Plugin layers: added support for legend symbology items

python/core/qgspluginlayer.sip

@@ -12,4 +12,9 @@ class QgsPluginLayer : QgsMapLayer
     QString pluginLayerType();
 
     void setExtent( const QgsRectangle &extent );
+
+    //! return a list of symbology items for the legend
+    //! (defult implementation returns nothing)
+    //! @note Added in v2.1
+    virtual QgsLegendSymbologyList legendSymbologyItems( const QSize& iconSize );
 };

src/app/legend/qgslegendlayer.cpp

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "qgsfield.h"
 #include "qgsmapcanvasmap.h"
 #include "qgsmaplayerregistry.h"
+#include "qgspluginlayer.h"
 #include "qgsrasterlayer.h"
 #include "qgsvectorlayer.h"
 #include "qgsvectordataprovider.h"
@@ -142,6 +143,15 @@ void QgsLegendLayer::refreshSymbology( const QString& key )
     QgsRasterLayer* rlayer = qobject_cast<QgsRasterLayer *>( theMapLayer );
     rasterLayerSymbology( rlayer ); // get and change symbology
   }
+  else if ( theMapLayer->type() == QgsMapLayer::PluginLayer )
+  {
+    QgsPluginLayer* player = qobject_cast<QgsPluginLayer *>( theMapLayer );
+
+    QSize iconSize( 16, 16 );
+    SymbologyList itemList = player->legendSymbologyItems( iconSize );
+
+    changeSymbologySettings( theMapLayer, itemList );
+  }
 
   updateIcon();
 }

src/core/qgspluginlayer.cpp

@@ -28,3 +28,9 @@ void QgsPluginLayer::setExtent( const QgsRectangle &extent )
 {
   mExtent = extent;
 }
+
+QgsLegendSymbologyList QgsPluginLayer::legendSymbologyItems( const QSize& iconSize )
+{
+  Q_UNUSED( iconSize );
+  return QgsLegendSymbologyList();
+}

src/core/qgspluginlayer.h

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 #include "qgsmaplayer.h"
 
+typedef QList< QPair<QString, QPixmap> > QgsLegendSymbologyList;
+
 /** \ingroup core
   Base class for plugin layers. These can be implemented by plugins
   and registered in QgsPluginLayerRegistry.
@@ -39,6 +41,11 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsPluginLayer : public QgsMapLayer
 
     void setExtent( const QgsRectangle &extent );
 
+    //! return a list of symbology items for the legend
+    //! (defult implementation returns nothing)
+    //! @note Added in v2.1
+    virtual QgsLegendSymbologyList legendSymbologyItems( const QSize& iconSize );
+
   protected:
     QString mPluginLayerType;
 };