Question: Is there a way to check at compile-time if qRegisterMetaType<T>() was called for a custom type T?
The custom type T needs to be registered in Qt meta-type system in order to be used in e.g. queued connections.
If such a connection is made, and a signal triggered, the runtime warning will be shown:
QObject::connect: Cannot queue arguments of type 'T'
(Make sure 'T' is registered using qRegisterMetaType().)
This is hard to track, so I would prefer to check this at compile-time. Is that in any way possible?
(I understand that if it was possible, it would probably already be a part of Qt Framework itself, but maybe...?)
Note: I know I can check if a type was declared as metatype (Check if type is declared as a meta type system (for SFINAE)), but this doesn't solve my problem.
The code example would be:
#include <QCoreApplication>
#include <QDebug>
#include <QMetaMethod>
#include <QObject>
#include <QThread>
#include <QTimer>
struct Payload {
Payload() = default;
};
// Type is declared as metatype
Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(Payload)
class ObjectOne : public QObject {
Q_OBJECT
public:
using QObject::QObject;
void emitPayloadChanged() { Payload p; emit payloadChanged(p); }
signals:
void payloadChanged(const Payload& p);
};
class ObjectTwo : public QObject {
Q_OBJECT
public:
using QObject::QObject;
void handlePayload(const Payload& p) { qDebug() << "handling payload"; }
};
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
// Uncommenting the following line fixes the runtime warning
// qRegisterMetaType<Payload>();
QThread t1, t2;
ObjectOne o1;
o1.moveToThread(&t1);
ObjectTwo o2;
o2.moveToThread(&t2);
t1.start();
t2.start();
QObject::connect(&o1, &ObjectOne::payloadChanged, &o2, &ObjectTwo::handlePayload);
QTimer::singleShot(0, &o1, [&] { QMetaObject::invokeMethod(&o1, &ObjectOne::emitPayloadChanged); });
return app.exec();
}
#include "main.moc"