale (i.e.

void	setMinimumScale (double scale)
	Sets the minimum map scale (i.e.

void	setRefreshOnNofifyMessage (const QString &message)
	Set the notification message that triggers repaint If refresh on notification is enabled, the notification will triggerRepaint only if the notification message is equal to.

void	setRefreshOnNotifyEnabled (bool enabled)
	Set whether provider notification is connected to triggerRepaint.

void	setScaleBasedVisibility (bool enabled)
	Sets whether scale based visibility is enabled for the layer.

virtual void	setTransformContext (const QgsCoordinateTransformContext &transformContext)=0
	Sets the coordinate transform context to transformContext.

void	trigger3DUpdate ()
	Will advise any 3D maps that this layer requires to be updated in the scene.

void	triggerRepaint (bool deferredUpdate=false)
	Will advise the map canvas (and any other interested party) that this layer requires to be repainted.

Signals
void	autoRefreshIntervalChanged (int interval)
	Emitted when the auto refresh interval changes.

void	beforeResolveReferences (QgsProject *project)
	Emitted when all layers are loaded and references can be resolved, just before the references of this layer are resolved.

void	blendModeChanged (QPainter::CompositionMode blendMode)
	Signal emitted when the blend mode is changed, through QgsMapLayer::setBlendMode()

void	configChanged ()
	Emitted whenever the configuration is changed.

void	crsChanged ()
	Emit a signal that layer's CRS has been reset.

void	customPropertyChanged (const QString &key)
	Emitted when a custom property of the layer has been changed or removed.

void	dataChanged ()
	Data of layer changed.

void	dataSourceChanged ()
	Emitted whenever the layer's data source has been changed.

void	dependenciesChanged ()
	Emitted when dependencies are changed.

void	editingStarted ()
	Emitted when editing on this layer has started.

void	editingStopped ()
	Emitted when edited changes have been successfully written to the data provider.

void	flagsChanged ()
	Emitted when layer's flags have been modified.

void	isValidChanged ()
	Emitted when the validity of this layer changed.

void	layerModified ()
	Emitted when modifications has been done on layer.

void	legendChanged ()
	Signal emitted when legend of the layer has changed.

void	mapTipsEnabledChanged ()
	Emitted when map tips are enabled or disabled for the layer.

void	mapTipTemplateChanged ()
	Emitted when the map tip template changes.

void	metadataChanged ()
	Emitted when the layer's metadata is changed.

void	nameChanged ()
	Emitted when the name has been changed.

void	opacityChanged (double opacity)
	Emitted when the layer's opacity is changed, where opacity is a value between 0 (transparent) and 1 (opaque).

void	recalculateExtents () const
	This is used to send a request that any mapcanvas using this layer update its extents.

void	renderer3DChanged ()
	Signal emitted when 3D renderer associated with the layer has changed.

void	rendererChanged ()
	Signal emitted when renderer is changed.

void	repaintRequested (bool deferredUpdate=false)
	By emitting this signal the layer tells that either appearance or content have been changed and any view showing the rendered layer should refresh itself.

void	request3DUpdate ()
	Signal emitted when a layer requires an update in any 3D maps.

void	statusChanged (const QString &status)
	Emit a signal with status (e.g. to be caught by QgisApp and display a msg on status bar)

void	styleChanged ()
	Signal emitted whenever a change affects the layer's style.

void	styleLoaded (QgsMapLayer::StyleCategories categories)
	Emitted when a style has been loaded.

void	willBeDeleted ()
	Emitted in the destructor when the layer is about to be deleted, but it is still in a perfectly valid state: the last chance for other pieces of code for some cleanup if they use the layer.

Public Member Functions
	QgsMapLayer (Qgis::LayerType type=Qgis::LayerType::Vector, const QString &name=QString(), const QString &source=QString())
	Constructor for QgsMapLayer.

	QgsMapLayer (QgsMapLayer const &)=delete
	QgsMapLayer cannot be copied.

	~QgsMapLayer () override

QString	abstract () const
	Returns the abstract of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

virtual bool	accept (QgsStyleEntityVisitorInterface *visitor) const
	Accepts the specified symbology visitor, causing it to visit all symbols associated with the layer.

QString	attribution () const
	Returns the attribution of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

QString	attributionUrl () const
	Returns the attribution URL of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

int	autoRefreshInterval () const
	Returns the auto refresh interval (in milliseconds).

Qgis::AutoRefreshMode	autoRefreshMode () const
	Returns the layer's automatical refresh mode.

QPainter::CompositionMode	blendMode () const
	Returns the current blending mode for a layer.

virtual QgsMapLayer *	clone () const =0
	Returns a new instance equivalent to this one except for the id which is still unique.

virtual QgsMapLayerRenderer *	createMapRenderer (QgsRenderContext &rendererContext)=0
	Returns new instance of QgsMapLayerRenderer that will be used for rendering of given context.

QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem	crs () const
	Returns the layer's spatial reference system.

template<class T >
T	customEnumProperty (const QString &key, const T &defaultValue)
	Returns the property value for a property based on an enum.

template<class T >
T	customFlagProperty (const QString &key, const T &defaultValue)
	Returns the property value for a property based on a flag.

const QgsObjectCustomProperties &	customProperties () const
	Read all custom properties from layer.

Q_INVOKABLE QVariant	customProperty (const QString &value, const QVariant &defaultValue=QVariant()) const
	Read a custom property from layer.

Q_INVOKABLE QStringList	customPropertyKeys () const
	Returns list of all keys within custom properties.

virtual Q_INVOKABLE QgsDataProvider *	dataProvider ()
	Returns the layer's data provider, it may be `nullptr`.

virtual const QgsDataProvider *	dataProvider () const
	Returns the layer's data provider in a const-correct manner, it may be `nullptr`.

QString	dataUrl () const
	Returns the DataUrl of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

QString	dataUrlFormat () const
	Returns the DataUrl format of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

virtual bool	deleteStyleFromDatabase (const QString &styleId, QString &msgError)
	Deletes a style from the database.

virtual QSet< QgsMapLayerDependency >	dependencies () const
	Gets the list of dependencies.

virtual QgsMapLayerElevationProperties *	elevationProperties ()
	Returns the layer's elevation properties.

virtual QgsError	error () const
	Gets current status error.

void	exportNamedMetadata (QDomDocument &doc, QString &errorMsg) const
	Export the current metadata of this layer as named metadata in a QDomDocument.

virtual void	exportNamedStyle (QDomDocument &doc, QString &errorMsg, const QgsReadWriteContext &context=QgsReadWriteContext(), QgsMapLayer::StyleCategories categories=QgsMapLayer::AllStyleCategories) const
	Export the properties of this layer as named style in a QDomDocument.

virtual void	exportSldStyle (QDomDocument &doc, QString &errorMsg) const
	Export the properties of this layer as SLD style in a QDomDocument.

virtual void	exportSldStyleV2 (QDomDocument &doc, QString &errorMsg, const QgsSldExportContext &exportContext) const
	Export the properties of this layer as SLD style in a QDomDocument.

virtual QgsRectangle	extent () const
	Returns the extent of the layer.

QgsMapLayer::LayerFlags	flags () const
	Returns the flags for this layer.

virtual QString	getStyleFromDatabase (const QString &styleId, QString &msgError)
	Returns the named style corresponding to style id provided.

Q_DECL_DEPRECATED bool	hasAutoRefreshEnabled () const
	Returns `true` if auto refresh is enabled for the layer.

virtual bool	hasMapTips () const
	Returns `true` if the layer contains map tips.

bool	hasScaleBasedVisibility () const
	Returns whether scale based visibility is enabled for the layer.

virtual QString	htmlMetadata () const
	Obtain a formatted HTML string containing assorted metadata for this layer.

QString	id () const
	Returns the layer's unique ID, which is used to access this layer from QgsProject.

bool	importNamedMetadata (QDomDocument &document, QString &errorMessage)
	Import the metadata of this layer from a QDomDocument.

virtual bool	importNamedStyle (QDomDocument &doc, QString &errorMsg, QgsMapLayer::StyleCategories categories=QgsMapLayer::AllStyleCategories)
	Import the properties of this layer from a QDomDocument.

virtual bool	isEditable () const
	Returns `true` if the layer can be edited.

bool	isInScaleRange (double scale) const
	Tests whether the layer should be visible at the specified scale.

virtual bool	isModified () const
	Returns `true` if the layer has been modified since last commit/save.

bool	isRefreshOnNotifyEnabled () const
	Returns `true` if the refresh on provider nofification is enabled.

virtual bool	isSpatial () const
	Returns `true` if the layer is considered a spatial layer, ie it has some form of geometry associated with it.

virtual bool	isTemporary () const
	Returns `true` if the layer is considered a temporary layer.

bool	isValid () const
	Returns the status of the layer.

QString	keywordList () const
	Returns the keyword list of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

QgsMapLayerLegend *	legend () const
	Can be `nullptr`.

QString	legendPlaceholderImage () const
	Returns path to the placeholder image or an empty string if a generated legend is shown.

QString	legendUrl () const
	Returns the URL for the layer's legend.

QString	legendUrlFormat () const
	Returns the format for a URL based layer legend.

virtual int	listStylesInDatabase (QStringList &ids, QStringList &names, QStringList &descriptions, QString &msgError)
	Lists all the style in db split into related to the layer and not related to.

virtual QString	loadDefaultMetadata (bool &resultFlag)
	Retrieve the default metadata for this layer if one exists (either as a .qmd file on disk or as a record in the users metadata table in their personal qgis.db)

virtual QString	loadDefaultStyle (bool &resultFlag)
	Retrieve the default style for this layer if one exists (either as a .qml file on disk or as a record in the users style table in their personal qgis.db)

virtual QString	loadNamedMetadata (const QString &uri, bool &resultFlag)
	Retrieve a named metadata for this layer if one exists (either as a .qmd file on disk or as a record in the users style table in their personal qgis.db)

bool	loadNamedMetadataFromDatabase (const QString &db, const QString &uri, QString &qmd)
	Retrieve a named metadata for this layer from a sqlite database.

virtual QString	loadNamedStyle (const QString &theURI, bool &resultFlag, bool loadFromLocalDb, QgsMapLayer::StyleCategories categories=QgsMapLayer::AllStyleCategories)
	Loads a named style from file/local db/datasource db.

virtual QString	loadNamedStyle (const QString &uri, bool &resultFlag, QgsMapLayer::StyleCategories categories=QgsMapLayer::AllStyleCategories)
	Retrieve a named style for this layer if one exists (either as a .qml file on disk or as a record in the users style table in their personal qgis.db)

virtual bool	loadNamedStyleFromDatabase (const QString &db, const QString &uri, QString &qml)
	Retrieve a named style for this layer from a sqlite database.

virtual QString	loadSldStyle (const QString &uri, bool &resultFlag)
	Attempts to style the layer using the formatting from an SLD type file.

bool	mapTipsEnabled () const
	Returns true if map tips are enabled for this layer.

QString	mapTipTemplate () const
	The mapTip is a pretty, html representation for feature information.

double	maximumScale () const
	Returns the maximum map scale (i.e.

virtual const QgsLayerMetadata &	metadata () const
	Returns a reference to the layer's metadata store.

virtual QString	metadataUri () const
	Retrieve the metadata URI for this layer (either as a .qmd file on disk or as a record in the users style table in their personal qgis.db)

Q_DECL_DEPRECATED QString	metadataUrl () const
	Returns the metadata URL of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

Q_DECL_DEPRECATED QString	metadataUrlFormat () const
	Returns the metadata format of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

Q_DECL_DEPRECATED QString	metadataUrlType () const
	Returns the metadata type of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

double	minimumScale () const
	Returns the minimum map scale (i.e.

QString	name () const
	Returns the display name of the layer.

virtual double	opacity () const
	Returns the opacity for the layer, where opacity is a value between 0 (totally transparent) and 1.0 (fully opaque).

QgsMapLayer &	operator= (QgsMapLayer const &)=delete
	QgsMapLayer cannot be copied.

QString	originalXmlProperties () const
	Returns the XML properties of the original layer as they were when the layer was first read from the project file.

virtual Qgis::MapLayerProperties	properties () const
	Returns the map layer properties of this layer.

QString	providerType () const
	Returns the provider type (provider key) for this layer.

QString	publicSource (bool hidePassword=false) const
	Gets a version of the internal layer definition that has sensitive bits removed (for example, the password).

bool	readLayerXml (const QDomElement &layerElement, QgsReadWriteContext &context, QgsMapLayer::ReadFlags flags=QgsMapLayer::ReadFlags(), QgsDataProvider *preloadedProvider=nullptr)
	Sets state from DOM document.

bool	readOnly () const
	Returns if this layer is read only.

virtual bool	readSld (const QDomNode &node, QString &errorMessage)

virtual bool	readStyle (const QDomNode &node, QString &errorMessage, QgsReadWriteContext &context, StyleCategories categories=AllStyleCategories)
	Read the style for the current layer from the DOM node supplied.

virtual bool	readSymbology (const QDomNode &node, QString &errorMessage, QgsReadWriteContext &context, StyleCategories categories=AllStyleCategories)=0
	Read the symbology for the current layer from the DOM node supplied.

QString	refreshOnNotifyMessage () const
	Returns the message that should be notified by the provider to triggerRepaint.

virtual Q_INVOKABLE void	reload ()
	Synchronises with changes in the datasource.

void	removeCustomProperty (const QString &key)
	Remove a custom property from layer.

