Class: QgsPluginLayerType

Responsible for creating plugin specific map layers.

List of all members, including inherited members

Methods

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Virtual Methods

In PyQGIS, only methods marked as virtual can be safely overridden in a Python subclass of QgsPluginLayerType. See the FAQ for more details.

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

class qgis.core.QgsPluginLayerType

Bases: object

virtual createLayer(self) → QgsPluginLayer | None

Returns new layer of this type. Return None on error

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

Return type:

Optional[QgsPluginLayer]

name(self) → str

Return type:

str

virtual 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