Class: QgsMapRendererJob

class qgis.core.QgsMapRendererJob

Bases: PyQt5.QtCore.QObject

Abstract base class for map rendering implementations.

The API is designed in a way that rendering is done asynchronously, therefore the caller is not blocked while the rendering is in progress. Non-blocking operation is quite important because the rendering can take considerable amount of time.

Common use case: 0. prepare QgsMapSettings with rendering configuration (extent, layer, map size, …) 1. create QgsMapRendererJob subclass with QgsMapSettings instance 2. connect to job’s finished() signal 3. call start(). Map rendering will start in background, the function immediately returns 4. at some point, slot connected to finished() signal is called, map rendering is done

It is possible to cancel the rendering job while it is active by calling cancel() function.

The following subclasses are available: - QgsMapRendererSequentialJob - renders map in one background thread to an image - QgsMapRendererParallelJob - renders map in multiple background threads to an image - QgsMapRendererCustomPainterJob - renders map with given QPainter in one background thread

Methods

cancel

Stop the rendering job - does not return until the job has terminated.

cancelWithoutBlocking

Triggers cancellation of the rendering job without blocking.

childEvent

connectNotify

customEvent

disconnectNotify

errors

List of errors that happened during the rendering job - available when the rendering has been finished

featureFilterProvider

Returns the feature filter provider used by the QgsRenderContext of each LayerRenderJob.

isActive

Tell whether the rendering job is currently running in background.

isSignalConnected

mapSettings

Returns map settings with which this job was started.

receivers

renderingTime

Returns the total time it took to finish the job (in milliseconds).

sender

senderSignalIndex

setCache

Assign a cache to be used for reading and storing rendered images of individual layers.

setFeatureFilterProvider

Set the feature filter provider used by the QgsRenderContext of each LayerRenderJob.

start

Start the rendering job and immediately return.

takeLabelingResults

Gets pointer to internal labeling engine (in order to get access to the results).

timerEvent

usedCachedLabels

Returns true if the render job was able to use a cached labeling solution.

waitForFinished

Block until the job has finished.

Signals

finished

emitted when asynchronous rendering is finished (or canceled).

renderingLayersFinished

Emitted when the layers are rendered.

class Error(lid: str, msg: str)

Bases: sip.wrapper

QgsMapRendererJob.Error(QgsMapRendererJob.Error)

Parameters
  • lid (str) –

  • msg (str) –

layerID
message
cancel(self)

Stop the rendering job - does not return until the job has terminated. Does nothing if the rendering is not active.

cancelWithoutBlocking(self)

Triggers cancellation of the rendering job without blocking. The render job will continue to operate until it is able to cancel, at which stage the finished() signal will be emitted. Does nothing if the rendering is not active.

childEvent()
connectNotify()
customEvent()
disconnectNotify()
errors(self) → object

List of errors that happened during the rendering job - available when the rendering has been finished

Return type

object

featureFilterProvider(self) → QgsFeatureFilterProvider

Returns the feature filter provider used by the QgsRenderContext of each LayerRenderJob.

New in version 3.0.

Return type

QgsFeatureFilterProvider

finished

emitted when asynchronous rendering is finished (or canceled). [signal]

isActive(self) → bool

Tell whether the rendering job is currently running in background.

Return type

bool

isSignalConnected()
mapSettings(self) → QgsMapSettings

Returns map settings with which this job was started.

Return type

QgsMapSettings

Returns

A QgsMapSettings instance with render settings

New in version 2.8.

receivers()
renderingLayersFinished

Emitted when the layers are rendered. Rendering labels is not yet done. If the fully rendered layer including labels is required use finished() instead.

New in version 3.0: [signal]

renderingTime(self) → int

Returns the total time it took to finish the job (in milliseconds).

See also

perLayerRenderingTime()

Return type

int

sender()
senderSignalIndex()
setCache(self, cache: QgsMapRendererCache)

Assign a cache to be used for reading and storing rendered images of individual layers. Does not take ownership of the object.

Parameters

cache (QgsMapRendererCache) –

setFeatureFilterProvider(self, f: QgsFeatureFilterProvider)

Set the feature filter provider used by the QgsRenderContext of each LayerRenderJob. Ownership is not transferred and the provider must not be deleted before the render job.

New in version 3.0.

Parameters

f (QgsFeatureFilterProvider) –

start(self)

Start the rendering job and immediately return. Does nothing if the rendering is already in progress.

takeLabelingResults(self) → QgsLabelingResults

Gets pointer to internal labeling engine (in order to get access to the results). This should not be used if cached labeling was redrawn - see usedCachedLabels().

Return type

QgsLabelingResults

timerEvent()
usedCachedLabels(self) → bool

Returns true if the render job was able to use a cached labeling solution. If so, any previously stored labeling results (see takeLabelingResults()) should be retained.

New in version 3.0.

Return type

bool

waitForFinished(self)

Block until the job has finished.