QrcParser Class | Extending Qt Creator Manual
Description: The QrcParser class parses one or more QRC files and keeps their content cached.

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# QrcParser Class

class Utils::QrcParser

The QrcParser class parses one or more QRC files and keeps their content cached. More...

Header: | #include <QrcParser>

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## Public Types

| ConstPtr
| Ptr

## Public Functions

void | collectFilesAtPath(const QString &path, QStringList *res, const QLocale *locale = nullptr) const
void | collectFilesInPath(const QString &path, QMap<QString, QStringList> *res, bool addDirs = false, const QLocale *locale = nullptr) const
void | collectResourceFilesForSourceFile(const QString &sourceFile, QStringList *res, const QLocale *locale = nullptr) const
QStringList | errorMessages() const
QString | firstFileAtPath(const QString &path, const QLocale &locale) const
bool | hasDirAtPath(const QString &path, const QLocale *locale = nullptr) const
bool | isValid() const
QStringList | languages() const
bool | parseFile(const QString &path, const QString &contents)

## Static Public Members

QString | normalizedQrcDirectoryPath(const QString &path)
QString | normalizedQrcFilePath(const QString &path)
Utils::QrcParser::Ptr | parseQrcFile(const QString &path, const QString &contents)
QString | qrcDirectoryPathForQrcFilePath(const QString &file)

## Detailed Description

A Qt resource collection (QRC) contains files read from the file system but organized in a possibly different way. To easily describe that with a simple structure, we use a map from QRC paths to the paths in the filesystem. By using a map, we can easily find all QRC paths that start with a given prefix, and thus loop on a QRC directory.

QRC files also support languages, which are mapped to a prefix of the QRC path. For example, the French /image/bla.png (lang=fr) will have the path `fr/image/bla.png`. The empty language represents the default resource. Languages are looked up using the locale uiLanguages() property

For a single QRC, a given path maps to a single file, but when one has multiple (platform-specific and mutually exclusive) QRC files, multiple files match, so QStringList are used.

Especially, the `collect*` functions are thought of as low level interface.

## Member Type Documentation

### `[alias]` QrcParser::ConstPtr

Represents constant pointers.

### `[alias]` QrcParser::Ptr

Represents pointers.

## Member Function Documentation

### void QrcParser::collectFilesAtPath(const QString &path, QStringList *res, const QLocale *locale = nullptr) const

Adds the file system paths for the given QRC path to res.

If locale is null, all possible files are added. Otherwise, just the first one that matches the locale is added.

### void QrcParser::collectFilesInPath(const QString &path, QMap<QString, QStringList> *res, bool addDirs = false, const QLocale *locale = nullptr) const

Adds the directory contents of the given QRC path to res if addDirs is set to `true`.

Adds the QRC filename to file system path associations contained in the given path to res. If addDirs() is `true`, directories are also added.

If locale is null, all possible files are added. Otherwise, just the first file with a matching the locale is added.

### void QrcParser::collectResourceFilesForSourceFile(const QString &sourceFile, QStringList *res, const QLocale *locale = nullptr) const

Adds the resource files from the QRC file sourceFile to res.

If locale is null, all possible files are added. Otherwise, just the first file with a matching the locale is added.

### QStringList QrcParser::errorMessages() const

Returns the errors found while parsing.

### QString QrcParser::firstFileAtPath(const QString &path, const QLocale &locale) const

Returns the file system path of the first (active) file at the given QRC path and locale.

### bool QrcParser::hasDirAtPath(const QString &path, const QLocale *locale = nullptr) const

Returns `true` if path is a non-empty directory and matches locale.

### bool QrcParser::isValid() const

Indicates whether the QRC contents are valid.

Returns an error if the QRC is empty.

### QStringList QrcParser::languages() const

Returns all languages used in this QRC.

### `[static]` QString QrcParser::normalizedQrcDirectoryPath(const QString &path)

Returns the path to a directory normalized to path in a QRC resource by dropping the `qrc:/` or `:` and any extra slashes at the beginning, and by ensuring that the path ends with a slash

### `[static]` QString QrcParser::normalizedQrcFilePath(const QString &path)

Normalizes the path to a file in a QRC resource by dropping the `qrc:/` or `:` and any extra slashes in the beginning.

### bool QrcParser::parseFile(const QString &path, const QString &contents)

Parses the QRC file at path. If contents is not empty, it is used as the file contents instead of reading it from the file system.

Returns whether the parsing succeeded.

See also errorMessages() and parseQrcFile().

### `[static]` Utils::QrcParser::Ptr QrcParser::parseQrcFile(const QString &path, const QString &contents)

Returns the contents of the QRC file at path.

### `[static]` QString QrcParser::qrcDirectoryPathForQrcFilePath(const QString &file)

Returns the QRC directory path for file.