QgsAbstract3DRenderer *	renderer3D () const
	Returns 3D renderer associated with the layer.

virtual void	resolveReferences (QgsProject *project)
	Resolve references to other layers (kept as layer IDs after reading XML) into layer objects.

virtual QString	saveDefaultMetadata (bool &resultFlag)
	Save the current metadata of this layer as the default metadata (either as a .qmd file on disk or as a record in the users style table in their personal qgis.db)

virtual Q_DECL_DEPRECATED QString	saveDefaultStyle (bool &resultFlag)
	Save the properties of this layer as the default style (either as a .qml file on disk or as a record in the users style table in their personal qgis.db)

virtual QString	saveDefaultStyle (bool &resultFlag, StyleCategories categories)
	Save the properties of this layer as the default style (either as a .qml file on disk or as a record in the users style table in their personal qgis.db)

QString	saveNamedMetadata (const QString &uri, bool &resultFlag)
	Save the current metadata of this layer as a named metadata (either as a .qmd file on disk or as a record in the users style table in their personal qgis.db)

virtual QString	saveNamedStyle (const QString &uri, bool &resultFlag, StyleCategories categories=AllStyleCategories)
	Save the properties of this layer as a named style (either as a .qml file on disk or as a record in the users style table in their personal qgis.db)

virtual QString	saveSldStyle (const QString &uri, bool &resultFlag) const
	Saves the properties of this layer to an SLD format file.

virtual QString	saveSldStyleV2 (bool &resultFlag, const QgsSldExportContext &exportContext) const
	Saves the properties of this layer to an SLD format file.

virtual void	saveStyleToDatabase (const QString &name, const QString &description, bool useAsDefault, const QString &uiFileContent, QString &msgError, QgsMapLayer::StyleCategories categories=QgsMapLayer::AllStyleCategories)
	Saves named and sld style of the layer to the style table in the db.

virtual QgsMapLayerSelectionProperties *	selectionProperties ()
	Returns the layer's selection properties.

QgsMapLayerServerProperties *	serverProperties ()
	Returns QGIS Server Properties for the map layer.

const QgsMapLayerServerProperties *	serverProperties () const
	Returns QGIS Server Properties const for the map layer.

void	setAbstract (const QString &abstract)
	Sets the abstract of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

void	setAttribution (const QString &attrib)
	Sets the attribution of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

void	setAttributionUrl (const QString &attribUrl)
	Sets the attribution URL of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

Q_DECL_DEPRECATED void	setAutoRefreshEnabled (bool enabled)
	Sets whether auto refresh is enabled for the layer.

void	setAutoRefreshInterval (int interval)
	Sets the auto refresh interval (in milliseconds) for the layer.

void	setAutoRefreshMode (Qgis::AutoRefreshMode mode)
	Sets the automatic refresh mode for the layer.

void	setBlendMode (QPainter::CompositionMode blendMode)
	Set the blending mode used for rendering a layer.

void	setCrs (const QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem &srs, bool emitSignal=true)
	Sets layer's spatial reference system.

template<class T >
void	setCustomEnumProperty (const QString &key, const T &value)
	Set the value of a property based on an enum.

template<class T >
void	setCustomFlagProperty (const QString &key, const T &value)
	Set the value of a property based on a flag.

void	setCustomProperties (const QgsObjectCustomProperties &properties)
	Set custom properties for layer.

Q_INVOKABLE void	setCustomProperty (const QString &key, const QVariant &value)
	Set a custom property for layer.

void	setDataSource (const QString &dataSource, const QString &baseName, const QString &provider, bool loadDefaultStyleFlag=false)
	Updates the data source of the layer.

void	setDataSource (const QString &dataSource, const QString &baseName, const QString &provider, const QgsDataProvider::ProviderOptions &options, bool loadDefaultStyleFlag=false)
	Updates the data source of the layer.

void	setDataSource (const QString &dataSource, const QString &baseName, const QString &provider, const QgsDataProvider::ProviderOptions &options, QgsDataProvider::ReadFlags flags)
	Updates the data source of the layer.

void	setDataUrl (const QString &dataUrl)
	Sets the DataUrl of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

void	setDataUrlFormat (const QString &dataUrlFormat)
	Sets the DataUrl format of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

void	setFlags (QgsMapLayer::LayerFlags flags)
	Returns the flags for this layer.

void	setKeywordList (const QString &keywords)
	Sets the keyword list of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

virtual void	setLayerOrder (const QStringList &layers)
	Reorders the previously selected sublayers of this layer from bottom to top.

void	setLegend (QgsMapLayerLegend *legend)
	Assign a legend controller to the map layer.

void	setLegendPlaceholderImage (const QString &imgPath)
	Set placeholder image for legend.

void	setLegendUrl (const QString &legendUrl)
	Sets the URL for the layer's legend.

void	setLegendUrlFormat (const QString &legendUrlFormat)
	Sets the format for a URL based layer legend.

void	setMapTipsEnabled (bool enabled)
	Enable or disable map tips for this layer.

void	setMapTipTemplate (const QString &mapTipTemplate)
	The mapTip is a pretty, html representation for feature information.

virtual void	setMetadata (const QgsLayerMetadata &metadata)
	Sets the layer's metadata store.

Q_DECL_DEPRECATED void	setMetadataUrl (const QString &metaUrl)
	Sets the metadata URL of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

Q_DECL_DEPRECATED void	setMetadataUrlFormat (const QString &metaUrlFormat)
	Sets the metadata format of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

Q_DECL_DEPRECATED void	setMetadataUrlType (const QString &metaUrlType)
	Set the metadata type of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request MetadataUrlType indicates the standard to which the metadata complies.

void	setName (const QString &name)
	Set the display name of the layer.

virtual void	setOpacity (double opacity)
	Sets the opacity for the layer, where opacity is a value between 0 (totally transparent) and 1.0 (fully opaque).

void	setOriginalXmlProperties (const QString &originalXmlProperties)
	Sets the original XML properties for the layer to originalXmlProperties.

void	setRenderer3D (QgsAbstract3DRenderer *renderer)
	Sets 3D renderer for the layer.

void	setShortName (const QString &shortName)
	Sets the short name of the layer used by QGIS Server to identify the layer.

virtual void	setSubLayerVisibility (const QString &name, bool visible)
	Set the visibility of the given sublayer name.

void	setTitle (const QString &title)
	Sets the title of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

QString	shortName () const
	Returns the short name of the layer used by QGIS Server to identify the layer.

QString	source () const
	Returns the source for the layer.

QgsMapLayerStyleManager *	styleManager () const
	Gets access to the layer's style manager.

virtual QString	styleURI () const
	Retrieve the style URI for this layer (either as a .qml file on disk or as a record in the users style table in their personal qgis.db)

virtual QStringList	subLayers () const
	Returns the sublayers of this layer.

virtual bool	supportsEditing () const
	Returns whether the layer supports editing or not.

virtual QgsMapLayerTemporalProperties *	temporalProperties ()
	Returns the layer's temporal properties.

virtual QDateTime	timestamp () const
	Time stamp of data source in the moment when data/metadata were loaded by provider.

QString	title () const
	Returns the title of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

QgsCoordinateTransformContext	transformContext () const
	Returns the layer data provider coordinate transform context or a default transform context if the layer does not have a valid data provider.

Qgis::LayerType	type () const
	Returns the type of the layer.

QUndoStack *	undoStack ()
	Returns pointer to layer's undo stack.

QUndoStack *	undoStackStyles ()
	Returns pointer to layer's style undo stack.

QgsRectangle	wgs84Extent (bool forceRecalculate=false) const
	Returns the WGS84 extent (EPSG:4326) of the layer according to ReadFlag::FlagTrustLayerMetadata.

bool	writeLayerXml (QDomElement &layerElement, QDomDocument &document, const QgsReadWriteContext &context) const
	Stores state in DOM node.

virtual bool	writeStyle (QDomNode &node, QDomDocument &doc, QString &errorMessage, const QgsReadWriteContext &context, StyleCategories categories=AllStyleCategories) const
	Write just the symbology information for the layer into the document.

virtual bool	writeSymbology (QDomNode &node, QDomDocument &doc, QString &errorMessage, const QgsReadWriteContext &context, StyleCategories categories=AllStyleCategories) const =0
	Write the style for the layer into the document provided.

Static Public Member Functions
static QString	extensionPropertyType (PropertyType type)
	Returns the extension of a Property.

static QString	formatLayerName (const QString &name)
	A convenience function to capitalize and format a layer name.

static QString	generateId (const QString &layerName)
	Generates an unique identifier for this layer, the generate ID is prefixed by layerName.

static QgsDataProvider::ReadFlags	providerReadFlags (const QDomNode &layerNode, QgsMapLayer::ReadFlags layerReadFlags)
	Returns provider read flag deduced from layer read flags layerReadFlags and a dom node layerNode that describes a layer (corresponding to `‘maplayer’' tag in a DOM document project file read by QgsProject).

Protected Member Functions
void	appendError (const QgsErrorMessage &error)
	Add error message.

void	clone (QgsMapLayer *layer) const
	Copies attributes like name, short name, ... into another layer.

QString	crsHtmlMetadata () const
	Returns a HTML fragment containing the layer's CRS metadata, for use in the htmlMetadata() method.

virtual QString	decodedSource (const QString &source, const QString &dataProvider, const QgsReadWriteContext &context) const
	Called by readLayerXML(), used by derived classes to decode provider's specific data source from project files.

virtual QString	encodedSource (const QString &source, const QgsReadWriteContext &context) const
	Called by writeLayerXML(), used by derived classes to encode provider's specific data source to project files.

QString	generalHtmlMetadata () const
	Returns an HTML fragment containing general metadata information, for use in the htmlMetadata() method.

Q_DECL_DEPRECATED bool	hasDependencyCycle (const QSet< QgsMapLayerDependency > &) const
	Checks whether a new set of dependencies will introduce a cycle this method is now deprecated and always return `false`, because circular dependencies are now correctly managed.

void	invalidateWgs84Extent ()
	Invalidates the WGS84 extent.

void	readCommonStyle (const QDomElement &layerElement, const QgsReadWriteContext &context, StyleCategories categories=AllStyleCategories)
	Read style data common to all layer types.

void	readCustomProperties (const QDomNode &layerNode, const QString &keyStartsWith=QString())
	Read custom properties from project file.

void	readStyleManager (const QDomNode &layerNode)
	Read style manager's configuration (if any). To be called by subclasses.

virtual bool	readXml (const QDomNode &layer_node, QgsReadWriteContext &context)
	Called by readLayerXML(), used by children to read state specific to them from project files.

void	setError (const QgsError &error)
	Sets error message.

virtual void	setExtent (const QgsRectangle &rect)
	Sets the extent.

void	setProviderType (const QString &providerType)
	Sets the providerType (provider key)

void	setValid (bool valid)
	Sets whether layer is valid or not.

void	writeCommonStyle (QDomElement &layerElement, QDomDocument &document, const QgsReadWriteContext &context, StyleCategories categories=AllStyleCategories) const
	Write style data common to all layer types.

void	writeCustomProperties (QDomNode &layerNode, QDomDocument &doc) const
	Write custom properties to project file.

void	writeStyleManager (QDomNode &layerNode, QDomDocument &doc) const
	Write style manager's configuration (if exists). To be called by subclasses.

virtual bool	writeXml (QDomNode &layer_node, QDomDocument &document, const QgsReadWriteContext &context) const
	Called by writeLayerXML(), used by children to write state specific to them to project files.

Protected Attributes
QString	mAbstract
	Description of the layer.

QString	mAttribution
	Attribution of the layer.

QString	mAttributionUrl

int	mBlockStyleChangedSignal = 0
	If non-zero, the styleChanged signal should not be emitted.

QString	mDataSource
	Data source description string, varies by layer type.

QString	mDataUrl
	DataUrl of the layer.

QString	mDataUrlFormat

QSet< QgsMapLayerDependency >	mDependencies
	List of layers that may modify this layer on modification.

QgsError	mError
	Error.

bool	mIsRefreshOnNofifyEnabled = false

QString	mKeywordList

QString	mLayerName
	Name of the layer - used for display.

double	mLayerOpacity = 1.0
	Layer opacity.

QString	mLegendUrl
	WMS legend.

QString	mLegendUrlFormat

std::unique_ptr< QgsDataProvider >	mPreloadedProvider
	Optionally used when loading a project, it is released when the layer is effectively created.

QString	mProviderKey
	Data provider key (name of the data provider)

QgsMapLayer::ReadFlags	mReadFlags = QgsMapLayer::ReadFlags()
	Read flags. It's up to the subclass to respect these when restoring state from XML.

QString	mRefreshOnNofifyMessage

QString	mShortName

bool	mShouldValidateCrs = true
	`true` if the layer's CRS should be validated and invalid CRSes are not permitted.

QString	mTitle

bool	mValid = false
	Indicates if the layer is valid and can be drawn.

Properties
int	autoRefreshInterval

QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem	crs

bool	isValid

bool	mapTipsEnabled

QString	mapTipTemplate

QgsLayerMetadata	metadata

QString	name

double	opacity

Qgis::LayerType	type

Friends
class	QgsVectorLayer

class	TestQgsMapLayer

Detailed Description

Base class for all map layer types.

This is the base class for all map layer types (vector, raster).

Definition at line 73 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ LayerFlag

enum QgsMapLayer::LayerFlag

Flags for the map layer.

Note: Flags are options specified by the user used for the UI but are not preventing any API call.

