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QgsVectorDataProvider Class Reference

This is the base class for vector data providers. More...

#include <qgsvectordataprovider.h>

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Classes

struct  NativeType

Public Types

enum  Capability {
  NoCapabilities = 0, AddFeatures = 1, DeleteFeatures = 1 << 1, ChangeAttributeValues = 1 << 2,
  AddAttributes = 1 << 3, DeleteAttributes = 1 << 4, SaveAsShapefile = 1 << 5, CreateSpatialIndex = 1 << 6,
  SelectAtId = 1 << 7, ChangeGeometries = 1 << 8, SelectGeometryAtId = 1 << 9, RandomSelectGeometryAtId = 1 << 10,
  SequentialSelectGeometryAtId = 1 << 11, CreateAttributeIndex = 1 << 12, SelectEncoding = 1 << 13, SimplifyGeometries = 1 << 14,
  SimplifyGeometriesWithTopologicalValidation = 1 << 15, TransactionSupport = 1 << 16
}
 enumeration with capabilities that providers might implement More...
- Public Types inherited from QgsDataProvider
enum  DataCapability {
  NoDataCapabilities = 0, File = 1, Dir = 1 << 1, Database = 1 << 2,
  Net = 1 << 3
}

Public Member Functions

 QgsVectorDataProvider (QString uri=QString())
 Constructor of the vector provider.
virtual ~QgsVectorDataProvider ()
 Destructor.
virtual bool addAttributes (const QList< QgsField > &attributes)
 Adds new attributes.
virtual bool addFeatures (QgsFeatureList &flist)
 Adds a list of features.
virtual QgsAttributeList attributeIndexes ()
 Return list of indexes to fetch all attributes in nextFeature()
virtual int capabilities () const
 Returns a bitmask containing the supported capabilities Note, some capabilities may change depending on whether a spatial filter is active on this provider, so it may be prudent to check this value per intended operation.
QString capabilitiesString () const
 Returns the above in friendly format.
virtual bool changeAttributeValues (const QgsChangedAttributesMap &attr_map)
 Changes attribute values of existing features.
virtual bool changeGeometryValues (QgsGeometryMap &geometry_map)
 Changes geometries of existing features.
void clearErrors ()
 Clear recorded errors.
virtual bool createAttributeIndex (int field)
 Create an attribute index on the datasource.
virtual bool createSpatialIndex ()
 Creates a spatial index on the datasource (if supported by the provider type).
virtual QString dataComment () const
 Return a short comment for the data that this provider is providing access to (e.g.
virtual QVariant defaultValue (int fieldId)
 Returns the default value for field specified by fieldId.
virtual bool deleteAttributes (const QgsAttributeIds &attributes)
 Deletes existing attributes.
virtual bool deleteFeatures (const QgsFeatureIds &id)
 Deletes one or more features.
virtual bool doesStrictFeatureTypeCheck () const
 Returns true if the provider is strict about the type of inserted features (e.g.
QString encoding () const
 Get encoding which is used for accessing data.
virtual void enumValues (int index, QStringList &enumList)
 Returns the possible enum values of an attribute.
QStringList errors ()
 Get recorded errors.
virtual long featureCount () const =0
 Number of features in the layer.
virtual QgsAbstractFeatureSourcefeatureSource () const
 Return feature source object that can be used for querying provider's data.
int fieldNameIndex (const QString &fieldName) const
 Returns the index of a field name or -1 if the field does not exist.
QMap< QString, int > fieldNameMap () const
 Return a map where the key is the name of the field and the value is its index.
virtual const QgsFieldsfields () const =0
 Return a map of indexes with field names for this layer.
