Class: QgsPluginLayerType

Class for creating plugin specific layers

Methods

createLayer	Returns new layer of this type.
name
showLayerProperties	Show plugin layer properties dialog.

class qgis.core.QgsPluginLayerType

Bases: object

createLayer(self) → QgsPluginLayer | None

Returns new layer of this type. Return None on error

Return type:

Optional[QgsPluginLayer]

createLayer(self, uri: str | None) → QgsPluginLayer | None

Returns new layer of this type, using layer URI (specific to this plugin layer type). Return None on error.

Parameters:

uri (Optional[str])

Return type:

Optional[QgsPluginLayer]

name(self) → str

Return type:

str

showLayerProperties(self, layer: QgsPluginLayer | None) → bool

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

Parameters:

layer (Optional[QgsPluginLayer])

Return type:

bool