Add qobject extension trait

- cxx-qt-lib trait for additional qobject wrappers
- adds blockSignals
- adds signalsBlocked
- adds setObjectName
- adds objectName
- adds parent
- adds setParent

Author: BenFordTytherington

crates/cxx-qt-lib/build.rs

@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ fn main() {
         "core/qmargins",
         "core/qmarginsf",
         "core/qmodelindex",
+        "core/qobject",
         "core/qpersistentmodelindex",
         "core/qpoint",
         "core/qpointf",

crates/cxx-qt-lib/src/core/mod.rs

@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ pub use cxx_qt::{QMetaObjectConnection, QMetaObjectConnectionGuard};
 mod qmodelindex;
 pub use qmodelindex::QModelIndex;
 
+mod qobject;
+pub use qobject::QObjectExt;
+
 mod qpersistentmodelindex;
 pub use qpersistentmodelindex::QPersistentModelIndex;
 

crates/cxx-qt-lib/src/core/qobject.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, a KDAB Group company <[email protected]>
+// SPDX-FileContributor: Ben Ford <[email protected]>
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR Apache-2.0
+
+pub use cxx_qt::QObject;
+use std::pin::Pin;
+
+#[cxx_qt::bridge]
+mod ffi {
+    unsafe extern "C++" {
+        #[rust_name = "QObjectExternal"]
+        type QObject;
+
+        include!("cxx-qt-lib/qstring.h");
+        type QString = crate::QString;
+
+        #[rust_name = "block_signals"]
+        pub fn blockSignals(self: Pin<&mut QObjectExternal>, block: bool) -> bool;
+
+        #[rust_name = "signals_blocked"]
+        pub fn signalsBlocked(self: &QObjectExternal) -> bool;
+
+        #[rust_name = "set_object_name"]
+        pub fn setObjectName(self: Pin<&mut QObjectExternal>, name: &QString);
+
+        #[rust_name = "object_name"]
+        pub fn objectName(self: &QObjectExternal) -> QString;
+
+        pub fn parent(self: &QObjectExternal) -> *mut QObjectExternal;
+
+        #[rust_name = "set_parent"]
+        pub unsafe fn setParent(self: Pin<&mut QObjectExternal>, parent: *mut QObjectExternal);
+    }
+}
+
+use crate::core::qobject::ffi::QString;
+use ffi::QObjectExternal;
+
+/// Trait which exposes methods available on a `QObject`.
+/// Exposes some basic signals and methods for now, more to be added.
+pub trait QObjectExt {
+    fn block_signals(self: Pin<&mut Self>, block: bool) -> bool;
+
+    fn signals_blocked(&self) -> bool;
+
+    fn set_object_name(self: Pin<&mut Self>, name: &QString);
+
+    fn object_name(&self) -> QString;
+
+    fn parent(&self) -> *mut Self;
+
+    fn set_parent(self: Pin<&mut Self>, parent: &Self);
+}
+
+/// Used to convert the QObject type from the library type to the C++ type, as a pin
+fn cast_pin(obj: Pin<&mut QObject>) -> Pin<&mut QObjectExternal> {
+    unsafe {
+        let mut_ptr = obj.get_unchecked_mut() as *mut QObject as *mut QObjectExternal;
+        Pin::new_unchecked(&mut *mut_ptr)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Used to convert the QObject type from the library type to the C++ type
+fn cast(obj: &QObject) -> &QObjectExternal {
+    unsafe {
+        let ptr = obj as *const QObject as *const QObjectExternal;
+        &*ptr
+    }
+}
+
+impl QObjectExt for QObject {
+    fn block_signals(self: Pin<&mut Self>, block: bool) -> bool {
+        cast_pin(self).block_signals(block)
+    }
+
+    fn signals_blocked(&self) -> bool {
+        cast(self).signals_blocked()
+    }
+
+    fn set_object_name(self: Pin<&mut Self>, name: &QString) {
+        cast_pin(self).set_object_name(name)
+    }
+
+    fn object_name(&self) -> QString {
+        cast(self).object_name()
+    }
+
+    fn parent(&self) -> *mut Self {
+        cast(self).parent() as *mut Self
+    }
+
+    fn set_parent(self: Pin<&mut Self>, parent: &Self) {
+        unsafe {
+            cast_pin(self)
+                .set_parent(cast(parent) as *const QObjectExternal as *mut QObjectExternal);
+        }
+    }
+}

crates/cxx-qt-lib/src/core/qstring.rs

@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ impl<'de> serde::Deserialize<'de> for QString {
 
         struct StringVisitor;
 
-        impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for StringVisitor {
+        impl Visitor<'_> for StringVisitor {
             type Value = QString;
 
             fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {

crates/cxx-qt/src/qobject.rs

@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@
 #[cxx::bridge]
 mod ffi {
     unsafe extern "C++" {
-        // TODO! Implement QObject wrapper properly
         include!(<QtCore/QObject>);
-        /// QObject type
+        /// QObject type.
+        ///
+        /// Most methods available on this type are within the [cxx_qt_lib::core::QObjectExt] trait,
+        /// which needs to be imported in order to access these.
         type QObject;
 
         #[cxx_name = "dumpObjectInfo"]