Since: QGIS 3.4

Enumerator
Identifiable	If the layer is identifiable using the identify map tool and as a WMS layer.
Removable	If the layer can be removed from the project. The layer will not be removable from the legend menu entry but can still be removed with an API call.
Searchable	Only for vector-layer, determines if the layer is used in the 'search all layers' locator.
Private	Determines if the layer is meant to be exposed to the GUI, i.e. visible in the layer legend tree.

Definition at line 149 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ PropertyType

enum QgsMapLayer::PropertyType

Maplayer has a style and a metadata property.

Since: QGIS 3.0

Enumerator
Style
Metadata

Definition at line 138 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ ReadFlag

enum QgsMapLayer::ReadFlag

Flags which control project read behavior.

Since: QGIS 3.10

Enumerator
FlagDontResolveLayers	Don't resolve layer paths or create data providers for layers.
FlagTrustLayerMetadata	Trust layer metadata. Improves layer load time by skipping expensive checks like primary key unicity, geometry type and srid and by using estimated metadata on layer load. Since QGIS 3.16.
FlagReadExtentFromXml	Read extent from xml and skip get extent from provider.
FlagForceReadOnly	Force open as read only.

Definition at line 637 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ StyleCategory

enum QgsMapLayer::StyleCategory

Categories of style to distinguish appropriate sections for import/export.

Since: QGIS 3.4

Enumerator
LayerConfiguration	General configuration: identifiable, removable, searchable, display expression, read-only.
Symbology	Symbology.
Symbology3D	3D symbology
Labeling	Labeling.
Fields	Aliases, widgets, WMS/WFS, expressions, constraints, virtual fields.
Forms	Feature form.
Actions	Actions.
MapTips	Map tips.
Diagrams	Diagrams.
AttributeTable	Attribute table settings: choice and order of columns, conditional styling.
Rendering	Rendering: scale visibility, simplify method, opacity.
CustomProperties	Custom properties (by plugins for instance)
GeometryOptions	Geometry validation configuration.
Relations	Relations.
Temporal	Temporal properties (since QGIS 3.14)
Legend	Legend settings (since QGIS 3.16)
Elevation	Elevation settings (since QGIS 3.18)
Notes	Layer user notes (since QGIS 3.20)
AllStyleCategories

Definition at line 164 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ QgsMapLayer() [1/2]

QgsMapLayer::QgsMapLayer	(	Qgis::LayerType	type = `Qgis::LayerType::Vector`,
		const QString &	name = `QString()`,
		const QString &	source = `QString()`
	)

Constructor for QgsMapLayer.

Parameters

type	layer type
name	display name for the layer
source	datasource of layer

Definition at line 83 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ ~QgsMapLayer()

QgsMapLayer::~QgsMapLayer ( )

override

Definition at line 115 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ QgsMapLayer() [2/2]

QgsMapLayer::QgsMapLayer ( QgsMapLayer const & )

delete

QgsMapLayer cannot be copied.

Member Function Documentation

◆ abstract()

QString QgsMapLayer::abstract ( ) const

inline

Returns the abstract of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

Returns: the layer abstract

See also: setAbstract()

Definition at line 330 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ accept()

bool QgsMapLayer::accept ( QgsStyleEntityVisitorInterface * visitor ) const

virtual

Accepts the specified symbology visitor, causing it to visit all symbols associated with the layer.

Returns true if the visitor should continue visiting other objects, or false if visiting should be canceled.

Since: QGIS 3.10

Reimplemented in QgsRasterLayer.

Definition at line 2651 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ appendError()

void QgsMapLayer::appendError ( const QgsErrorMessage & error )

inlineprotected

Add error message.

Definition at line 2147 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ attribution()

QString QgsMapLayer::attribution ( ) const

inline

Returns the attribution of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

Attribution indicates the provider of a layer or collection of layers.

Returns: the layer attribution

See also: setAttribution()

Definition at line 400 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ attributionUrl()

QString QgsMapLayer::attributionUrl ( ) const

inline

Returns the attribution URL of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

Attribution indicates the provider of a layer or collection of layers.

Returns: the layer attribution URL

See also: setAttributionUrl()

Definition at line 417 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ autoRefreshInterval()

int QgsMapLayer::autoRefreshInterval ( ) const

Returns the auto refresh interval (in milliseconds).

Note that auto refresh is only active when hasAutoRefreshEnabled() is true.

See also: hasAutoRefreshEnabled(); setAutoRefreshInterval()

Since: QGIS 3.0

Definition at line 1029 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ autoRefreshIntervalChanged

void QgsMapLayer::autoRefreshIntervalChanged ( int interval )

signal

Emitted when the auto refresh interval changes.

See also: setAutoRefreshInterval()

Since: QGIS 3.0

◆ autoRefreshMode()

Qgis::AutoRefreshMode QgsMapLayer::autoRefreshMode ( ) const

Returns the layer's automatical refresh mode.

See also: autoRefreshInterval(); setAutoRefreshMode()

Since: QGIS 3.34

Definition at line 1022 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ beforeResolveReferences

void QgsMapLayer::beforeResolveReferences ( QgsProject * project )

signal

Emitted when all layers are loaded and references can be resolved, just before the references of this layer are resolved.

Since: QGIS 3.10

◆ blendMode()

QPainter::CompositionMode QgsMapLayer::blendMode ( ) const

Returns the current blending mode for a layer.

See also: setBlendMode()

Definition at line 381 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ blendModeChanged

void QgsMapLayer::blendModeChanged ( QPainter::CompositionMode blendMode )

signal

Signal emitted when the blend mode is changed, through QgsMapLayer::setBlendMode()

◆ clone() [1/2]

virtual QgsMapLayer * QgsMapLayer::clone ( ) const

pure virtual

Returns a new instance equivalent to this one except for the id which is still unique.

Returns: a new layer instance

Since: QGIS 3.0

Implemented in QgsAnnotationLayer, QgsMeshLayer, QgsPointCloudLayer, QgsAuxiliaryLayer, QgsGroupLayer, QgsRasterLayer, QgsTiledSceneLayer, QgsVectorLayer, QgsVectorTileLayer, and QgsPluginLayer.

◆ clone() [2/2]

void QgsMapLayer::clone ( QgsMapLayer * layer ) const

protected

Copies attributes like name, short name, ... into another layer.

Parameters

layer The copy recipient

Since: QGIS 3.0

Definition at line 127 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ configChanged

void QgsMapLayer::configChanged ( )

signal

Emitted whenever the configuration is changed.

The project listens to this signal to be marked as dirty.

◆ createMapRenderer()

virtual QgsMapLayerRenderer * QgsMapLayer::createMapRenderer ( QgsRenderContext & rendererContext )

pure virtual

Returns new instance of QgsMapLayerRenderer that will be used for rendering of given context.

Since: QGIS 2.4

Implemented in QgsVectorLayer, QgsAnnotationLayer, QgsMeshLayer, QgsPointCloudLayer, QgsGroupLayer, QgsRasterLayer, QgsTiledSceneLayer, and QgsVectorTileLayer.

◆ crs()

QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem QgsMapLayer::crs ( ) const

Returns the layer's spatial reference system.

Since: QGIS 1.4

Definition at line 1155 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ crsChanged

void QgsMapLayer::crsChanged ( )

signal

Emit a signal that layer's CRS has been reset.

◆ crsHtmlMetadata()

QString QgsMapLayer::crsHtmlMetadata ( ) const

protected

Returns a HTML fragment containing the layer's CRS metadata, for use in the htmlMetadata() method.

Note: Not available in Python bindings.

Since: QGIS 3.20

Definition at line 2865 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ customEnumProperty()

template<class T >

T QgsMapLayer::customEnumProperty	(	const QString &	key,
		const T &	defaultValue
	)

inline

Returns the property value for a property based on an enum.

This forces the output to be a valid and existing entry of the enum. Hence if the property value is incorrect, the given default value is returned. This tries first with property as a string (as the enum) and then as an integer value.

Note: The enum needs to be declared with Q_ENUM, and flags with Q_FLAG (not Q_FLAGS).

See also: setCustomEnumProperty; customFlagProperty

Since: QGIS 3.22

Definition at line 795 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ customFlagProperty()

template<class T >

T QgsMapLayer::customFlagProperty	(	const QString &	key,
		const T &	defaultValue
	)

inline

Returns the property value for a property based on a flag.

This forces the output to be a valid and existing entry of the flag. Hence if the property value is incorrect, the given default value is returned. This tries first with property as a string (using a byte array) and then as an integer value.

Note: The flag needs to be declared with Q_FLAG (not Q_FLAGS).; for Python bindings, a custom implementation is achieved in Python directly.

See also: setCustomFlagProperty; customEnumProperty

Since: QGIS 3.22

Definition at line 873 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ customProperties()

const QgsObjectCustomProperties & QgsMapLayer::customProperties ( ) const

Read all custom properties from layer.

Properties are stored in a map and saved in project file.

See also: setCustomProperties

Since: QGIS 3.14

Definition at line 2327 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ customProperty()

QVariant QgsMapLayer::customProperty	(	const QString &	value,
		const QVariant &	defaultValue = `QVariant()`
	)		const

Read a custom property from layer.

Properties are stored in a map and saved in project file.

See also: setCustomProperty()

Definition at line 2334 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ customPropertyChanged

void QgsMapLayer::customPropertyChanged ( const QString & key )

signal

Emitted when a custom property of the layer has been changed or removed.

Since: QGIS 3.18

◆ customPropertyKeys()

QStringList QgsMapLayer::customPropertyKeys ( ) const

Returns list of all keys within custom properties.

Properties are stored in a map and saved in project file.

See also: customProperty()

Since: QGIS 3.0

Definition at line 2298 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ dataChanged

void QgsMapLayer::dataChanged ( )

signal

Data of layer changed.

◆ dataProvider() [1/2]

QgsDataProvider * QgsMapLayer::dataProvider ( )

virtual

Returns the layer's data provider, it may be nullptr.

Reimplemented in QgsVectorLayer, QgsAnnotationLayer, QgsMeshLayer, QgsPointCloudLayer, QgsGroupLayer, QgsPluginLayer, QgsRasterLayer, QgsTiledSceneLayer, and QgsVectorTileLayer.

Definition at line 225 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ dataProvider() [2/2]

const QgsDataProvider * QgsMapLayer::dataProvider ( ) const

virtual

Returns the layer's data provider in a const-correct manner, it may be nullptr.

Note: not available in Python bindings

Reimplemented in QgsVectorLayer, QgsAnnotationLayer, QgsMeshLayer, QgsPointCloudLayer, QgsGroupLayer, QgsPluginLayer, QgsRasterLayer, QgsTiledSceneLayer, and QgsVectorTileLayer.

Definition at line 232 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ dataSourceChanged

void QgsMapLayer::dataSourceChanged ( )

signal

Emitted whenever the layer's data source has been changed.

See also: setDataSource()

Since: QGIS 3.5

◆ dataUrl()

QString QgsMapLayer::dataUrl ( ) const

inline

Returns the DataUrl of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

DataUrl is a a link to the underlying data represented by a particular layer.

Returns: the layer DataUrl

See also: setDataUrl()

Definition at line 364 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ dataUrlFormat()

QString QgsMapLayer::dataUrlFormat ( ) const

inline

Returns the DataUrl format of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

DataUrl is a a link to the underlying data represented by a particular layer.

Returns: the layer DataUrl format

See also: setDataUrlFormat()

Definition at line 381 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ decodedSource()

QString QgsMapLayer::decodedSource	(	const QString &	source,
		const QString &	dataProvider,
		const QgsReadWriteContext &	context
	)		const

protectedvirtual

Called by readLayerXML(), used by derived classes to decode provider's specific data source from project files.

Typically resolving absolute or relative paths, usernames and passwords or drivers prefixes ("HDF5:")

Parameters

source	data source to decode, typically read from layer's DOM element "datasource"
dataProvider	string identification of data provider (e.g. "ogr"), typically read from layer's DOM element
context	reading context (e.g. for conversion between relative and absolute paths)

Returns: decoded source, typically to be used as the layer's datasource

Since: QGIS 3.2

Reimplemented in QgsPointCloudLayer, QgsTiledSceneLayer, QgsVectorLayer, QgsVectorTileLayer, QgsMeshLayer, and QgsRasterLayer.

Definition at line 855 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ deleteStyleFromDatabase()

bool QgsMapLayer::deleteStyleFromDatabase	(	const QString &	styleId,
		QString &	msgError
	)

virtual

Deletes a style from the database.

Parameters

styleId	the provider's layer_styles table id of the style to delete
msgError	will be set to a descriptive error message if any occurs

Returns: true in case of success

Since: QGIS 3.0

Definition at line 2367 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ dependencies()

QSet< QgsMapLayerDependency > QgsMapLayer::dependencies ( ) const

virtual

Gets the list of dependencies.

This includes data dependencies set by the user (

See also: setDataDependencies) as well as dependencies given by the provider

Returns: a set of QgsMapLayerDependency

Since: QGIS 3.0

Reimplemented in QgsVectorLayer.

Definition at line 2672 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ dependenciesChanged

void QgsMapLayer::dependenciesChanged ( )

signal

Emitted when dependencies are changed.

◆ editingStarted

void QgsMapLayer::editingStarted ( )

signal

Emitted when editing on this layer has started.

Since: QGIS 3.22 in the QgsMapLayer base class

◆ editingStopped

void QgsMapLayer::editingStopped ( )

signal

Emitted when edited changes have been successfully written to the data provider.

