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/*!
\page qmllint-warnings-and-errors-signal-handler-parameters.html
\ingroup qmllint-warnings-and-errors
 
\title Signal Handler Parameters
\brief The signal handler does not satisfy the signal types.
 
This warning category has multiple warnings:
\list
    \li \l{Type Of Parameter In Signal Was Not Found}
    \li \l{Type Of Parameter In Signal Cannot Be Used}
    \li \l{The Signal Has A Parameter Of The Same Name}
\endlist
 
 
\section1 Type Of Parameter In Signal Was Not Found
 
\section2 What happened?
A signal handler tried to handle a signal with parameters of unknown QML types.
 
Usually, this happens when handling C++ defined signals in QML when the module with the C++ defined
signal does not properly declare its QML dependency to another QML module. If the module with the
C++ defined signal compiles, then this is a sign that a dependency was only declared on the C++
level and not on \l{qt_add_qml_module#declaring-module-dependencies}{the QML module level}.
 
\note If you are importing QML modules with external dependencies, verify that they are
actually installed, and that their modules end up in an
\l{Import Statements#qml-import-path}{import path}.
 
The warning might also indicate that the parameter type of the C++ defined signal does not have
a QML counterpart. The parameter type might be missing the
\l{QQmlEngine Class#QML_ELEMENT}{QML_ELEMENT} macro, for example. Refer to
\l{Defining QML Types from C++} or \l{Overview - QML and C++ Integration} in this case.
 
\section2 Why is this bad?
In the first case, the module with the C++ signal has an undeclared dependency on the QML module
level, which makes it hard to use the module, as users of the module need to guess the module's
hidden dependencies.
 
In both cases, QML tooling is not able to find the QML counterpart of the
C++ type: the \l{Qt Quick Compiler}{compiler} can't compile this signal handler to
C++ and \l{qmllint Reference}{qmllint} as well as \l{\QMLLS Reference}{\QMLLS}
can't analyze this handler.
 
\section2 Example
 
Let our module have a C++ class with one \c{helloWorld} signal:
\code
#include <QQuickItem>
#include <QtQml/qqmlregistration.h>
#include <QObject>
 
class MyCppObject : public QObject
{
 Q_OBJECT
 QML_ELEMENT
public:
 MyCppObject(QObject *parent = nullptr)
     : QObject(parent)
 {}
 
signals:
 void helloWorld(QQuickItem *i);
 
};
\endcode
with following CMakeLists.txt:
\badcode
find_package(Qt6 6.5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Quick QuickControls2)
 
qt_standard_project_setup(REQUIRES 6.5)
 
qt_add_executable(mymodule
 main.cpp
)
 
qt_add_qml_module(mymodule
    URI MyModule
    VERSION 1.0
    QML_FILES Main.qml
    SOURCES mycppobject.cpp mycppobject.h
)
 
# declare C++ dependency to Quick
target_link_libraries(appuntitled27
 PRIVATE Qt6::Quick
)
\endcode
The C++ dependency \c{Quick} was declared, such that this class can compile and the QQuickItem
include can be found. Also, mymodule does not have any dependency on QtQuick.
 
Now, lets try to handle this \c{helloWorld} signal in QML:
\qml
import MyModule // name of the module with MyCppObject
 
MyCppObject {
    onHelloWorld: function (x) { console.log(x); } // not ok: Type QQuickItem was not found!
}
\endqml
 
The reason of the warning message is that in the QML code, \c{QQuickItem} and its QML counterpart
\c{Item} are not known: the dependency 'QtQuick' of MyModule was not declared in the CMakeLists.txt!
 
You can add it as following in the qt_add_qml_module() call:
\badcode
qt_add_qml_module(mymodule
    URI MyModule
    ...
    # declare QML dependencies to QtQuick:
    DEPENDENCIES QtQuick
    ...
)
\endcode
 
Now, the QML code should be fine again!
 
\sa {qt_add_qml_module#declaring-module-dependencies}
 
\omit
TODO: QML Lint cannot detect if you pass signal parameters by value, reference or pointer!
Therefore, it will never print that warning.
\section1 Type Of Parameter In Signal Should Be Passed By Pointer
\section2 What happened?
TODO
 
\section2 Why is this bad?
TODO
 
\section2 Example
\qml
\endqml
You can fix this warning by TODO
\qml
\endqml
 
TODO: QML Lint cannot detect if you pass signal parameters by value, reference or pointer!
Therefore, it will never print that warning.
that warning
\section1 Type Of Parameter In Signal Should Be Passed By Value Or Const Reference
\section2 What happened?
TODO
 
\section2 Why is this bad?
TODO
 
\section2 Example
\qml
\endqml
You can fix this warning by TODO
\qml
\endqml
 
\endomit
 
\section1 Signal Handler Has More Formal Parameters Than The Signal It Handles
\section2 What happened?
A signal handler expects more parameters than what the signal will actually provide.
 
\section2 Why is this bad?
The extra parameters will be undefined.
 
\section2 Example
\qml
import QtQuick
 
Item {
    signal helloWorld(x: QtObject)  // signal expects only one parameter
 
    onHelloWorld: function (x,y,z) {} // not ok: signal handler handles three parameters
}
\endqml
You can fix this warning by removing the extra parameters of the signal handler:
\qml
import QtQuick
 
Item {
    signal helloWorld(x: QtObject)  // signal expects only one parameter
 
    onHelloWorld: function (x) {} // ok: signal handler handles one parameter
}
\endqml
 
It can also be fixed by adding the missing parameters to the signal's declaration:
\qml
import QtQuick
 
Item {
    signal helloWorld(x: QtObject, y: int, y: int)  // signal expects three parameters
 
    onHelloWorld: function (x,y,z) {} // ok: signal handler handles three parameters
}
\endqml
 
\section1 The Signal Has A Parameter Of The Same Name
\section2 What happened?
The signal or signal handler might have swapped some of its arguments, or some arguments might be
missing.
 
\section2 Why is this bad?
This is very probably a typo and not intended by the user.
 
\section2 Example
\section3 Missing Arguments
\qml
import QtQuick
 
Item {
    signal helloWorld(x: QtObject, y: int)
 
    onHelloWorld: function (y) {} // not ok: it seems that x was forgotten
}
 
\endqml
You can fix this warning by adding the missing parameters:
\qml
import QtQuick
 
Item {
    signal helloWorld(x: QtObject, y: int)
 
    onHelloWorld: function (x, y) {} // ok: parameters have the same order as in helloWorld
}
\endqml
or by renaming the first parameter:
\qml
import QtQuick
 
Item {
    signal helloWorld(x: QtObject, y: int)
 
    onHelloWorld: function (x) {} // ok: parameters have the same order as in helloWorld, even if y is missing
}
\endqml
 
\section3 Swapped Arguments
\qml
import QtQuick
 
Item {
    signal helloWorld(x: QtObject, y: int)
 
    onHelloWorld: function (y, x) {} // not ok: helloWorld expects first 'x' then 'y'
}
 
\endqml
You can fix this warning by reordering the parameters in the correct order
\qml
import QtQuick
 
Item {
    signal helloWorld(x: QtObject, y: int)
 
    onHelloWorld: function (x, y) {} // ok: parameters have the same order as in helloWorld
}
 
\endqml
*/