virtual QGis::WkbType geometryType () const =0
 Get feature type.
virtual QgsFeatureIterator getFeatures (const QgsFeatureRequest &request=QgsFeatureRequest())=0
 Query the provider for features specified in request.
bool hasErrors ()
 Provider has errors to report.
virtual bool isSaveAndLoadStyleToDBSupported ()
 It returns false by default.
virtual QVariant maximumValue (int index)
 Returns the maximum value of an attribute.
virtual QVariant minimumValue (int index)
 Returns the minimum value of an attribute.
const QList< NativeType > & nativeTypes () const
 Returns the names of the supported types.
virtual QgsAttrPalIndexNameHash palAttributeIndexNames () const
 Return list of indexes to names for QgsPalLabeling fix.
virtual QgsAttributeList pkAttributeIndexes ()
 Return list of indexes of fields that make up the primary key.
virtual void setEncoding (const QString &e)
 Set encoding used for accessing data from layer.
virtual QString storageType () const
 Returns the permanent storage type for this layer as a friendly name.
bool supportedType (const QgsField &field) const
 check if provider supports type of field
virtual QgsTransactiontransaction () const
 Returns the transaction this data provider is included in, if any.
virtual void uniqueValues (int index, QList< QVariant > &uniqueValues, int limit=-1)
 Return unique values of an attribute.
- Public Member Functions inherited from QgsDataProvider
 QgsDataProvider (QString const &uri="")
virtual ~QgsDataProvider ()
 We need this so the subclass destructors get called.
virtual
QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem 
crs ()=0
virtual QString dataSourceUri () const
 Get the data source specification.
virtual QDateTime dataTimestamp () const
 Current time stamp of data source.
virtual QString description () const =0
 return description
virtual QgsError error () const
 Get current status error.
virtual QgsRectangle extent ()=0
 Get the extent of the layer.
virtual QString fileRasterFilters () const
 return raster file filter string
virtual QString fileVectorFilters () const
 return vector file filter string
virtual bool isValid ()=0
 Returns true if this is a valid layer.
virtual QString name () const =0
 return a provider name
virtual void reloadData ()
 Reloads the data from the source.
virtual void setDataSourceUri (const QString &uri)
 Set the data source specification.
virtual void setLayerOrder (const QStringList &layers)
 Reorder the list of layer names to be rendered by this provider (in order from bottom to top)
virtual void setSubLayerVisibility (const QString &name, bool vis)
 Set the visibility of the given sublayer name.
virtual bool setSubsetString (QString subset, bool updateFeatureCount=true)
 Set the subset string used to create a subset of features in the layer.
virtual uint subLayerCount () const
 return the number of layers for the current data source
virtual QStringList subLayers () const
 Sub-layers handled by this provider, in order from bottom to top.
virtual QStringList subLayerStyles () const
 Sub-layer styles for each sub-layer handled by this provider, in order from bottom to top.
virtual QString subsetString ()
 Returns the subset definition string (typically sql) currently in use by the layer and used by the provider to limit the feature set.
virtual bool supportsSubsetString ()
 provider supports setting of subset strings
virtual QDateTime timestamp () const
 Time stamp of data source in the moment when data/metadata were loaded by provider.
virtual void updateExtents ()
 Update the extents of the layer.

