<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <!-- qfile.cpp --> <title>Obsolete Members for QFile | Qt Core 5.12.6</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style/offline-simple.css" /> <script type="text/javascript"> document.getElementsByTagName("link").item(0).setAttribute("href", "style/offline.css"); // loading style sheet breaks anchors that were jumped to before // so force jumping to anchor again setTimeout(function() { var anchor = location.hash; // need to jump to different anchor first (e.g. none) location.hash = "#"; setTimeout(function() { location.hash = anchor; }, 0); }, 0); </script> </head> <body> <div class="header" id="qtdocheader"> <div class="main"> <div class="main-rounded"> <div class="navigationbar"> <table><tr> <td >Qt 5.12</td><td ><a href="qtcore-index.html">Qt Core</a></td><td ><a href="qtcore-module.html">C++ Classes</a></td><td >QFile</td></tr></table><table class="buildversion"><tr> <td id="buildversion" width="100%" align="right"><a href="qtcore-index.html">Qt 5.12.6 Reference Documentation</a></td> </tr></table> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="line"> <div class="content mainContent"> <div class="sidebar"><div class="sidebar-content" id="sidebar-content"></div></div> <h1 class="title">Obsolete Members for QFile</h1> <p><b>The following members of class <a href="qfile.html">QFile</a> are obsolete.</b> They are provided to keep old source code working. We strongly advise against using them in new code.</p> <h2>Public Types</h2> <div class="table"><table class="alignedsummary"> <tr><td class="memItemLeft topAlign rightAlign"> <code>(obsolete) </code>typedef </td><td class="memItemRight bottomAlign"><b><a href="qfile-obsolete.html#EncoderFn-typedef">EncoderFn</a></b></td></tr> </table></div> <h2>Public Functions</h2> <div class="table"><table class="alignedsummary"> <tr><td class="memItemLeft topAlign rightAlign"> <code>(obsolete) </code>void </td><td class="memItemRight bottomAlign"><b><a href="qobject-obsolete.html#dumpObjectInfo-1">dumpObjectInfo</a></b>()</td></tr> <tr><td class="memItemLeft topAlign rightAlign"> <code>(obsolete) </code>void </td><td class="memItemRight bottomAlign"><b><a href="qobject-obsolete.html#dumpObjectTree-1">dumpObjectTree</a></b>()</td></tr> <tr><td class="memItemLeft topAlign rightAlign"> <code>(obsolete) </code>QString </td><td class="memItemRight bottomAlign"><b><a href="qfile-obsolete.html#readLink">readLink</a></b>() const</td></tr> </table></div> <h2>Static Public Members</h2> <div class="table"><table class="alignedsummary"> <tr><td class="memItemLeft topAlign rightAlign"> <code>(obsolete) </code>QString </td><td class="memItemRight bottomAlign"><b><a href="qfile-obsolete.html#readLink-1">readLink</a></b>(const QString &<i>fileName</i>)</td></tr> <tr><td class="memItemLeft topAlign rightAlign"> <code>(obsolete) </code>void </td><td class="memItemRight bottomAlign"><b><a href="qfile-obsolete.html#setDecodingFunction">setDecodingFunction</a></b>(QFile::DecoderFn <i>function</i>)</td></tr> <tr><td class="memItemLeft topAlign rightAlign"> <code>(obsolete) </code>void </td><td class="memItemRight bottomAlign"><b><a href="qfile-obsolete.html#setEncodingFunction">setEncodingFunction</a></b>(QFile::EncoderFn <i>function</i>)</td></tr> <tr><td class="memItemLeft topAlign rightAlign"> <code>(obsolete) </code>QString </td><td class="memItemRight bottomAlign"><b><a href="qobject-obsolete.html#trUtf8">trUtf8</a></b>(const char *<i>sourceText</i>, const char *<i>disambiguation</i> = Q_OBJECT, int <i>n</i> = Q_OBJECT)</td></tr> </table></div> <h2>Member Type Documentation</h2> <!-- $$$EncoderFn --> <h3 class="fn" id="EncoderFn-typedef"><a name="EncoderFn-typedef"></a>typedef QFile::<span class="name">EncoderFn</span></h3> <p>This typedef is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source code working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.