[composer] Make getFeatureAttributes public for tables

src/core/composer/qgscomposerattributetable.h

@@ -220,10 +220,6 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsComposerAttributeTable: public QgsComposerTable
 
     QMap<int, QString> headerLabels() const;
 
-  protected:
-    /**Retrieves feature attributes
-     * @note not available in python bindings
-     */
     bool getFeatureAttributes( QList<QgsAttributeMap>& attributeMaps );
 
   private:

src/core/composer/qgscomposertable.h

@@ -69,6 +69,16 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsComposerTable: public QgsComposerItem
     */
     virtual QMap<int, QString> headerLabels() const { return QMap<int, QString>(); } //= 0;
 
+    //TODO - make this more generic for next API break, eg rename as getRowValues, use QStringList rather than
+    //QgsAttributeMap
+
+    /*Fetches the text used for the rows of the table.
+     * @returns true if attribute text was successfully retrieved.
+     * @param attributeMaps QList of QgsAttributeMap to store retrieved row data in
+     * @note not available in python bindings
+    */
+    virtual bool getFeatureAttributes( QList<QgsAttributeMap>& attributeMaps ) { Q_UNUSED( attributeMaps ); return false; }
+
   public slots:
 
     /**Refreshes the attributes shown in the table by querying the vector layer for new data.
@@ -102,10 +112,6 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsComposerTable: public QgsComposerItem
     QList<QgsAttributeMap> mAttributeMaps;
     QMap<int, double> mMaxColumnWidthMap;
 
-    /**Retrieves feature attributes*/
-    //! @note not available in python bindings
-    virtual bool getFeatureAttributes( QList<QgsAttributeMap>& attributeMaps ) { Q_UNUSED( attributeMaps ); return false; }
-
     /**Calculate the maximum width values of the vector attributes*/
     virtual bool calculateMaxColumnWidths( QMap<int, double>& maxWidthMap, const QList<QgsAttributeMap>& attributeMaps ) const;
     /**Adapts the size of the item frame to match the content*/

src/core/composer/qgscomposertexttable.h

@@ -30,7 +30,18 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsComposerTextTable: public QgsComposerTable
     /** return correct graphics item type. Added in v1.7 */
     virtual int type() const { return ComposerTextTable; }
 
-    void setHeaderLabels( const QStringList& l ) { mHeaderLabels = l; }
+    /*Sets the text to use for the header row for the table
+     * @param labels list of strings to use for each column's header row
+     * @see headerLabels
+    */
+    void setHeaderLabels( const QStringList& labels ) { mHeaderLabels = labels; }
+
+    /*Adds a row to the table
+     * @param row list of strings to use for each cell's value in the newly added row
+     * @note If row is shorter than the number of columns in the table than blank cells
+     * will be inserted at the end of the row. If row contains more strings then the number
+     * of columns in the table then these extra strings will be ignored.
+    */
     void addRow( const QStringList& row ) { mRowText.append( row ); }
 
     bool writeXML( QDomElement& elem, QDomDocument & doc ) const;
@@ -38,8 +49,6 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsComposerTextTable: public QgsComposerTable
 
     QMap<int, QString> headerLabels() const;
 
-  protected:
-    //! @note not available in python bindings
     bool getFeatureAttributes( QList<QgsAttributeMap>& attributeMaps );
 
   private: