QMetaMethod from member function pointer - c++

Question

Given a pointer to a method of a QObject derived class: Is there a way of getting the QMetaMethod of the method the pointer is pointing to? I am basically looking for a function like QMetaMethod::fromSignal, but for slots.
Note:
I tried getting the index through static_metacall with QMetaObject::IndexOfMethod and using that for QMetaObject::method:
void(Class::*method)() = &Class::method;
int methodIndex = -1;
void *metaArgs[] = {&methodIndex, reinterpret_cast<void **>(&method)};
const QMetaObject mo = Class::staticMetaObject;
mo.static_metacall(QMetaObject::IndexOfMethod, 0, metaArgs);
qDebug() << methodIndex;
// QMetaMethod mm = mo.method(methodIndex)
The output is always -1.

Answer 1

At the moment, the only solution is to modify moc. The patch is rather trivial, though:
diff --git a/src/tools/moc/generator.cpp b/src/tools/moc/generator.cpp
index d831edf..7dcefcc 100644
--- a/src/tools/moc/generator.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/moc/generator.cpp
## -1311,15 +1311,12 ## void Generator::generateStaticMetacall()
isUsed_a = true;
}
- }
- if (!cdef->signalList.isEmpty()) {
- Q_ASSERT(needElse); // if there is signal, there was method.
fprintf(out, " else if (_c == QMetaObject::IndexOfMethod) {\n");
fprintf(out, " int *result = reinterpret_cast<int *>(_a[0]);\n");
fprintf(out, " void **func = reinterpret_cast<void **>(_a[1]);\n");
bool anythingUsed = false;
- for (int methodindex = 0; methodindex < cdef->signalList.size(); ++methodindex) {
- const FunctionDef &f = cdef->signalList.at(methodindex);
+ for (int methodindex = 0; methodindex < methodList.size(); ++methodindex) {
+ const FunctionDef &f = methodList.at(methodindex);
if (f.wasCloned || !f.inPrivateClass.isEmpty() || f.isStatic)
continue;
anythingUsed = true;
The following then works as expected:
// https://github.com/KubaO/stackoverflown/tree/master/questions/metamethod-lookup-24577095
#include <QtCore>
class MyObject : public QObject {
Q_OBJECT
public:
Q_SLOT void aSlot() {}
Q_SLOT void aSlot2(int) {}
Q_SLOT int aSlot3(int) { return 0; }
Q_SIGNAL void aSignal();
Q_SIGNAL void aSignal2(int);
};
template <typename Func> int indexOfMethod(Func method)
{
using FuncType = QtPrivate::FunctionPointer<Func>;
int methodIndex = -1;
void *metaArgs[] = {&methodIndex, reinterpret_cast<void **>(&method)};
auto mo = FuncType::Object::staticMetaObject;
mo.static_metacall(QMetaObject::IndexOfMethod, 0, metaArgs);
return methodIndex;
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QCoreApplication a(argc, argv);
qDebug() << indexOfMethod(&MyObject::aSlot)
<< indexOfMethod(&MyObject::aSlot3) << indexOfMethod(&MyObject::aSignal2);
return 0;
}
#include "main.moc"