Since: QGIS 3.22 in the QgsMapLayer base class

◆ elevationProperties()

virtual QgsMapLayerElevationProperties * QgsMapLayer::elevationProperties ( )

inlinevirtual

Returns the layer's elevation properties.

This may be nullptr, depending on the layer type.

Since: QGIS 3.18

Reimplemented in QgsMeshLayer, QgsPointCloudLayer, QgsRasterLayer, QgsTiledSceneLayer, and QgsVectorLayer.

Definition at line 1664 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ emitStyleChanged

void QgsMapLayer::emitStyleChanged ( )

slot

Triggers an emission of the styleChanged() signal.

Since: QGIS 2.16

Definition at line 2598 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ encodedSource()

QString QgsMapLayer::encodedSource	(	const QString &	source,
		const QgsReadWriteContext &	context
	)		const

protectedvirtual

Called by writeLayerXML(), used by derived classes to encode provider's specific data source to project files.

Typically resolving absolute or relative paths, usernames and passwords or drivers prefixes ("HDF5:")

Parameters

source	data source to encode, typically QgsMapLayer::source()
context	writing context (e.g. for conversion between relative and absolute paths)

Returns: encoded source, typically to be written in the DOM element "datasource"

Since: QGIS 3.2

Reimplemented in QgsVectorLayer, QgsVectorTileLayer, QgsMeshLayer, QgsPointCloudLayer, QgsRasterLayer, and QgsTiledSceneLayer.

Definition at line 847 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ error()

QgsError QgsMapLayer::error ( ) const

virtual

Gets current status error.

This error describes some principal problem for which layer cannot work and thus is not valid. It is not last error after accessing data by draw() etc.

Definition at line 2437 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ exportNamedMetadata()

void QgsMapLayer::exportNamedMetadata	(	QDomDocument &	doc,
		QString &	errorMsg
	)		const

Export the current metadata of this layer as named metadata in a QDomDocument.

Parameters

doc	the target QDomDocument
errorMsg	this QString will be initialized on error

Since: QGIS 3.0

Definition at line 1525 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ exportNamedStyle()

void QgsMapLayer::exportNamedStyle	(	QDomDocument &	doc,
		QString &	errorMsg,
		const QgsReadWriteContext &	context = `QgsReadWriteContext()`,
		QgsMapLayer::StyleCategories	categories = `QgsMapLayer::AllStyleCategories`
	)		const

virtual

Export the properties of this layer as named style in a QDomDocument.

Parameters

doc	the target QDomDocument
errorMsg	this QString will be initialized on error
context	read write context
categories	the style categories to export during the execution of writeSymbology

Definition at line 1546 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ exportSldStyle()

void QgsMapLayer::exportSldStyle	(	QDomDocument &	doc,
		QString &	errorMsg
	)		const

virtual

Export the properties of this layer as SLD style in a QDomDocument.

Parameters

doc	the target QDomDocument
errorMsg	this QString will be initialized on error during the execution of writeSymbology

See also: exportSldStyleV2()

Definition at line 1854 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ exportSldStyleV2()

void QgsMapLayer::exportSldStyleV2	(	QDomDocument &	doc,
		QString &	errorMsg,
		const QgsSldExportContext &	exportContext
	)		const

virtual

Export the properties of this layer as SLD style in a QDomDocument.

Parameters

doc	the target QDomDocument
errorMsg	this QString will be initialized on error during the execution of writeSymbology
exportContext	SLD export context

Since: QGIS 3.30

Definition at line 1860 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ extensionPropertyType()

QString QgsMapLayer::extensionPropertyType ( QgsMapLayer::PropertyType type )

static

Returns the extension of a Property.

Returns: The extension

Since: QGIS 3.0

Definition at line 70 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ extent()

QgsRectangle QgsMapLayer::extent ( ) const

virtual

Returns the extent of the layer.

Reimplemented in QgsVectorLayer, QgsAnnotationLayer, QgsMeshLayer, QgsPointCloudLayer, QgsGroupLayer, and QgsTiledSceneLayer.

Definition at line 362 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ flags()

QgsMapLayer::LayerFlags QgsMapLayer::flags ( ) const

Returns the flags for this layer.

Note: Flags are options specified by the user used for the UI but are not preventing any API call. For instance, even if the Removable flag is not set, the layer can still be removed with the API but the action will not be listed in the legend menu.

See also: properties()

Since: QGIS 3.4

Definition at line 171 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ flagsChanged

void QgsMapLayer::flagsChanged ( )

signal

Emitted when layer's flags have been modified.

See also: setFlags(); flags()

Since: QGIS 3.4

◆ formatLayerName()

QString QgsMapLayer::formatLayerName ( const QString & name )

static

A convenience function to capitalize and format a layer name.

Since: QGIS 3.0

Definition at line 1187 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ generalHtmlMetadata()

QString QgsMapLayer::generalHtmlMetadata ( ) const

protected

Returns an HTML fragment containing general metadata information, for use in the htmlMetadata() method.

Note: Not available in Python bindings.

Since: QGIS 3.22

Definition at line 2794 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ generateId()

QString QgsMapLayer::generateId ( const QString & layerName )

static

Generates an unique identifier for this layer, the generate ID is prefixed by layerName.

Since: QGIS 3.8

Definition at line 2634 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ getStyleFromDatabase()

QString QgsMapLayer::getStyleFromDatabase	(	const QString &	styleId,
		QString &	msgError
	)

virtual

Returns the named style corresponding to style id provided.

Definition at line 2360 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ hasAutoRefreshEnabled()

bool QgsMapLayer::hasAutoRefreshEnabled ( ) const

Returns true if auto refresh is enabled for the layer.

See also: autoRefreshInterval(); setAutoRefreshEnabled()

Deprecated:: use autoRefreshMode() instead.

Definition at line 1015 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ hasDependencyCycle()

Q_DECL_DEPRECATED bool QgsMapLayer::hasDependencyCycle ( const QSet< QgsMapLayerDependency > & ) const

inlineprotected

Checks whether a new set of dependencies will introduce a cycle this method is now deprecated and always return false, because circular dependencies are now correctly managed.

Deprecated:: since QGIS 3.10

Definition at line 2198 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ hasMapTips()

bool QgsMapLayer::hasMapTips ( ) const

virtual

Returns true if the layer contains map tips.

See also: mapTipTemplate(); setMapTipTemplate()

Reimplemented in QgsVectorLayer.

Definition at line 2658 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ hasScaleBasedVisibility()

bool QgsMapLayer::hasScaleBasedVisibility ( ) const

Returns whether scale based visibility is enabled for the layer.

Returns: true if scale based visibility is enabled

See also: minimumScale(); maximumScale(); setScaleBasedVisibility(); isInScaleRange()

Definition at line 1007 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ htmlMetadata()

QString QgsMapLayer::htmlMetadata ( ) const

virtual

Obtain a formatted HTML string containing assorted metadata for this layer.

Since: QGIS 3.0

Reimplemented in QgsVectorLayer, QgsAnnotationLayer, QgsMeshLayer, QgsPointCloudLayer, QgsGroupLayer, QgsRasterLayer, QgsTiledSceneLayer, and QgsVectorTileLayer.

Definition at line 2584 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ id()

QString QgsMapLayer::id ( ) const

Returns the layer's unique ID, which is used to access this layer from QgsProject.

Definition at line 196 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ importNamedMetadata()

bool QgsMapLayer::importNamedMetadata	(	QDomDocument &	document,
		QString &	errorMessage
	)

Import the metadata of this layer from a QDomDocument.

Parameters

document	source QDomDocument
errorMessage	this QString will be initialized on error

Returns: true on success

Since: QGIS 3.0

Definition at line 1467 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ importNamedStyle()

bool QgsMapLayer::importNamedStyle	(	QDomDocument &	doc,
		QString &	errorMsg,
		QgsMapLayer::StyleCategories	categories = `QgsMapLayer::AllStyleCategories`
	)

virtual

Import the properties of this layer from a QDomDocument.

Parameters

doc	source QDomDocument
errorMsg	this QString will be initialized on error during the execution of readSymbology
categories	the style categories to import

Returns: true on success

Since: QGIS 2.8

Definition at line 1481 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ invalidateWgs84Extent()

void QgsMapLayer::invalidateWgs84Extent ( )

protected

Invalidates the WGS84 extent.

If FlagTrustLayerMetadata is enabled, the extent is not invalidated because we want to trust metadata whatever happens.

Since: QGIS 3.20

Definition at line 2783 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ isEditable()

bool QgsMapLayer::isEditable ( ) const

virtual

Returns true if the layer can be edited.

Reimplemented in QgsVectorLayer, QgsAnnotationLayer, and QgsMeshLayer.

Definition at line 2444 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ isInScaleRange()

bool QgsMapLayer::isInScaleRange ( double scale ) const

Tests whether the layer should be visible at the specified scale.

The scale value indicates the scale denominator, e.g. 1000.0 for a 1:1000 map.

Returns: true if the layer is visible at the given scale.

See also: minimumScale(); maximumScale(); hasScaleBasedVisibility()

Since: QGIS 2.16

Definition at line 997 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ isModified()

bool QgsMapLayer::isModified ( ) const

virtual

Returns true if the layer has been modified since last commit/save.

Note: default implementation returns false.

Since: QGIS 3.22 in the base class QgsMapLayer.

Reimplemented in QgsMeshLayer, and QgsVectorLayer.

Definition at line 2451 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ isRefreshOnNotifyEnabled()

bool QgsMapLayer::isRefreshOnNotifyEnabled ( ) const

inline

Returns true if the refresh on provider nofification is enabled.

Since: QGIS 3.0

Definition at line 1607 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ isSpatial()

bool QgsMapLayer::isSpatial ( ) const

virtual

Returns true if the layer is considered a spatial layer, ie it has some form of geometry associated with it.

Since: QGIS 2.16

Reimplemented in QgsVectorLayer, and QgsRasterLayer.

Definition at line 2458 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ isTemporary()

bool QgsMapLayer::isTemporary ( ) const

virtual

Returns true if the layer is considered a temporary layer.

These include memory-only layers such as those created by the "memory" data provider, layers stored inside a local temporary folder (such as the "/tmp" folder on Linux) or layer with temporary data (as temporary mesh layer dataset)

Since: QGIS 3.10.1

Definition at line 2465 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ isValid()

bool QgsMapLayer::isValid ( ) const

Returns the status of the layer.

An invalid layer is one which has a bad datasource or other problem. Child classes set this flag when initialized.

Returns: true if the layer is valid and can be accessed

Definition at line 981 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ isValidChanged

void QgsMapLayer::isValidChanged ( )

signal

Emitted when the validity of this layer changed.

Since: QGIS 3.16

◆ keywordList()

QString QgsMapLayer::keywordList ( ) const

inline

Returns the keyword list of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

Returns: the layer keyword list

See also: setKeywordList()

Definition at line 345 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ layerModified

void QgsMapLayer::layerModified ( )

signal

Emitted when modifications has been done on layer.

Since: QGIS 3.22 in the QgsMapLayer base class

◆ legend()

QgsMapLayerLegend * QgsMapLayer::legend ( ) const

Can be nullptr.

Since: QGIS 2.6

Definition at line 2522 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ legendChanged

void QgsMapLayer::legendChanged ( )

signal

Signal emitted when legend of the layer has changed.

Since: QGIS 2.6

◆ legendPlaceholderImage()

QString QgsMapLayer::legendPlaceholderImage ( ) const

inline

Returns path to the placeholder image or an empty string if a generated legend is shown.

Returns: placholder image path

Since: QGIS 3.22

Definition at line 1671 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ legendUrl()

QString QgsMapLayer::legendUrl ( ) const

inline

Returns the URL for the layer's legend.

Definition at line 1419 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ legendUrlFormat()

QString QgsMapLayer::legendUrlFormat ( ) const

inline

Returns the format for a URL based layer legend.

Definition at line 1429 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ listStylesInDatabase()

int QgsMapLayer::listStylesInDatabase	(	QStringList &	ids,
		QStringList &	names,
		QStringList &	descriptions,
		QString &	msgError
	)

virtual

Lists all the style in db split into related to the layer and not related to.

Parameters

ids	the list in which will be stored the style db ids
names	the list in which will be stored the style names
descriptions	the list in which will be stored the style descriptions
msgError	will be set to a descriptive error message if any occurs

Returns: the number of styles related to current layer (-1 on not implemented)

Note: Since QGIS 3.2 Styles related to the layer are ordered with the default style first then by update time for Postgres, MySQL and Spatialite.

Definition at line 2353 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ loadDefaultMetadata()

QString QgsMapLayer::loadDefaultMetadata ( bool & resultFlag )

virtual

Retrieve the default metadata for this layer if one exists (either as a .qmd file on disk or as a record in the users metadata table in their personal qgis.db)

Parameters

resultFlag a reference to a flag that will be set to false if we did not manage to load the default metadata.

Returns: a QString with any status messages

Since: QGIS 3.0

Reimplemented in QgsTiledSceneLayer, and QgsVectorTileLayer.

Definition at line 1276 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ loadDefaultStyle()

QString QgsMapLayer::loadDefaultStyle ( bool & resultFlag )

virtual

Retrieve the default style for this layer if one exists (either as a .qml file on disk or as a record in the users style table in their personal qgis.db)

Parameters

resultFlag a reference to a flag that will be set to false if we did not manage to load the default style.

Returns: a QString with any status messages

See also: loadNamedStyle()

Reimplemented in QgsMeshLayer, QgsPointCloudLayer, QgsTiledSceneLayer, QgsVectorLayer, and QgsVectorTileLayer.