</p> <p>This is a typedef for a pointer to a function with the following signature:</p> <pre class="cpp"> <span class="type"><a href="qbytearray.html">QByteArray</a></span> myEncoderFunc(<span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="type"><a href="qstring.html">QString</a></span> <span class="operator">&</span>fileName); </pre> <p><b>See also </b><a href="qfile-obsolete.html#setEncodingFunction">setEncodingFunction</a>() and <a href="qfile.html#encodeName">encodeName</a>().</p> <!-- @@@EncoderFn --> <h2>Member Function Documentation</h2> <!-- $$$readLink[overload1]$$$readLink --> <h3 class="fn" id="readLink"><a name="readLink"></a><span class="type"><a href="qstring.html">QString</a></span> QFile::<span class="name">readLink</span>() const</h3> <p>This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source code working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.</p> <p>Use <a href="qfile.html#symLinkTarget-1">symLinkTarget</a>() instead.</p> <!-- @@@readLink --> <!-- $$$readLink$$$readLinkconstQString& --> <h3 class="fn" id="readLink-1"><a name="readLink-1"></a><code>[static] </code><span class="type"><a href="qstring.html">QString</a></span> QFile::<span class="name">readLink</span>(const <span class="type"><a href="qstring.html">QString</a></span> &<i>fileName</i>)</h3> <p>This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source code working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.</p> <p>Use <a href="qfile.html#symLinkTarget-1">symLinkTarget</a>() instead.</p> <!-- @@@readLink --> <!-- $$$setDecodingFunction[overload1]$$$setDecodingFunctionQFile::DecoderFn --> <h3 class="fn" id="setDecodingFunction"><a name="setDecodingFunction"></a><code>[static] </code><span class="type">void</span> QFile::<span class="name">setDecodingFunction</span>(<span class="type"><a href="qfile.html#DecoderFn-typedef">QFile::DecoderFn</a></span> <i>function</i>)</h3> <p>This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source code working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.</p> <p>This function does nothing. It is provided for compatibility with Qt 4 code that attempted to set a different decoding function for file names. That feature is flawed and no longer supported in Qt 5.</p> <p><b>See also </b><a href="qfile-obsolete.html#setEncodingFunction">setEncodingFunction</a>() and <a href="qfile.html#decodeName">decodeName</a>().</p> <!-- @@@setDecodingFunction --> <!-- $$$setEncodingFunction[overload1]$$$setEncodingFunctionQFile::EncoderFn --> <h3 class="fn" id="setEncodingFunction"><a name="setEncodingFunction"></a><code>[static] </code><span class="type">void</span> QFile::<span class="name">setEncodingFunction</span>(<span class="type"><a href="qfile-obsolete.html#EncoderFn-typedef">QFile::EncoderFn</a></span> <i>function</i>)</h3> <p>This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source code working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.</p> <p>This function does nothing. It is provided for compatibility with Qt 4 code that attempted to set a different encoding function for file names. That feature is flawed and no longer supported in Qt 5.</p> <p><b>See also </b><a href="qfile.html#encodeName">encodeName</a>() and <a href="qfile-obsolete.html#setDecodingFunction">setDecodingFunction</a>().</p> <!-- @@@setEncodingFunction --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> <p> <acronym title="Copyright">©</acronym> 2019 The Qt Company Ltd. Documentation contributions included herein are the copyrights of their respective owners.<br/> The documentation provided herein is licensed under the terms of the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html">GNU Free Documentation License version 1.3</a> as published by the Free Software Foundation.<br/> Qt and respective logos are trademarks of The Qt Company Ltd. in Finland and/or other countries worldwide. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. </p> </div> </body> </html>