QSqlDriverPlugin Class

The QSqlDriverPlugin class provides an abstract base for custom QSqlDriver plugins. More...

Header:	#include <QSqlDriverPlugin>
CMake:	find_package(Qt6 COMPONENTS Sql REQUIRED) target_link_libraries(mytarget PRIVATE Qt6::Sql)
qmake:	QT += sql
Inherits:	QObject

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Public Functions

	QSqlDriverPlugin(QObject *parent = nullptr)
virtual	~QSqlDriverPlugin()
virtual QSqlDriver *	create(const QString &key) = 0

Detailed Description

The SQL driver plugin is a simple plugin interface that makes it easy to create your own SQL driver plugins that can be loaded dynamically by Qt.

Writing a SQL plugin is achieved by subclassing this base class, reimplementing the pure virtual function create(), and exporting the class with the Q_PLUGIN_METADATA() macro. See the SQL plugins that come with Qt for example implementations (in the plugins/src/sqldrivers subdirectory of the source distribution).

The json file containing the metadata for the plugin contains a list of keys indicating the supported sql drivers

{ "Keys": [ "mysqldriver" ] }

See also How to Create Qt Plugins.

Member Function Documentation

QSqlDriverPlugin::QSqlDriverPlugin(QObject *parent = nullptr)

Constructs a SQL driver plugin and sets the parent to parent. This is invoked automatically by the moc generated code that exports the plugin.

[virtual] QSqlDriverPlugin::~QSqlDriverPlugin()

Destroys the SQL driver plugin.

You never have to call this explicitly. Qt destroys a plugin automatically when it is no longer used.

[pure virtual] QSqlDriver *QSqlDriverPlugin::create(const QString &key)

Creates and returns a QSqlDriver object for the driver called key. The driver key is usually the class name of the required driver. Keys are case sensitive.

See also How to Create Qt Plugins.