Class: QgsPluginLayerType

class qgis.core.QgsPluginLayerType

Bases: sip.wrapper

Class for creating plugin specific layers

Methods

createLayer

Returns new layer of this type.

name

rtype

str

showLayerProperties

Show plugin layer properties dialog.

createLayer(self)QgsPluginLayer

Returns new layer of this type. Return None on error

createLayer(self, uri: str) -> QgsPluginLayer Returns new layer of this type, using layer URI (specific to this plugin layer type). Return None on error.

New in version 2.10.

Return type

QgsPluginLayer

name(self)str
Return type

str

showLayerProperties(self, layer: QgsPluginLayer)bool

Show plugin layer properties dialog. Return False if the dialog cannot be shown.

Parameters

layer (QgsPluginLayer) –

Return type

bool