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[d3v3l0p3r]

I have a c++ class exposed to QML using 

qml->setContextProperty("MyObject", MyClass);

All functions returning basic types such as "int", "bool", "string"

Q_INVOKABLE int myFunction(int myID) {
   return myID;
}

 have no problem returning those values back to QML when called from QML:

var myNumber = MyObject.myFunction(44);
// myNumber now is set to 44 

 However when I have a function (in the same C++ class as above) which returns something like QDeclarativePropertyMap

Q_INVOKABLE QDeclarativePropertyMap* myMapFunction() {
   QDeclarativePropertyMap* myMap = new QDeclarativePropertyMap;
   myMap->insert("ID", QVariant(55));
   return myMap; 
}

 when I call it I am getting [undefined] in QML

var myMap = MyObject.myMapFunction();
// myMap now is [undefined]

any idea why?

[lew]

i think you need to return a QVariant...if you cannot wrap the QDeclarativePropertyMap within a QVariant i.e QVariant(QDeclarativePropertyMap*), then you would need to:

1) create a custom wrapper class (with QObject defined within that class for use in QML)

2) register that custom wrapper class so that it is useable in QML: qmlRegisterType

[simon_hain]

the documentation shows only the usage by context property:
http://doc.qt.digia.com/qt/qdeclarativepropertymap.html

according to my experience with the similar list declaration you should be able to use it with Q_PROPERTY.
I found an example here:
http://www.qt.gitorious.org/qt-creator/qt-creator/blobs/a4e9f282dc67df4cba11d05c0d0b8d4582f7ad3e/src...

i did not try to use it as a q_invokable yet.

[dridk]

use QVariantMap : 

Q_INVOKABLE QVariantMap myFunction(QString ID){}

Also, you can use Q_PROPERTY to get dynamic property : 

class MyClass : public QObject{
Q_PROPERTY (QVariantMap data READ data NOTIFY dataChanged)
Q_OBJECT

public:
QVariantMap data(){return mData;}
void insertData(const QString& key)
       {mData.insert(key, 42); emit dataChanged()}
signals:
void dataChanged();

private:
QVariantMap mData;

}

//From QML 
//Use the property.. will automatically changed when dataChanged has emitted
Label {
text: myobject.data["key"]

}