Class: QgsPointCloudRendererAbstractMetadata

Stores metadata about one point cloud renderer class.

Note

It’s necessary to implement createRenderer() function. In C++ you can use QgsPointCloudRendererMetadata convenience class.

Added in version 3.18.

Note

This is an abstract class, with methods which must be implemented by a subclass.

The following methods must be implemented: createRenderer()

Class Hierarchy

Subclasses

QgsPointCloudRendererMetadata

Convenience metadata class that uses static functions to create point cloud renderer and its widget.

Abstract Methods

createRenderer

Returns new instance of the renderer given the DOM element.

Methods

icon	Returns an icon representing the renderer.
name	Returns the unique name of the renderer.
setIcon	Sets an icon representing the renderer.
visibleName	Returns a friendly display name of the renderer.

class qgis.core.QgsPointCloudRendererAbstractMetadata

Bases: object

__init__(name: str | None, visibleName: str | None, icon: QIcon = QIcon())

Constructor for QgsPointCloudRendererAbstractMetadata, with the specified name.

The visibleName argument gives a translated, user friendly string identifying the renderer type.

The icon argument can be used to specify an icon representing the renderer.

Parameters:

• name (Optional[str])

• visibleName (Optional[str])

• icon (QIcon = QIcon())

__init__(a0: QgsPointCloudRendererAbstractMetadata)

Parameters:

a0 (QgsPointCloudRendererAbstractMetadata)

abstract createRenderer(self, elem: QDomElement, context: QgsReadWriteContext) → QgsPointCloudRenderer | None

Returns new instance of the renderer given the DOM element. Returns None on error. Pure virtual function: must be implemented in derived classes.

Parameters:

• elem (QDomElement)

• context (QgsReadWriteContext)

Return type:

Optional[QgsPointCloudRenderer]

icon(self) → QIcon

Returns an icon representing the renderer.

See also

setIcon()

Return type:

QIcon

name(self) → str

Returns the unique name of the renderer. This value is not translated.

See also

visibleName()

Return type:

str

setIcon(self, icon: QIcon)

Sets an icon representing the renderer.

See also

icon()

Parameters:

icon (QIcon)

visibleName(self) → str

Returns a friendly display name of the renderer. This value is translated.

See also

name()

Return type:

str