Definition at line 1290 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ loadNamedMetadata()

QString QgsMapLayer::loadNamedMetadata	(	const QString &	uri,
		bool &	resultFlag
	)

virtual

Retrieve a named metadata for this layer if one exists (either as a .qmd file on disk or as a record in the users style table in their personal qgis.db)

Parameters

uri	- the file name or other URI for the metadata file. First an attempt will be made to see if this is a file and load that, if that fails the qgis.db metadata table will be consulted to see if there is a metadata who's key matches the URI.
resultFlag	a reference to a flag that will be set to `false` if we did not manage to load the default metadata.

Returns: a QString with any status messages

Since: QGIS 3.0

Definition at line 1606 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ loadNamedMetadataFromDatabase()

bool QgsMapLayer::loadNamedMetadataFromDatabase	(	const QString &	db,
		const QString &	uri,
		QString &	qmd
	)

Retrieve a named metadata for this layer from a sqlite database.

Parameters

db	path to sqlite database
uri	uri for table
qmd	will be set to QMD xml metadata content from database

Returns: true if style was successfully loaded

Since: QGIS 3.0

Definition at line 1297 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ loadNamedStyle() [1/2]

QString QgsMapLayer::loadNamedStyle	(	const QString &	theURI,
		bool &	resultFlag,
		bool	loadFromLocalDb,
		QgsMapLayer::StyleCategories	categories = `QgsMapLayer::AllStyleCategories`
	)

virtual

Loads a named style from file/local db/datasource db.

Parameters

theURI	the URI of the style or the URI of the layer
resultFlag	will be set to `true` if a named style is correctly loaded
loadFromLocalDb	if `true` forces to load from local db instead of datasource one
categories	the style categories to be loaded.

Definition at line 2401 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ loadNamedStyle() [2/2]

QString QgsMapLayer::loadNamedStyle	(	const QString &	uri,
		bool &	resultFlag,
		QgsMapLayer::StyleCategories	categories = `QgsMapLayer::AllStyleCategories`
	)

virtual

Retrieve a named style for this layer if one exists (either as a .qml file on disk or as a record in the users style table in their personal qgis.db)

Parameters

uri	- the file name or other URI for the style file. First an attempt will be made to see if this is a file and load that, if that fails the qgis.db styles table will be consulted to see if there is a style who's key matches the URI.
resultFlag	a reference to a flag that will be set to `false` if we did not manage to load the default style.
categories	the style categories to be loaded.

Returns: a QString with any status messages

See also: loadDefaultStyle()

Definition at line 1364 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ loadNamedStyleFromDatabase()

bool QgsMapLayer::loadNamedStyleFromDatabase	(	const QString &	db,
		const QString &	uri,
		QString &	qml
	)

virtual

Retrieve a named style for this layer from a sqlite database.

Parameters

db	path to sqlite database
uri	uri for table
qml	will be set to QML style content from database

Returns: true if style was successfully loaded

Definition at line 1304 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ loadSldStyle()

QString QgsMapLayer::loadSldStyle	(	const QString &	uri,
		bool &	resultFlag
	)

virtual

Attempts to style the layer using the formatting from an SLD type file.

Parameters

uri	uri of source SLD file
resultFlag	a reference to a flag that will be set to `false` if the SLD file could not be loaded

Returns: a string with any status or error messages

See also: saveSldStyle()

Definition at line 2029 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ mapTipsEnabled()

bool QgsMapLayer::mapTipsEnabled ( ) const

Returns true if map tips are enabled for this layer.

Since: QGIS 3.32

Definition at line 950 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ mapTipsEnabledChanged

void QgsMapLayer::mapTipsEnabledChanged ( )

signal

Emitted when map tips are enabled or disabled for the layer.

See also: setMapTipsEnabled()

Since: QGIS 3.32

◆ mapTipTemplate()

QString QgsMapLayer::mapTipTemplate ( ) const

The mapTip is a pretty, html representation for feature information.

It may also contain embedded expressions.

Note: this method was only available for vector layers since QGIS 3.0

Since: QGIS 3.30

Definition at line 921 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ mapTipTemplateChanged

void QgsMapLayer::mapTipTemplateChanged ( )

signal

Emitted when the map tip template changes.

Note: this method was only available for vector layers since QGIS 3.0

Since: QGIS 3.30

◆ maximumScale()

double QgsMapLayer::maximumScale ( ) const

Returns the maximum map scale (i.e.

most "zoomed in" scale) at which the layer will be visible. The scale value indicates the scale denominator, e.g. 1000.0 for a 1:1000 map. A scale of 0 indicates no maximum scale visibility.

Note: Scale based visibility is only used if setScaleBasedVisibility() is set to true.

See also: setMaximumScale(); minimumScale(); hasScaleBasedVisibility(); isInScaleRange()

Definition at line 1098 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ metadata()

const QgsLayerMetadata & QgsMapLayer::metadata ( ) const

virtual

Returns a reference to the layer's metadata store.

See also: setMetadata(); metadataChanged()

Since: QGIS 3.0

Definition at line 1084 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ metadataChanged

void QgsMapLayer::metadataChanged ( )

signal

Emitted when the layer's metadata is changed.

See also: setMetadata(); metadata()

Since: QGIS 3.0

◆ metadataUri()

QString QgsMapLayer::metadataUri ( ) const

virtual

Retrieve the metadata URI for this layer (either as a .qmd file on disk or as a record in the users style table in their personal qgis.db)

Returns: a QString with the metadata file name

Since: QGIS 3.0

Definition at line 1240 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ metadataUrl()

QString QgsMapLayer::metadataUrl ( ) const

Returns the metadata URL of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

MetadataUrl is a a link to the detailed, standardized metadata about the data. Since QGIS 3.22, it returns the first metadata URL link.

Returns: the layer metadata URL

See also: serverProperties()

Deprecated:: since QGIS 3.22

Definition at line 265 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ metadataUrlFormat()

QString QgsMapLayer::metadataUrlFormat ( ) const

Returns the metadata format of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

MetadataUrlType indicates how the metadata is structured. Since QGIS 3.22, it returns the first metadata URL format.

Returns: the layer metadata format

See also: serverProperties()

Deprecated:: since QGIS 3.22

Definition at line 331 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ metadataUrlType()

QString QgsMapLayer::metadataUrlType ( ) const

Returns the metadata type of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

MetadataUrlType indicates the standard to which the metadata complies. Since QGIS 3.22, it returns the first metadata URL type.

Returns: the layer metadata type

See also: serverProperties()

Deprecated:: since QGIS 3.22

Definition at line 298 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ minimumScale()

double QgsMapLayer::minimumScale ( ) const

Returns the minimum map scale (i.e.

most "zoomed out" scale) at which the layer will be visible. The scale value indicates the scale denominator, e.g. 1000.0 for a 1:1000 map. A scale of 0 indicates no minimum scale visibility.

Note: Scale based visibility is only used if setScaleBasedVisibility() is set to true.

See also: setMinimumScale(); maximumScale(); hasScaleBasedVisibility(); isInScaleRange()

Definition at line 1119 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ name()

QString QgsMapLayer::name ( ) const

Returns the display name of the layer.

See also: setName()

Definition at line 216 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ nameChanged

void QgsMapLayer::nameChanged ( )

signal

Emitted when the name has been changed.

Since: QGIS 2.16

◆ opacity()

double QgsMapLayer::opacity ( ) const

virtual

Returns the opacity for the layer, where opacity is a value between 0 (totally transparent) and 1.0 (fully opaque).

See also: setOpacity(); opacityChanged()

Note: Prior to QGIS 3.18, this method was available for vector layers only

Since: QGIS 3.18

Reimplemented in QgsRasterLayer.

Definition at line 400 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ opacityChanged

void QgsMapLayer::opacityChanged ( double opacity )

signal

Emitted when the layer's opacity is changed, where opacity is a value between 0 (transparent) and 1 (opaque).

See also: setOpacity(); opacity()

Note: Prior to QGIS 3.18, this signal was available for vector layers only

Since: QGIS 3.18

◆ operator=()

QgsMapLayer & QgsMapLayer::operator= ( QgsMapLayer const & )

delete

QgsMapLayer cannot be copied.

◆ originalXmlProperties()

QString QgsMapLayer::originalXmlProperties ( ) const

Returns the XML properties of the original layer as they were when the layer was first read from the project file.

In case of new layers this is normally empty.

The storage format for the XML is qlr

Since: QGIS 3.6

Definition at line 2620 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ project

QgsProject * QgsMapLayer::project ( ) const

slot

Returns the parent project if this map layer is added to a project.

Otherwise returns nullptr

Since: QGIS 3.18

Definition at line 2718 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ properties()

Qgis::MapLayerProperties QgsMapLayer::properties ( ) const

virtual

Returns the map layer properties of this layer.

Note: properties() differ from flags() in that flags() are user settable, and reflect options that users can enable for map layers. In contrast properties() are reflections of inherent capabilities for the layer, which cannot be directly changed by users.

Since: QGIS 3.22

Reimplemented in QgsAnnotationLayer, QgsRasterLayer, and QgsVectorTileLayer.

Definition at line 189 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ providerReadFlags()

QgsDataProvider::ReadFlags QgsMapLayer::providerReadFlags	(	const QDomNode &	layerNode,
		QgsMapLayer::ReadFlags	layerReadFlags
	)

static

Returns provider read flag deduced from layer read flags layerReadFlags and a dom node layerNode that describes a layer (corresponding to `‘maplayer’' tag in a DOM document project file read by QgsProject).

This static method is used when loading a project.

Since: QGIS 3.32

Definition at line 957 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ providerType()

QString QgsMapLayer::providerType ( ) const

Returns the provider type (provider key) for this layer.

Definition at line 2183 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ publicSource()

QString QgsMapLayer::publicSource ( bool hidePassword = false ) const

Gets a version of the internal layer definition that has sensitive bits removed (for example, the password).

This function should be used when displaying the source name for general viewing.

Parameters

hidePassword False, if the password should be removed or replaced by an arbitrary string, since QGIS 3.34

See also: source()

Definition at line 345 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ readCommonStyle()

void QgsMapLayer::readCommonStyle	(	const QDomElement &	layerElement,
		const QgsReadWriteContext &	context,
		StyleCategories	categories = `AllStyleCategories`
	)

protected

Read style data common to all layer types.

Since: QGIS 3.0

Definition at line 2190 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ readCustomProperties()

void QgsMapLayer::readCustomProperties	(	const QDomNode &	layerNode,
		const QString &	keyStartsWith = `QString()`
	)

protected

Read custom properties from project file.

Parameters

layerNode	note to read from
keyStartsWith	reads only properties starting with the specified string (or all if the string is empty)

Definition at line 874 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ readLayerXml()

bool QgsMapLayer::readLayerXml	(	const QDomElement &	layerElement,
		QgsReadWriteContext &	context,
		QgsMapLayer::ReadFlags	flags = `QgsMapLayer::ReadFlags()`,
		QgsDataProvider *	preloadedProvider = `nullptr`
	)

Sets state from DOM document.

Parameters

layerElement	The DOM element corresponding to `‘maplayer’' tag
context	writing context (e.g. for conversion between relative and absolute paths)
flags	optional argument which can be used to control layer reading behavior.
preloadedProvider	optional preloaded data provider that will be used as data provider for this layer, takes ownership (since QGIS 3.32)

Note

The DOM node corresponds to a DOM document project file XML element read by QgsProject.

This, in turn, calls readXml() (and then readSymbology()), which is overridable by sub-classes so that they can read their own specific state from the given DOM node.

Invoked by QgsProject::read().

Returns: true if successful

Definition at line 408 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ readOnly()

bool QgsMapLayer::readOnly ( ) const

inline

Returns if this layer is read only.

Definition at line 530 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ readSld()

virtual bool QgsMapLayer::readSld	(	const QDomNode &	node,
		QString &	errorMessage
	)

inlinevirtual

Reimplemented in QgsVectorLayer.

Definition at line 1246 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ readStyle()

bool QgsMapLayer::readStyle	(	const QDomNode &	node,
		QString &	errorMessage,
		QgsReadWriteContext &	context,
		StyleCategories	categories = `AllStyleCategories`
	)

virtual

Read the style for the current layer from the DOM node supplied.

Parameters

node	node that will contain the style definition for this layer.
errorMessage	reference to string that will be updated with any error messages
context	reading context (used for transform from relative to absolute paths)
categories	the style categories to be read

Returns: true in case of success.

Note: To be implemented in subclasses. Default implementation does nothing and returns false.

Since: QGIS 2.16

Reimplemented in QgsAnnotationLayer, QgsPointCloudLayer, QgsTiledSceneLayer, and QgsMeshLayer.

Definition at line 2090 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ readStyleManager()

void QgsMapLayer::readStyleManager ( const QDomNode & layerNode )

protected

Read style manager's configuration (if any). To be called by subclasses.

Definition at line 898 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ readSymbology()

virtual bool QgsMapLayer::readSymbology	(	const QDomNode &	node,
		QString &	errorMessage,
		QgsReadWriteContext &	context,
		StyleCategories	categories = `AllStyleCategories`
	)

pure virtual

Read the symbology for the current layer from the DOM node supplied.

Parameters

node	node that will contain the symbology definition for this layer.
errorMessage	reference to string that will be updated with any error messages
context	reading context (used for transform from relative to absolute paths)
categories	the style categories to be read

Returns: true in case of success.