Static Public Member Functions

static const QStringList & availableEncodings ()
 Returns a list of available encodings.
static QVariant convertValue (QVariant::Type type, QString value)

Static Public Attributes

static const int EditingCapabilities
 bitmask of all provider's editing capabilities

Protected Member Functions

void clearMinMaxCache ()
void fillMinMaxCache ()
void pushError (QString msg)
- Protected Member Functions inherited from QgsDataProvider
void appendError (const QgsErrorMessage &theMessage)
 Add error message.
void setError (const QgsError &theError)
 Set error message.

Protected Attributes

QgsAttributeList mAttributesToFetch
 List of attribute indices to fetch with nextFeature calls.
QgsAttrPalIndexNameHash mAttrPalIndexName
 Old-style mapping of index to name for QgsPalLabeling fix.
QMap< int, QVariant > mCacheMaxValues
bool mCacheMinMaxDirty
QMap< int, QVariant > mCacheMinValues
QTextCodec * mEncoding
 Encoding.
QList< NativeTypemNativeTypes
 The names of the providers native types.
- Protected Attributes inherited from QgsDataProvider
QgsError mError
 Error.
QDateTime mTimestamp
 Timestamp of data in the moment when the data were loaded by provider.

Friends

class QgsTransaction

Additional Inherited Members

- Signals inherited from QgsDataProvider
void dataChanged ()
 This is emitted whenever an asynchronous operation has finished and the data should be redrawn.
void dataChanged (int changed)
 This is emitted whenever data or metadata (e.g.
void fullExtentCalculated ()
 This is emitted whenever the worker thread has fully calculated the PostGIS extents for this layer, and its event has been received by this provider.

Detailed Description

This is the base class for vector data providers.

Data providers abstract the retrieval and writing (where supported) of feature and attribute information from a spatial datasource.

Definition at line 49 of file qgsvectordataprovider.h.

Member Enumeration Documentation

enumeration with capabilities that providers might implement

Enumerator:
NoCapabilities 

provider has no capabilities

AddFeatures 

allows adding features

DeleteFeatures 

allows deletion of features

ChangeAttributeValues 

allows modification of attribute values

AddAttributes 

allows addition of new attributes (fields)

DeleteAttributes 

allows deletion of attributes (fields)

SaveAsShapefile 

DEPRECATED - do not use.

CreateSpatialIndex 

allows creation of spatial index

SelectAtId 

fast access to features using their ID

ChangeGeometries 

allows modifications of geometries

SelectGeometryAtId 

DEPRECATED - do not use.

RandomSelectGeometryAtId 

DEPRECATED - do not use.

SequentialSelectGeometryAtId 

DEPRECATED - do not use.

CreateAttributeIndex 
SelectEncoding 

allows user to select encoding

SimplifyGeometries 

supports simplification of geometries on provider side according to a distance tolerance

SimplifyGeometriesWithTopologicalValidation 

supports topological simplification of geometries on provider side according to a distance tolerance

TransactionSupport 

supports transactions

Definition at line 61 of file qgsvectordataprovider.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

QgsVectorDataProvider::QgsVectorDataProvider ( QString  uri = QString())

Constructor of the vector provider.

Parameters
uriuniform resource locator (URI) for a dataset

Definition at line 30 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

QgsVectorDataProvider::~QgsVectorDataProvider ( )
virtual

Destructor.

Definition at line 40 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

Member Function Documentation

bool QgsVectorDataProvider::addAttributes ( const QList< QgsField > &  attributes)
virtual

Adds new attributes.

Parameters
attributeslist of new attributes
Returns
true in case of success and false in case of failure

Definition at line 66 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

bool QgsVectorDataProvider::addFeatures ( QgsFeatureList flist)
virtual

Adds a list of features.

Returns
true in case of success and false in case of failure

Definition at line 54 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

QgsAttributeList QgsVectorDataProvider::attributeIndexes ( )
virtual

Return list of indexes to fetch all attributes in nextFeature()

Definition at line 241 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

const QStringList & QgsVectorDataProvider::availableEncodings ( )
static

Returns a list of available encodings.

Definition at line 467 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

int QgsVectorDataProvider::capabilities ( ) const
virtual

Returns a bitmask containing the supported capabilities Note, some capabilities may change depending on whether a spatial filter is active on this provider, so it may be prudent to check this value per intended operation.

Definition at line 107 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

QString QgsVectorDataProvider::capabilitiesString ( ) const

Returns the above in friendly format.

Definition at line 142 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

bool QgsVectorDataProvider::changeAttributeValues ( const QgsChangedAttributesMap attr_map)
virtual

Changes attribute values of existing features.

Parameters
attr_mapa map containing changed attributes
Returns
true in case of success and false in case of failure

Definition at line 78 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

bool QgsVectorDataProvider::changeGeometryValues ( QgsGeometryMap geometry_map)
virtual

Changes geometries of existing features.

Parameters
geometry_mapA QgsGeometryMap whose index contains the feature IDs that will have their geometries changed. The second map parameter being the new geometries themselves
Returns
True in case of success and false in case of failure

Definition at line 90 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

void QgsVectorDataProvider::clearErrors ( )

Clear recorded errors.

Definition at line 530 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

void QgsVectorDataProvider::clearMinMaxCache ( )
protected

Definition at line 374 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

QVariant QgsVectorDataProvider::convertValue ( QVariant::Type  type,
QString  value 
)
static

Definition at line 452 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

bool QgsVectorDataProvider::createAttributeIndex ( int  field)
virtual

Create an attribute index on the datasource.

Definition at line 101 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

bool QgsVectorDataProvider::createSpatialIndex ( )
virtual

Creates a spatial index on the datasource (if supported by the provider type).

Returns
true in case of success

Definition at line 96 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

QString QgsVectorDataProvider::dataComment ( ) const
virtual

Return a short comment for the data that this provider is providing access to (e.g.

the comment for postgres table).

Definition at line 49 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

QVariant QgsVectorDataProvider::defaultValue ( int  fieldId)
virtual

Returns the default value for field specified by fieldId.

Definition at line 84 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

bool QgsVectorDataProvider::deleteAttributes ( const QgsAttributeIds attributes)
virtual

Deletes existing attributes.

Parameters
attributesa set containing indices of attributes
Returns
true in case of success and false in case of failure

Definition at line 72 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

bool QgsVectorDataProvider::deleteFeatures ( const QgsFeatureIds id)
virtual

Deletes one or more features.

Parameters
idlist containing feature ids to delete
Returns
true in case of success and false in case of failure

Definition at line 60 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

virtual bool QgsVectorDataProvider::doesStrictFeatureTypeCheck ( ) const
inlinevirtual

Returns true if the provider is strict about the type of inserted features (e.g.

no multipolygon in a polygon layer)

Definition at line 338 of file qgsvectordataprovider.h.

QString QgsVectorDataProvider::encoding ( ) const

Get encoding which is used for accessing data.

Definition at line 132 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

virtual void QgsVectorDataProvider::enumValues ( int  index,
QStringList &  enumList 
)
inlinevirtual

Returns the possible enum values of an attribute.

Returns an empty stringlist if a provider does not support enum types or if the given attribute is not an enum type.

Parameters
indexthe index of the attribute
enumListreference to the list to fill

Definition at line 204 of file qgsvectordataprovider.h.

QStringList QgsVectorDataProvider::errors ( )

Get recorded errors.

Definition at line 540 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

virtual long QgsVectorDataProvider::featureCount ( ) const
pure virtual

Number of features in the layer.

Returns
long containing number of features
virtual QgsAbstractFeatureSource* QgsVectorDataProvider::featureSource ( ) const
inlinevirtual

Return feature source object that can be used for querying provider's data.

The returned feature source is independent from provider - any changes to provider's state (e.g. change of subset string) will not be reflected in the feature source, therefore it can be safely used for processing in background without having to care about possible changes within provider that may happen concurrently. Also, even in the case of provider being deleted, any feature source obtained from the provider will be kept alive and working (they are independent and owned by the caller).

Sometimes there are cases when some data needs to be shared between vector data provider and its feature source. In such cases, the implementation must ensure that the data is not susceptible to run condition. For example, if it is possible that both feature source and provider may need reading/writing to some shared data at the same time, some synchronization mechanisms must be used (e.g. mutexes) to prevent data corruption.

Note
added in 2.4
Returns
new instance of QgsAbstractFeatureSource (caller is responsible for deleting it)

Definition at line 131 of file qgsvectordataprovider.h.

int QgsVectorDataProvider::fieldNameIndex ( const QString &  fieldName) const

Returns the index of a field name or -1 if the field does not exist.

Definition at line 214 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

QMap< QString, int > QgsVectorDataProvider::fieldNameMap ( ) const

Return a map where the key is the name of the field and the value is its index.

Definition at line 228 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

virtual const QgsFields& QgsVectorDataProvider::fields ( ) const
pure virtual

Return a map of indexes with field names for this layer.

Returns
map of fields
See Also
QgsFields
void QgsVectorDataProvider::fillMinMaxCache ( )
protected

Definition at line 379 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

virtual QGis::WkbType QgsVectorDataProvider::geometryType ( ) const
pure virtual

Get feature type.

Returns
int representing the feature type
virtual QgsFeatureIterator QgsVectorDataProvider::getFeatures ( const QgsFeatureRequest request = QgsFeatureRequest())
pure virtual

Query the provider for features specified in request.

bool QgsVectorDataProvider::hasErrors ( )

Provider has errors to report.

Definition at line 535 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

virtual bool QgsVectorDataProvider::isSaveAndLoadStyleToDBSupported ( )
inlinevirtual

It returns false by default.

Must be implemented by providers that support saving and loading styles to db returning true

Definition at line 363 of file qgsvectordataprovider.h.

QVariant QgsVectorDataProvider::maximumValue ( int  index)
virtual

Returns the maximum value of an attribute.

Parameters
indexthe index of the attribute

Default implementation walks all numeric attributes and caches minimal and maximal values. If provider has facilities to retrieve maximal value directly, override this function.

Definition at line 335 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

QVariant QgsVectorDataProvider::minimumValue ( int  index)
virtual

Returns the minimum value of an attribute.

Parameters
indexthe index of the attribute

Default implementation walks all numeric attributes and caches minimal and maximal values. If provider has facilities to retrieve minimal value directly, override this function.

Definition at line 319 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

const QList< QgsVectorDataProvider::NativeType > & QgsVectorDataProvider::nativeTypes ( ) const

Returns the names of the supported types.

Definition at line 246 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

virtual QgsAttrPalIndexNameHash QgsVectorDataProvider::palAttributeIndexNames ( ) const
inlinevirtual

Return list of indexes to names for QgsPalLabeling fix.

Definition at line 308 of file qgsvectordataprovider.h.

virtual QgsAttributeList QgsVectorDataProvider::pkAttributeIndexes ( )
inlinevirtual

Return list of indexes of fields that make up the primary key.

Definition at line 303 of file qgsvectordataprovider.h.

void QgsVectorDataProvider::pushError ( QString  msg)
protected

Definition at line 545 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

void QgsVectorDataProvider::setEncoding ( const QString &  e)
virtual

Set encoding used for accessing data from layer.

Definition at line 113 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

QString QgsVectorDataProvider::storageType ( ) const
virtual

Returns the permanent storage type for this layer as a friendly name.

Definition at line 44 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

bool QgsVectorDataProvider::supportedType ( const QgsField field) const

check if provider supports type of field

Definition at line 251 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

virtual QgsTransaction* QgsVectorDataProvider::transaction ( ) const
inlinevirtual

Returns the transaction this data provider is included in, if any.

Definition at line 370 of file qgsvectordataprovider.h.

void QgsVectorDataProvider::uniqueValues ( int  index,
QList< QVariant > &  uniqueValues,
int  limit = -1 
)
virtual

Return unique values of an attribute.

Parameters
indexthe index of the attribute
uniqueValuesvalues reference to the list to fill
limitmaxmum number of the values to return

Default implementation simply iterates the features

Definition at line 351 of file qgsvectordataprovider.cpp.

Friends And Related Function Documentation

friend class QgsTransaction
friend

Definition at line 53 of file qgsvectordataprovider.h.

Member Data Documentation

const int QgsVectorDataProvider::EditingCapabilities
static
Initial value:

bitmask of all provider's editing capabilities

Definition at line 101 of file qgsvectordataprovider.h.

QgsAttributeList QgsVectorDataProvider::mAttributesToFetch
protected

List of attribute indices to fetch with nextFeature calls.

Definition at line 383 of file qgsvectordataprovider.h.

QgsAttrPalIndexNameHash QgsVectorDataProvider::mAttrPalIndexName
protected

Old-style mapping of index to name for QgsPalLabeling fix.

Definition at line 391 of file qgsvectordataprovider.h.

QMap<int, QVariant> QgsVectorDataProvider::mCacheMaxValues
protected

Definition at line 377 of file qgsvectordataprovider.h.

bool QgsVectorDataProvider::mCacheMinMaxDirty
protected

Definition at line 376 of file qgsvectordataprovider.h.

QMap<int, QVariant> QgsVectorDataProvider::mCacheMinValues
protected

Definition at line 377 of file qgsvectordataprovider.h.

QTextCodec* QgsVectorDataProvider::mEncoding
protected

Encoding.

Definition at line 380 of file qgsvectordataprovider.h.

QList< NativeType > QgsVectorDataProvider::mNativeTypes
protected

The names of the providers native types.

Definition at line 386 of file qgsvectordataprovider.h.


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