QGIS/python/gui/auto_generated/qgsabstractmaptoolhandler.sip.in
Nyall Dawson e0321be23f Add iface method and new class for delegating all responsibility
and logic for activating a custom map tool and ensuring it can
only be enabled in the right circumstances to QGIS app

If a plugin has to do this, it's a nightmare of code and hacks (partly
because of the number of changing circumstances it needs to respond
to, and partly because a lot of the useful functions available
for handling this behavior is locked away in private methods
in qgisapp.cpp)

So instead make an abstract base class for map tool handlers and
an iface method for register/unregistering them.

From the dox:

An abstract base class for map tool handlers which automatically handle all the necessary
logic for toggling the map tool and enabling/disabling the associated action
when the QGIS application is in a state permissible for the tool.

Creating these handlers avoids a lot of complex setup code and manual connections
which are otherwise necessary to ensure that a map tool is correctly activated and
deactivated when the state of the QGIS application changes (e.g. when the active
layer is changed, when edit modes are toggled, when other map tools are switched
to, etc).

- ### Example

\code{.py}
  class MyMapTool(QgsMapTool):
     ...

  class MyMapToolHandler(QgsAbstractMapToolHandler):

     def __init__(self, tool, action):
         super().__init__(tool, action)

     def isCompatibleWithLayer(self, layer, context):
         # this tool can only be activated when an editable vector layer is selected
         return isinstance(layer, QgsVectorLayer) and layer.isEditable()

  my_tool = MyMapTool()
  my_action = QAction('My Map Tool')

  my_handler = MyMapToolHandler(my_tool, my_action)
  iface.registerMapToolHandler(my_handler)
\endcode
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class QgsAbstractMapToolHandler
{
%Docstring
An abstract base class for map tool handlers which automatically handle all the necessary
logic for toggling the map tool and enabling/disabling the associated action
when the QGIS application is in a state permissible for the tool.
Creating these handlers avoids a lot of complex setup code and manual connections
which are otherwise necessary to ensure that a map tool is correctly activated and
deactivated when the state of the QGIS application changes (e.g. when the active
layer is changed, when edit modes are toggled, when other map tools are switched
to, etc).
- ### Example
.. code-block:: python
class MyMapTool(QgsMapTool):
...
class MyMapToolHandler(QgsAbstractMapToolHandler):
def __init__(self, tool, action):
super().__init__(tool, action)
def isCompatibleWithLayer(self, layer, context):
# this tool can only be activated when an editable vector layer is selected
return isinstance(layer, QgsVectorLayer) and layer.isEditable()
my_tool = MyMapTool()
my_action = QAction('My Map Tool')
my_handler = MyMapToolHandler(my_tool, my_action)
iface.registerMapToolHandler(my_handler)
.. versionadded:: 3.16
%End
%TypeHeaderCode
#include "qgsabstractmaptoolhandler.h"
%End
public:
struct Context
{
bool dummy;
};
QgsAbstractMapToolHandler( QgsMapTool *tool, QAction *action );
%Docstring
Constructor for a map tool handler for the specified ``tool``.
The ``action`` argument must be set to the action associated with switching
to the tool.
The ownership of neither ``tool`` nor ``action`` is transferred, and the caller
is responsible for ensuring that these objects exist for the lifetime of the
handler.
.. warning::
The handler will be responsible for creating the appropriate
connections between the ``action`` and the ``tool``. These should NOT be
manually connected elsewhere!
%End
virtual ~QgsAbstractMapToolHandler();
QgsMapTool *mapTool();
%Docstring
Returns the tool associated with this handler.
%End
QAction *action();
%Docstring
Returns the action associated with toggling the tool.
%End
virtual bool isCompatibleWithLayer( QgsMapLayer *layer, const QgsAbstractMapToolHandler::Context &context ) = 0;
%Docstring
Returns ``True`` if the associated map tool is compatible with the specified ``layer``.
Additional information is available through the ``context`` argument.
%End
virtual void setLayerForTool( QgsMapLayer *layer );
%Docstring
Sets the ``layer`` to use for the tool.
Called whenever a new layer should be associated with the tool, e.g. as a result of the
user selecting a different active layer.
The default implementation does nothing.
%End
};
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