Implemented in QgsAnnotationLayer, QgsPointCloudLayer, QgsGroupLayer, QgsTiledSceneLayer, and QgsVectorTileLayer.

◆ readXml()

bool QgsMapLayer::readXml	(	const QDomNode &	layer_node,
		QgsReadWriteContext &	context
	)

protectedvirtual

Called by readLayerXML(), used by children to read state specific to them from project files.

Reimplemented in QgsVectorLayer, QgsMeshLayer, QgsRasterLayer, QgsAnnotationLayer, QgsPointCloudLayer, QgsGroupLayer, QgsTiledSceneLayer, and QgsVectorTileLayer.

Definition at line 600 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ recalculateExtents

void QgsMapLayer::recalculateExtents ( ) const

signal

This is used to send a request that any mapcanvas using this layer update its extents.

◆ refreshOnNotifyMessage()

QString QgsMapLayer::refreshOnNotifyMessage ( ) const

inline

Returns the message that should be notified by the provider to triggerRepaint.

Since: QGIS 3.0

Definition at line 1600 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ reload()

virtual Q_INVOKABLE void QgsMapLayer::reload ( )

inlinevirtual

Synchronises with changes in the datasource.

Reimplemented in QgsVectorLayer, QgsMeshLayer, and QgsRasterLayer.

Definition at line 535 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ removeCustomProperty()

void QgsMapLayer::removeCustomProperty ( const QString & key )

Remove a custom property from layer.

Properties are stored in a map and saved in project file.

See also: setCustomProperty()

Definition at line 2342 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ renderer3D()

QgsAbstract3DRenderer * QgsMapLayer::renderer3D ( ) const

Returns 3D renderer associated with the layer.

May be nullptr.

Since: QGIS 3.0

Definition at line 2550 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ renderer3DChanged

void QgsMapLayer::renderer3DChanged ( )

signal

Signal emitted when 3D renderer associated with the layer has changed.

Since: QGIS 3.0

◆ rendererChanged

void QgsMapLayer::rendererChanged ( )

signal

Signal emitted when renderer is changed.

See also: styleChanged()

◆ repaintRequested

void QgsMapLayer::repaintRequested ( bool deferredUpdate = false )

signal

By emitting this signal the layer tells that either appearance or content have been changed and any view showing the rendered layer should refresh itself.

If deferredUpdate is true then the layer will only be repainted when the canvas is next re-rendered, and will not trigger any canvas redraws itself.

◆ request3DUpdate

void QgsMapLayer::request3DUpdate ( )

signal

Signal emitted when a layer requires an update in any 3D maps.

Since: QGIS 3.18

◆ resolveReferences()

void QgsMapLayer::resolveReferences ( QgsProject * project )

virtual

Resolve references to other layers (kept as layer IDs after reading XML) into layer objects.

Since: QGIS 3.0

Reimplemented in QgsVectorLayer, and QgsGroupLayer.

Definition at line 864 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ saveDefaultMetadata()

QString QgsMapLayer::saveDefaultMetadata ( bool & resultFlag )

virtual

Save the current metadata of this layer as the default metadata (either as a .qmd file on disk or as a record in the users style table in their personal qgis.db)

Parameters

resultFlag a reference to a flag that will be set to false if we did not manage to save the default metadata.

Returns: a QString with any status messages

Since: QGIS 3.0

Definition at line 1247 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ saveDefaultStyle() [1/2]

QString QgsMapLayer::saveDefaultStyle ( bool & resultFlag )

virtual

Save the properties of this layer as the default style (either as a .qml file on disk or as a record in the users style table in their personal qgis.db)

Parameters

resultFlag a reference to a flag that will be set to false if we did not manage to save the default style.

Returns: a QString with any status messages

See also: loadNamedStyle(); saveNamedStyle()

Deprecated:: since QGIS 3.26

Definition at line 1585 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ saveDefaultStyle() [2/2]

QString QgsMapLayer::saveDefaultStyle	(	bool &	resultFlag,
		StyleCategories	categories
	)

virtual

Save the properties of this layer as the default style (either as a .qml file on disk or as a record in the users style table in their personal qgis.db)

Parameters

resultFlag	a reference to a flag that will be set to `false` if we did not manage to save the default style.
categories	the style categories to be saved (since QGIS 3.26)

Returns: a QString with any status messages

See also: loadNamedStyle(); saveNamedStyle()

Definition at line 1592 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ saveNamedMetadata()

QString QgsMapLayer::saveNamedMetadata	(	const QString &	uri,
		bool &	resultFlag
	)

Save the current metadata of this layer as a named metadata (either as a .qmd file on disk or as a record in the users style table in their personal qgis.db)

Parameters

uri	the file name or other URI for the metadata file. First an attempt will be made to see if this is a file and save to that, if that fails the qgis.db metadata table will be used to create a metadata entry who's key matches the URI.
resultFlag	a reference to a flag that will be set to `false` if we did not manage to save the default metadata.

Returns: a QString with any status messages

Since: QGIS 3.0

Definition at line 1599 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ saveNamedStyle()

QString QgsMapLayer::saveNamedStyle	(	const QString &	uri,
		bool &	resultFlag,
		StyleCategories	categories = `AllStyleCategories`
	)

virtual

Save the properties of this layer as a named style (either as a .qml file on disk or as a record in the users style table in their personal qgis.db)

Parameters

uri	the file name or other URI for the style file. First an attempt will be made to see if this is a file and save to that, if that fails the qgis.db styles table will be used to create a style entry who's key matches the URI.
resultFlag	a reference to a flag that will be set to `false` if we did not manage to save the default style.
categories	the style categories to be saved.

Returns: a QString with any status messages

See also: saveDefaultStyle()

Definition at line 1847 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ saveSldStyle()

QString QgsMapLayer::saveSldStyle	(	const QString &	uri,
		bool &	resultFlag
	)		const

virtual

Saves the properties of this layer to an SLD format file.

Parameters

uri	uri of destination for exported SLD file.
resultFlag	a reference to a flag that will be set to `false` if the SLD file could not be generated

Returns: a string with any status or error messages

See also: loadSldStyle(); saveSldStyleV2()

Definition at line 1945 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ saveSldStyleV2()

QString QgsMapLayer::saveSldStyleV2	(	bool &	resultFlag,
		const QgsSldExportContext &	exportContext
	)		const

virtual

Saves the properties of this layer to an SLD format file.

Parameters

resultFlag	a reference to a flag that will be set to `false` if the SLD file could not be generated
exportContext	SLD export context

Returns: a string with any status or error messages

See also: loadSldStyle()

Since: QGIS 3.30

Definition at line 1952 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ saveStyleToDatabase()

void QgsMapLayer::saveStyleToDatabase	(	const QString &	name,
		const QString &	description,
		bool	useAsDefault,
		const QString &	uiFileContent,
		QString &	msgError,
		QgsMapLayer::StyleCategories	categories = `QgsMapLayer::AllStyleCategories`
	)

virtual

Saves named and sld style of the layer to the style table in the db.

Parameters

name	Style name
description	A description of the style
useAsDefault	Set to `true` if style should be used as the default style for the layer
uiFileContent
msgError	will be set to a descriptive error message if any occurs
categories	the style categories to be saved.

Note: Prior to QGIS 3.24, this method would show a message box warning when a style with the same styleName already existed to confirm replacing the style with the user. Since 3.24, calling this method will ALWAYS overwrite any existing style with the same name. Use QgsProviderRegistry::styleExists() to test in advance if a style already exists and handle this appropriately in your client code.

Definition at line 2374 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ selectionProperties()

virtual QgsMapLayerSelectionProperties * QgsMapLayer::selectionProperties ( )

inlinevirtual

Returns the layer's selection properties.

This may be nullptr, depending on the layer type.

Since: QGIS 3.34

Reimplemented in QgsVectorLayer.

Definition at line 1650 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ serverProperties() [1/2]

QgsMapLayerServerProperties * QgsMapLayer::serverProperties ( )

inline

Returns QGIS Server Properties for the map layer.

Since: QGIS 3.22

Definition at line 425 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ serverProperties() [2/2]

const QgsMapLayerServerProperties * QgsMapLayer::serverProperties ( ) const

inline

Returns QGIS Server Properties const for the map layer.

Since: QGIS 3.22

Definition at line 431 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ setAbstract()

void QgsMapLayer::setAbstract ( const QString & abstract )

inline

Sets the abstract of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

See also: abstract()

Definition at line 322 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ setAttribution()

void QgsMapLayer::setAttribution ( const QString & attrib )

inline

Sets the attribution of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

Attribution indicates the provider of a layer or collection of layers.

See also: attribution()

Definition at line 391 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ setAttributionUrl()

void QgsMapLayer::setAttributionUrl ( const QString & attribUrl )

inline

Sets the attribution URL of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

Attribution indicates the provider of a layer or collection of layers.

See also: attributionUrl()

Definition at line 408 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ setAutoRefreshEnabled()

void QgsMapLayer::setAutoRefreshEnabled ( bool enabled )

Sets whether auto refresh is enabled for the layer.

See also: hasAutoRefreshEnabled(); setAutoRefreshInterval()

Deprecated:: Use setAutoRefreshMode() instead.

Definition at line 1053 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setAutoRefreshInterval()

void QgsMapLayer::setAutoRefreshInterval ( int interval )

Sets the auto refresh interval (in milliseconds) for the layer.

This will cause the layer to be automatically redrawn on a matching interval. Note that auto refresh must be enabled by calling setAutoRefreshMode().

Note that auto refresh triggers deferred repaints of the layer. Any map canvas must be refreshed separately in order to view the refreshed layer.

See also: autoRefreshInterval(); setAutoRefreshEnabled()

Since: QGIS 3.0

Definition at line 1036 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setAutoRefreshMode()

void QgsMapLayer::setAutoRefreshMode ( Qgis::AutoRefreshMode mode )

Sets the automatic refresh mode for the layer.

See also: autoRefreshMode(); setAutoRefreshInterval()

Since: QGIS 3.34

Definition at line 1060 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setBlendMode()

void QgsMapLayer::setBlendMode ( QPainter::CompositionMode blendMode )

Set the blending mode used for rendering a layer.

Parameters

blendMode new blending mode

See also: blendMode()

Definition at line 369 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setCrs()

void QgsMapLayer::setCrs	(	const QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem &	srs,
		bool	emitSignal = `true`
	)

Sets layer's spatial reference system.

Definition at line 1163 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setCustomEnumProperty()

template<class T >

void QgsMapLayer::setCustomEnumProperty	(	const QString &	key,
		const T &	value
	)

inline

Set the value of a property based on an enum.

The property will be saved as string.

Note: The enum needs to be declared with Q_ENUM, and flags with Q_FLAG (not Q_FLAGS).

See also: customEnumProperty; setCustomFlagProperty

Since: QGIS 3.22

Definition at line 847 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ setCustomFlagProperty()

template<class T >

void QgsMapLayer::setCustomFlagProperty	(	const QString &	key,
		const T &	value
	)

inline

Set the value of a property based on a flag.

The property will be saved as string.

Note: The flag needs to be declared with Q_FLAG (not Q_FLAGS).

See also: customFlagProperty; customEnumProperty

Since: QGIS 3.22

Definition at line 937 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ setCustomProperties()

void QgsMapLayer::setCustomProperties ( const QgsObjectCustomProperties & properties )

Set custom properties for layer.

Current properties are dropped.

Since: QGIS 3.0

Definition at line 2316 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setCustomProperty()

void QgsMapLayer::setCustomProperty	(	const QString &	key,
		const QVariant &	value
	)

Set a custom property for layer.

Properties are stored in a map and saved in project file.

See also: customProperty(); removeCustomProperty()

Definition at line 2305 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setDataSource() [1/3]

void QgsMapLayer::setDataSource	(	const QString &	dataSource,
		const QString &	baseName,
		const QString &	provider,
		bool	loadDefaultStyleFlag = `false`
	)

Updates the data source of the layer.

The dataSource argument must specify the new data source string for the layer. The format varies depending on the specified data provider in use. See QgsDataSourceUri and the documentation for the various QgsMapLayer subclasses for further details on data source strings.

The baseName argument specifies the user-visible name to use for the layer. (See name() or setName()).

The provider argument is used to specify the unique key of the data provider to use for the layer. This must match one of the values returned by QgsProviderRegistry::instance()->providerList(). (See providerType()).

If loadDefaultStyleFlag is set to true then the layer's existing style will be reset to the default for the data source.

Note: If loadDefaultStyleFlag is false then the layer's renderer and legend will be preserved only if the geometry type of the new data source matches the current geometry type of the layer.

After setting a new data source callers can test isValid() to determine whether the new source and provider are valid and ready for use. If setting the new data source fails and the layer returns false to isValid(), then descriptive errors relating to setting the data source can be retrieved by calling error().

This method was defined in QgsVectorLayer since 2.10 and was marked as deprecated since 3.2

See also: dataSourceChanged()

Since: QGIS 3.20

Definition at line 2115 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setDataSource() [2/3]

void QgsMapLayer::setDataSource	(	const QString &	dataSource,
		const QString &	baseName,
		const QString &	provider,
		const QgsDataProvider::ProviderOptions &	options,
		bool	loadDefaultStyleFlag = `false`
	)

Updates the data source of the layer.

The dataSource argument must specify the new data source string for the layer. The format varies depending on the specified data provider in use. See QgsDataSourceUri and the documentation for the various QgsMapLayer subclasses for further details on data source strings.

The baseName argument specifies the user-visible name to use for the layer. (See name() or setName()).

The provider argument is used to specify the unique key of the data provider to use for the layer. This must match one of the values returned by QgsProviderRegistry::instance()->providerList(). (See providerType()).

The options argument can be used to pass additional layer properties to the new data provider.

If loadDefaultStyleFlag is set to true then the layer's existing style will be reset to the default for the data source.

Note: If loadDefaultStyleFlag is false then the layer's renderer and legend will be preserved only if the geometry type of the new data source matches the current geometry type of the layer.

After setting a new data source callers can test isValid() to determine whether the new source and provider are valid and ready for use. If setting the new data source fails and the layer returns false to isValid(), then descriptive errors relating to setting the data source can be retrieved by calling error().

See also: dataSourceChanged()

Since: QGIS 3.6

Definition at line 2135 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setDataSource() [3/3]

void QgsMapLayer::setDataSource	(	const QString &	dataSource,
		const QString &	baseName,
		const QString &	provider,
		const QgsDataProvider::ProviderOptions &	options,
		QgsDataProvider::ReadFlags	flags
	)

Updates the data source of the layer.

The dataSource argument must specify the new data source string for the layer. The format varies depending on the specified data provider in use. See QgsDataSourceUri and the documentation for the various QgsMapLayer subclasses for further details on data source strings.

The baseName argument specifies the user-visible name to use for the layer. (See name() or setName()).

The provider argument is used to specify the unique key of the data provider to use for the layer. This must match one of the values returned by QgsProviderRegistry::instance()->providerList(). (See providerType()).

The options argument can be used to pass additional layer properties to the new data provider.

The flags argument specifies provider read flags which control the data provider construction, such as QgsDataProvider::ReadFlag::FlagTrustDataSource, QgsDataProvider::ReadFlag::FlagLoadDefaultStyle, etc.

Note: The layer's renderer and legend will be preserved only if the geometry type of the new data source matches the current geometry type of the layer.

After setting a new data source callers can test isValid() to determine whether the new source and provider are valid and ready for use. If setting the new data source fails and the layer returns false to isValid(), then descriptive errors relating to setting the data source can be retrieved by calling error().

See also: dataSourceChanged()

Since: QGIS 3.20

Definition at line 2153 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setDataUrl()

void QgsMapLayer::setDataUrl ( const QString & dataUrl )

inline

Sets the DataUrl of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

DataUrl is a a link to the underlying data represented by a particular layer.

See also: dataUrl()

Definition at line 355 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ setDataUrlFormat()

void QgsMapLayer::setDataUrlFormat ( const QString & dataUrlFormat )

inline

Sets the DataUrl format of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

DataUrl is a a link to the underlying data represented by a particular layer.

See also: dataUrlFormat()

Definition at line 372 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ setDependencies

bool QgsMapLayer::setDependencies ( const QSet< QgsMapLayerDependency > & layers )

virtualslot

Sets the list of dependencies.

See also: dependencies()

Parameters

layers set of QgsMapLayerDependency. Only user-defined dependencies will be added

Returns: false if a dependency cycle has been detected

Since: QGIS 3.0

Reimplemented in QgsVectorLayer.

Definition at line 2679 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setError()

void QgsMapLayer::setError ( const QgsError & error )

inlineprotected

Sets error message.

Definition at line 2149 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ setExtent()

void QgsMapLayer::setExtent ( const QgsRectangle & rect )

protectedvirtual

Sets the extent.

Reimplemented in QgsPluginLayer, and QgsVectorLayer.

Definition at line 2606 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setFlags()

void QgsMapLayer::setFlags ( QgsMapLayer::LayerFlags flags )

Returns the flags for this layer.

Note: Flags are options specified by the user used for the UI but are not preventing any API call. For instance, even if the Removable flag is not set, the layer can still be removed with the API but the action will not be listed in the legend menu.

See also: properties()

Since: QGIS 3.4

Definition at line 178 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setKeywordList()

void QgsMapLayer::setKeywordList ( const QString & keywords )

inline

Sets the keyword list of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

See also: keywordList()

Definition at line 337 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ setLayerOrder()

void QgsMapLayer::setLayerOrder ( const QStringList & layers )

virtual

Reorders the previously selected sublayers of this layer from bottom to top.

(Useful for providers that manage their own layers, such as WMS).

Reimplemented in QgsRasterLayer.

Definition at line 1133 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setLegend()

void QgsMapLayer::setLegend ( QgsMapLayerLegend * legend )

Assign a legend controller to the map layer.

The object will be responsible for providing legend items.

Parameters

legend Takes ownership of the object. Can be nullptr.

Since: QGIS 2.6

Definition at line 2503 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setLegendPlaceholderImage()

void QgsMapLayer::setLegendPlaceholderImage ( const QString & imgPath )

inline

Set placeholder image for legend.

If the string is empty, a generated legend will be shown.

Parameters

imgPath file path to the placeholder image

Since: QGIS 3.22

Definition at line 1678 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ setLegendUrl()

void QgsMapLayer::setLegendUrl ( const QString & legendUrl )

inline

Sets the URL for the layer's legend.

Definition at line 1414 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ setLegendUrlFormat()

void QgsMapLayer::setLegendUrlFormat ( const QString & legendUrlFormat )

inline

Sets the format for a URL based layer legend.

Definition at line 1424 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ setMapTipsEnabled()

void QgsMapLayer::setMapTipsEnabled ( bool enabled )

Enable or disable map tips for this layer.

Parameters

enabled Whether map tips are enabled for this layer

Since: QGIS 3.32

Definition at line 939 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setMapTipTemplate()

void QgsMapLayer::setMapTipTemplate ( const QString & mapTipTemplate )

The mapTip is a pretty, html representation for feature information.

It may also contain embedded expressions.

Note: this method was only available for vector layers since QGIS 3.0

Since: QGIS 3.30

Definition at line 928 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setMaximumScale

void QgsMapLayer::setMaximumScale ( double scale )

slot

Sets the maximum map scale (i.e.

most "zoomed in" scale) at which the layer will be visible. The scale value indicates the scale denominator, e.g. 1000.0 for a 1:1000 map. A scale of 0 indicates no maximum scale visibility.

Note: Scale based visibility is only used if setScaleBasedVisibility() is set to true.

See also: maximumScale(); setMinimumScale(); setScaleBasedVisibility()

Definition at line 1091 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setMetadata()

void QgsMapLayer::setMetadata ( const QgsLayerMetadata & metadata )

virtual

Sets the layer's metadata store.

See also: metadata(); metadataChanged()

Since: QGIS 3.0

Definition at line 2575 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setMetadataUrl()

void QgsMapLayer::setMetadataUrl ( const QString & metaUrl )

Sets the metadata URL of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

MetadataUrl is a a link to the detailed, standardized metadata about the data. Since QGIS 3.22, it edits the first metadata URL link.

See also: serverProperties()

Deprecated:: since QGIS 3.22

Definition at line 246 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setMetadataUrlFormat()

void QgsMapLayer::setMetadataUrlFormat ( const QString & metaUrlFormat )

Sets the metadata format of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

MetadataUrlType indicates how the metadata is structured. Since QGIS 3.22, it edits the first metadata URL format.

See also: serverProperties()

Deprecated:: since QGIS 3.22

Definition at line 312 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setMetadataUrlType()

void QgsMapLayer::setMetadataUrlType ( const QString & metaUrlType )

Set the metadata type of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request MetadataUrlType indicates the standard to which the metadata complies.

Since QGIS 3.22, it edits the first metadata URL type.

See also: serverProperties()

Deprecated:: since QGIS 3.22

Definition at line 279 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setMinimumScale

void QgsMapLayer::setMinimumScale ( double scale )

slot

Sets the minimum map scale (i.e.

most "zoomed out" scale) at which the layer will be visible. The scale value indicates the scale denominator, e.g. 1000.0 for a 1:1000 map. A scale of 0 indicates no minimum scale visibility.

Note: Scale based visibility is only used if setScaleBasedVisibility() is set to true.

See also: minimumScale(); setMaximumScale(); setScaleBasedVisibility()

Definition at line 1105 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setName()

void QgsMapLayer::setName ( const QString & name )

Set the display name of the layer.

See also: name()

Since: QGIS 2.16

Definition at line 204 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setOpacity()

void QgsMapLayer::setOpacity ( double opacity )

virtual

Sets the opacity for the layer, where opacity is a value between 0 (totally transparent) and 1.0 (fully opaque).

See also: opacity(); opacityChanged()

Note: Prior to QGIS 3.18, this method was available for vector layers only

Since: QGIS 3.18

Reimplemented in QgsRasterLayer.

Definition at line 389 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setOriginalXmlProperties()

void QgsMapLayer::setOriginalXmlProperties ( const QString & originalXmlProperties )

Sets the original XML properties for the layer to originalXmlProperties.

The storage format for the XML is qlr

Since: QGIS 3.6

Definition at line 2627 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setProviderType()

void QgsMapLayer::setProviderType ( const QString & providerType )

protected

Sets the providerType (provider key)

Definition at line 2665 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setRefreshOnNofifyMessage

void QgsMapLayer::setRefreshOnNofifyMessage ( const QString & message )

inlineslot

Set the notification message that triggers repaint If refresh on notification is enabled, the notification will triggerRepaint only if the notification message is equal to.

Parameters

message

Since: QGIS 3.0

Definition at line 1812 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ setRefreshOnNotifyEnabled

void QgsMapLayer::setRefreshOnNotifyEnabled ( bool enabled )

slot

Set whether provider notification is connected to triggerRepaint.

Since: QGIS 3.0

Definition at line 2696 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setRenderer3D()

void QgsMapLayer::setRenderer3D ( QgsAbstract3DRenderer * renderer )

Sets 3D renderer for the layer.

Takes ownership of the renderer.

Since: QGIS 3.0

Definition at line 2536 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setScaleBasedVisibility

void QgsMapLayer::setScaleBasedVisibility ( bool enabled )

slot

Sets whether scale based visibility is enabled for the layer.

Parameters

enabled set to true to enable scale based visibility

See also: setMinimumScale; setMaximumScale; hasScaleBasedVisibility

Definition at line 1112 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setShortName()

void QgsMapLayer::setShortName ( const QString & shortName )

inline

Sets the short name of the layer used by QGIS Server to identify the layer.

See also: shortName()

Definition at line 293 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ setSubLayerVisibility()

void QgsMapLayer::setSubLayerVisibility	(	const QString &	name,
		bool	visible
	)

virtual

Set the visibility of the given sublayer name.

Parameters

name	sublayer name
visible	sublayer visibility

Reimplemented in QgsRasterLayer.

Definition at line 1140 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ setTitle()

void QgsMapLayer::setTitle ( const QString & title )

inline

Sets the title of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

See also: title()

Definition at line 307 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ setTransformContext

virtual void QgsMapLayer::setTransformContext ( const QgsCoordinateTransformContext & transformContext )

pure virtualslot

Sets the coordinate transform context to transformContext.

Since: QGIS 3.8

Implemented in QgsAnnotationLayer, QgsGroupLayer, QgsPointCloudLayer, QgsTiledSceneLayer, and QgsVectorTileLayer.

◆ setValid()

void QgsMapLayer::setValid ( bool valid )

protected

Sets whether layer is valid or not.

Definition at line 2492 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ shortName()

QString QgsMapLayer::shortName ( ) const

Returns the short name of the layer used by QGIS Server to identify the layer.

See also: setShortName()

Definition at line 239 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ source()

QString QgsMapLayer::source ( ) const

Returns the source for the layer.

This source may contain usernames, passwords and other sensitive information.

See also: publicSource()

Definition at line 355 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ statusChanged

void QgsMapLayer::statusChanged ( const QString & status )

signal

Emit a signal with status (e.g. to be caught by QgisApp and display a msg on status bar)

◆ styleChanged

void QgsMapLayer::styleChanged ( )

signal

Signal emitted whenever a change affects the layer's style.

Ie this may be triggered by renderer changes, label style changes, or other style changes such as blend mode or layer opacity changes.

Warning: This signal should never be manually emitted. Instead call the emitStyleChanged() method to ensure that the signal is only emitted when appropriate.

See also: rendererChanged()

Since: QGIS 2.16

◆ styleLoaded

void QgsMapLayer::styleLoaded ( QgsMapLayer::StyleCategories categories )

signal

Emitted when a style has been loaded.

Parameters

categories style categories

Since: QGIS 3.12

◆ styleManager()

QgsMapLayerStyleManager * QgsMapLayer::styleManager ( ) const

Gets access to the layer's style manager.

Style manager allows switching between multiple styles.

Since: QGIS 2.8

Definition at line 2529 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ styleURI()

QString QgsMapLayer::styleURI ( ) const

virtual

Retrieve the style URI for this layer (either as a .qml file on disk or as a record in the users style table in their personal qgis.db)

Returns: a QString with the style file name

See also: loadNamedStyle(); saveNamedStyle()

Definition at line 1283 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ subLayers()

QStringList QgsMapLayer::subLayers ( ) const

virtual

Returns the sublayers of this layer.

(Useful for providers that manage their own layers, such as WMS).

Reimplemented in QgsMeshLayer, and QgsRasterLayer.

Definition at line 1126 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ supportsEditing()

bool QgsMapLayer::supportsEditing ( ) const

virtual

Returns whether the layer supports editing or not.

Returns: false if the layer is read only or the data provider has no editing capabilities.

Note: default implementation returns false.

