Avoid use of QPair and instead use a struct

doc/api_break.dox

@@ -2672,6 +2672,7 @@ for consistency with other parts of the QGIS API.
 - The addFeature which takes a renderer argument was renamed to addFeatureWithStyle.
 - static `writeAsVectorFormat` calls no longer take a errorMessage argument in
   python and instead return a `(errorCode, errorMessage)` tuple.
+- ogrDriverList now returns a list of QgsVectorFileWriter.DriverDetails structs, instead of a map
 
 
 QgsWMSLegendNode        {#qgis_api_break_3_0_QgsWMSLegendNode}

python/core/qgsvectorfilewriter.sip

@@ -491,18 +491,31 @@ Create a new vector file writer
  :rtype: list of str
 %End
 
-    static QList< QPair< QString, QString > > ogrDriverList( VectorFormatOptions options = SortRecommended );
+    struct DriverDetails
+    {
+      QString longName;
 %Docstring
- Returns driver list that can be used for dialogs. It contains all OGR drivers
+Descriptive, user friendly name for the driver
+%End
+
+      QString driverName;
+%Docstring
+Unique driver name
+%End
+    };
+
+    static QList< QgsVectorFileWriter::DriverDetails > ogrDriverList( VectorFormatOptions options = SortRecommended );
+%Docstring
+ Returns the driver list that can be used for dialogs. It contains all OGR drivers
  plus some additional internal QGIS driver names to distinguish between more
  supported formats of the same OGR driver.
 
- The returned list consists of pairs of driver long name (e.g. user-friendly
+ The returned list consists of structs containing the driver long name (e.g. user-friendly
- display name for the format) to internal driver short name.
+ display name for the format) and internal driver short name.
 
  The ``options`` argument can be used to control the sorting and filtering of
  returned drivers.
- :rtype: list of QPair< str, QString >
+ :rtype: list of QgsVectorFileWriter.DriverDetails
 %End
 
     static QString driverForExtension( const QString &extension );

src/core/qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp

@@ -2762,12 +2762,12 @@ QStringList QgsVectorFileWriter::supportedFormatExtensions( const VectorFormatOp
   return extensions;
 }
 
-QList< QPair< QString, QString> > QgsVectorFileWriter::ogrDriverList( const VectorFormatOptions options )
+QList< QgsVectorFileWriter::DriverDetails > QgsVectorFileWriter::ogrDriverList( const VectorFormatOptions options )
 {
-  QList< QPair< QString, QString> > resultMap;
+  QList< QgsVectorFileWriter::DriverDetails > results;
 
   QgsApplication::registerOgrDrivers();
-  int const drvCount = OGRGetDriverCount();
+  const int drvCount = OGRGetDriverCount();
 
   QStringList writableDrivers;
   for ( int i = 0; i < drvCount; ++i )
@@ -2836,10 +2836,13 @@ QList< QPair< QString, QString> > QgsVectorFileWriter::ogrDriverList( const Vect
     MetaData metadata;
     if ( driverMetadata( drvName, metadata ) && !metadata.trLongName.isEmpty() )
     {
-      resultMap << qMakePair( metadata.trLongName, drvName );
+      DriverDetails details;
+      details.driverName = drvName;
+      details.longName = metadata.trLongName;
+      results << details;
     }
   }
-  return resultMap;
+  return results;
 }
 
 QString QgsVectorFileWriter::driverForExtension( const QString &extension )

src/core/qgsvectorfilewriter.h

@@ -528,17 +528,30 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsVectorFileWriter : public QgsFeatureSink
     static QStringList supportedFormatExtensions( VectorFormatOptions options = SortRecommended );
 
     /**
-     * Returns driver list that can be used for dialogs. It contains all OGR drivers
+     * Details of available driver formats.
+     * \since QGIS 3.0
+     */
+    struct DriverDetails
+    {
+      //! Descriptive, user friendly name for the driver
+      QString longName;
+
+      //! Unique driver name
+      QString driverName;
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the driver list that can be used for dialogs. It contains all OGR drivers
      * plus some additional internal QGIS driver names to distinguish between more
      * supported formats of the same OGR driver.
      *
-     * The returned list consists of pairs of driver long name (e.g. user-friendly
+     * The returned list consists of structs containing the driver long name (e.g. user-friendly
-     * display name for the format) to internal driver short name.
+     * display name for the format) and internal driver short name.
      *
      * The \a options argument can be used to control the sorting and filtering of
      * returned drivers.
      */
-    static QList< QPair< QString, QString > > ogrDriverList( VectorFormatOptions options = SortRecommended );
+    static QList< QgsVectorFileWriter::DriverDetails > ogrDriverList( VectorFormatOptions options = SortRecommended );
 
     /**
      * Returns the OGR driver name for a specified file \a extension. E.g. the

src/gui/ogr/qgsvectorlayersaveasdialog.cpp

@@ -87,11 +87,11 @@ void QgsVectorLayerSaveAsDialog::setup()
   QgsSettings settings;
   restoreGeometry( settings.value( QStringLiteral( "Windows/VectorLayerSaveAs/geometry" ) ).toByteArray() );
 
-  const QList< QPair< QString, QString > > map = QgsVectorFileWriter::ogrDriverList();
+  const QList< QgsVectorFileWriter::DriverDetails > drivers = QgsVectorFileWriter::ogrDriverList();
   mFormatComboBox->blockSignals( true );
-  for ( auto it = map.constBegin(); it != map.constEnd(); ++it )
+  for ( const QgsVectorFileWriter::DriverDetails &driver : drivers )
   {
-    mFormatComboBox->addItem( it->first, it->second );
+    mFormatComboBox->addItem( driver.longName, driver.driverName );
   }
 
   QString format = settings.value( QStringLiteral( "UI/lastVectorFormat" ), "GPKG" ).toString();

tests/src/python/test_qgsvectorfilewriter.py

@@ -737,13 +737,15 @@ class TestQgsVectorFileWriter(unittest.TestCase):
     def testOgrDriverList(self):
         # test with drivers in recommended order
         drivers = QgsVectorFileWriter.ogrDriverList(QgsVectorFileWriter.SortRecommended)
-        self.assertEqual(drivers[0], ('GeoPackage', 'GPKG'))
+        self.assertEqual(drivers[0].longName, 'GeoPackage')
-        self.assertEqual(drivers[1], ('ESRI Shapefile', 'ESRI Shapefile'))
+        self.assertEqual(drivers[0].driverName, 'GPKG')
+        self.assertEqual(drivers[1].longName, 'ESRI Shapefile')
+        self.assertEqual(drivers[1].driverName, 'ESRI Shapefile')
         # alphabetical sorting
         drivers2 = QgsVectorFileWriter.ogrDriverList(QgsVectorFileWriter.VectorFormatOptions())
-        self.assertTrue(drivers2[0][0] < drivers2[1][0])
+        self.assertTrue(drivers2[0].longName < drivers2[1].longName)
-        self.assertCountEqual(drivers, drivers2)
+        self.assertCountEqual([d.driverName for d in drivers], [d.driverName for d in drivers2])
-        self.assertNotEqual(drivers2[0], ('GeoPackage', 'GPKG'))
+        self.assertNotEqual(drivers2[0].driverName, 'GPKG')
 
     def testSupportedFormatExtensions(self):
         formats = QgsVectorFileWriter.supportedFormatExtensions()