Since: QGIS 3.22 in the base class QgsMapLayer.

Reimplemented in QgsAnnotationLayer, QgsMeshLayer, and QgsVectorLayer.

Definition at line 1148 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ temporalProperties()

virtual QgsMapLayerTemporalProperties * QgsMapLayer::temporalProperties ( )

inlinevirtual

Returns the layer's temporal properties.

This may be nullptr, depending on the layer type.

Since: QGIS 3.14

Reimplemented in QgsMeshLayer, QgsRasterLayer, and QgsVectorLayer.

Definition at line 1657 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ timestamp()

QDateTime QgsMapLayer::timestamp ( ) const

virtual

Time stamp of data source in the moment when data/metadata were loaded by provider.

Reimplemented in QgsRasterLayer.

Definition at line 2591 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ title()

QString QgsMapLayer::title ( ) const

inline

Returns the title of the layer used by QGIS Server in GetCapabilities request.

Returns: the layer title

See also: setTitle()

Definition at line 315 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ transformContext()

QgsCoordinateTransformContext QgsMapLayer::transformContext ( ) const

Returns the layer data provider coordinate transform context or a default transform context if the layer does not have a valid data provider.

Since: QGIS 3.8

Definition at line 1179 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ trigger3DUpdate

void QgsMapLayer::trigger3DUpdate ( )

slot

Will advise any 3D maps that this layer requires to be updated in the scene.

Will emit a request3DUpdate() signal.

Since: QGIS 3.18

Definition at line 2568 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ triggerRepaint

void QgsMapLayer::triggerRepaint ( bool deferredUpdate = false )

slot

Will advise the map canvas (and any other interested party) that this layer requires to be repainted.

Will emit a repaintRequested() signal. If deferredUpdate is true then the layer will only be repainted when the canvas is next re-rendered, and will not trigger any canvas redraws itself.

Note: in 2.6 function moved from vector/raster subclasses to QgsMapLayer

Definition at line 2557 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ type()

Qgis::LayerType QgsMapLayer::type ( ) const

Returns the type of the layer.

Definition at line 163 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ undoStack()

QUndoStack * QgsMapLayer::undoStack ( )

Returns pointer to layer's undo stack.

Definition at line 2284 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ undoStackStyles()

QUndoStack * QgsMapLayer::undoStackStyles ( )

Returns pointer to layer's style undo stack.

Since: QGIS 2.16

Definition at line 2291 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ wgs84Extent()

QgsRectangle QgsMapLayer::wgs84Extent ( bool forceRecalculate = false ) const

Returns the WGS84 extent (EPSG:4326) of the layer according to ReadFlag::FlagTrustLayerMetadata.

If that flag is activated, then the WGS84 extent read in the qgs project is returned. Otherwise, the actual WGS84 extent is returned.

Parameters

forceRecalculate True to return the current WGS84 extent whatever the read flags

Since: QGIS 3.20

Definition at line 2740 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ willBeDeleted

void QgsMapLayer::willBeDeleted ( )

signal

Emitted in the destructor when the layer is about to be deleted, but it is still in a perfectly valid state: the last chance for other pieces of code for some cleanup if they use the layer.

Since: QGIS 3.0

◆ writeCommonStyle()

void QgsMapLayer::writeCommonStyle	(	QDomElement &	layerElement,
		QDomDocument &	document,
		const QgsReadWriteContext &	context,
		StyleCategories	categories = `AllStyleCategories`
	)		const

protected

Write style data common to all layer types.

Since: QGIS 3.0

Definition at line 763 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ writeCustomProperties()

void QgsMapLayer::writeCustomProperties	(	QDomNode &	layerNode,
		QDomDocument &	doc
	)		const

protected

Write custom properties to project file.

Definition at line 891 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ writeLayerXml()

bool QgsMapLayer::writeLayerXml	(	QDomElement &	layerElement,
		QDomDocument &	document,
		const QgsReadWriteContext &	context
	)		const

Stores state in DOM node.

Parameters

layerElement	is a DOM element corresponding to `‘maplayer’' tag
document	is a the DOM document being written
context	reading context (e.g. for conversion between relative and absolute paths)

Note

The DOM node corresponds to a DOM document project file XML element to be written by QgsProject.

This, in turn, calls writeXml() (and then writeSymbology), which is over-rideable by sub-classes so that they can write their own specific state to the given DOM node.

Invoked by QgsProject::write().

Returns: true if successful

Definition at line 622 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ writeStyle()

bool QgsMapLayer::writeStyle	(	QDomNode &	node,
		QDomDocument &	doc,
		QString &	errorMessage,
		const QgsReadWriteContext &	context,
		StyleCategories	categories = `AllStyleCategories`
	)		const

virtual

Write just the symbology information for the layer into the document.

Parameters

node	the node that will have the style element added to it.
doc	the document that will have the QDomNode added.
errorMessage	reference to string that will be updated with any error messages
context	writing context (used for transform from absolute to relative paths)
categories	the style categories to be written

Returns: true in case of success.

Note: To be implemented in subclasses. Default implementation does nothing and returns false.; There is a confusion of terms with the GUI. This method actually writes what is known as the symbology in the application.

Since: QGIS 2.16

Reimplemented in QgsAnnotationLayer, QgsPointCloudLayer, QgsTiledSceneLayer, and QgsMeshLayer.

Definition at line 2101 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ writeStyleManager()

void QgsMapLayer::writeStyleManager	(	QDomNode &	layerNode,
		QDomDocument &	doc
	)		const

protected

Write style manager's configuration (if exists). To be called by subclasses.

Definition at line 909 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

◆ writeSymbology()

virtual bool QgsMapLayer::writeSymbology	(	QDomNode &	node,
		QDomDocument &	doc,
		QString &	errorMessage,
		const QgsReadWriteContext &	context,
		StyleCategories	categories = `AllStyleCategories`
	)		const

pure virtual

Write the style for the layer into the document provided.

Parameters

node	the node that will have the style element added to it.
doc	the document that will have the QDomNode added.
errorMessage	reference to string that will be updated with any error messages
context	writing context (used for transform from absolute to relative paths)
categories	the style categories to be written

Note: There is a confusion of terms with the GUI. This method actually writes what is called a style in the application.

Returns: true in case of success.

Implemented in QgsAnnotationLayer, QgsGroupLayer, QgsPointCloudLayer, QgsTiledSceneLayer, and QgsVectorTileLayer.

◆ writeXml()

bool QgsMapLayer::writeXml	(	QDomNode &	layer_node,
		QDomDocument &	document,
		const QgsReadWriteContext &	context
	)		const

protectedvirtual

Called by writeLayerXML(), used by children to write state specific to them to project files.

Reimplemented in QgsVectorLayer, QgsAnnotationLayer, QgsMeshLayer, QgsGroupLayer, QgsRasterLayer, QgsPointCloudLayer, QgsTiledSceneLayer, and QgsVectorTileLayer.

Definition at line 835 of file qgsmaplayer.cpp.

Friends And Related Symbol Documentation

◆ QgsVectorLayer

friend class QgsVectorLayer

friend

Definition at line 2371 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ TestQgsMapLayer

friend class TestQgsMapLayer

friend

Definition at line 2372 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

Member Data Documentation

◆ mAbstract

QString QgsMapLayer::mAbstract

protected

Description of the layer.

Definition at line 2172 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ mAttribution

QString QgsMapLayer::mAttribution

protected

Attribution of the layer.

Definition at line 2180 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ mAttributionUrl

QString QgsMapLayer::mAttributionUrl

protected

Definition at line 2181 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ mBlockStyleChangedSignal

int QgsMapLayer::mBlockStyleChangedSignal = 0

protected

If non-zero, the styleChanged signal should not be emitted.

Since: QGIS 3.20

Definition at line 2230 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ mDataSource

QString QgsMapLayer::mDataSource

protected

Data source description string, varies by layer type.

Definition at line 2163 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ mDataUrl

QString QgsMapLayer::mDataUrl

protected

DataUrl of the layer.

Definition at line 2176 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ mDataUrlFormat

QString QgsMapLayer::mDataUrlFormat

protected

Definition at line 2177 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ mDependencies

QSet<QgsMapLayerDependency> QgsMapLayer::mDependencies

protected

List of layers that may modify this layer on modification.

Definition at line 2191 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ mError

QgsError QgsMapLayer::mError

protected

Error.

Definition at line 2188 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ mIsRefreshOnNofifyEnabled

bool QgsMapLayer::mIsRefreshOnNofifyEnabled = false

protected

Definition at line 2200 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ mKeywordList

QString QgsMapLayer::mKeywordList

protected

Definition at line 2173 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ mLayerName

QString QgsMapLayer::mLayerName

protected

Name of the layer - used for display.

Definition at line 2166 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ mLayerOpacity

double QgsMapLayer::mLayerOpacity = 1.0

protected

Layer opacity.

Since: QGIS 3.18

Definition at line 2223 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ mLegendUrl

QString QgsMapLayer::mLegendUrl

protected

WMS legend.

Definition at line 2184 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ mLegendUrlFormat

QString QgsMapLayer::mLegendUrlFormat

protected

Definition at line 2185 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ mPreloadedProvider

std::unique_ptr<QgsDataProvider> QgsMapLayer::mPreloadedProvider

protected

Optionally used when loading a project, it is released when the layer is effectively created.

Note: Not available in Python bindings.

Since: QGIS 3.32

Definition at line 2267 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ mProviderKey

QString QgsMapLayer::mProviderKey

protected

Data provider key (name of the data provider)

Definition at line 2204 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ mReadFlags

QgsMapLayer::ReadFlags QgsMapLayer::mReadFlags = QgsMapLayer::ReadFlags()

protected

Read flags. It's up to the subclass to respect these when restoring state from XML.

Definition at line 2209 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ mRefreshOnNofifyMessage

QString QgsMapLayer::mRefreshOnNofifyMessage

protected

Definition at line 2201 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ mShortName

QString QgsMapLayer::mShortName

protected

Definition at line 2168 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ mShouldValidateCrs

bool QgsMapLayer::mShouldValidateCrs = true

protected

true if the layer's CRS should be validated and invalid CRSes are not permitted.

Since: QGIS 3.10

Definition at line 2216 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ mTitle

QString QgsMapLayer::mTitle

protected

Definition at line 2169 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ mValid

bool QgsMapLayer::mValid = false

protected

Indicates if the layer is valid and can be drawn.

Definition at line 2160 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

Property Documentation

◆ autoRefreshInterval

int QgsMapLayer::autoRefreshInterval

readwrite

Definition at line 78 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ crs

QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem QgsMapLayer::crs

readwrite

Definition at line 80 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ isValid

bool QgsMapLayer::isValid

read

Definition at line 82 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ mapTipsEnabled

bool QgsMapLayer::mapTipsEnabled

readwrite

Definition at line 85 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ mapTipTemplate

QString QgsMapLayer::mapTipTemplate

readwrite

Definition at line 84 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ metadata

QgsLayerMetadata QgsMapLayer::metadata

readwrite

Definition at line 79 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ name

QString QgsMapLayer::name

readwrite

Definition at line 77 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ opacity

double QgsMapLayer::opacity

readwrite

Definition at line 83 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

◆ type

Qgis::LayerType QgsMapLayer::type

read

Definition at line 81 of file qgsmaplayer.h.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

/build/qgis-3.34.0+99sid/src/core/qgsmaplayer.h
/build/qgis-3.34.0+99sid/src/core/qgsmaplayer.cpp

Public Types

Public Slots

Signals

Public Member Functions

Static Public Member Functions

Protected Member Functions

Protected Attributes

Properties

Friends

Detailed Description

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ LayerFlag

◆ PropertyType

◆ ReadFlag

◆ StyleCategory

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ QgsMapLayer() [1/2]

◆ ~QgsMapLayer()

◆ QgsMapLayer() [2/2]

Member Function Documentation

◆ abstract()

◆ accept()

◆ appendError()

◆ attribution()

◆ attributionUrl()

◆ autoRefreshInterval()

◆ autoRefreshIntervalChanged

◆ autoRefreshMode()

◆ beforeResolveReferences

◆ blendMode()

◆ blendModeChanged

◆ clone() [1/2]

◆ clone() [2/2]

◆ configChanged

◆ createMapRenderer()

◆ crs()

◆ crsChanged

◆ crsHtmlMetadata()

◆ customEnumProperty()

◆ customFlagProperty()

◆ customProperties()

◆ customProperty()

◆ customPropertyChanged

◆ customPropertyKeys()

◆ dataChanged

◆ dataProvider() [1/2]

◆ dataProvider() [2/2]

◆ dataSourceChanged

◆ dataUrl()

◆ dataUrlFormat()

◆ decodedSource()

◆ deleteStyleFromDatabase()

◆ dependencies()

◆ dependenciesChanged

◆ editingStarted

◆ editingStopped

◆ elevationProperties()

◆ emitStyleChanged

◆ encodedSource()

◆ error()

◆ exportNamedMetadata()

◆ exportNamedStyle()

◆ exportSldStyle()

◆ exportSldStyleV2()

◆ extensionPropertyType()

◆ extent()

◆ flags()

◆ flagsChanged

◆ formatLayerName()

◆ generalHtmlMetadata()

◆ generateId()

◆ getStyleFromDatabase()

◆ hasAutoRefreshEnabled()

◆ hasDependencyCycle()

◆ hasMapTips()

◆ hasScaleBasedVisibility()

◆ htmlMetadata()

◆ id()

◆ importNamedMetadata()

◆ importNamedStyle()