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# QDecorationPlugin Class Reference
[QtGui module]

The QDecorationPlugin class provides an abstract base for custom QDecoration plugins. More...

    #include <QDecorationPlugin>

Inherits QObject.

- List of all members, including inherited members

### Public Functions

- QDecorationPlugin ( QObject * parent = 0 )
- ~QDecorationPlugin ()
- virtual QDecoration * create ( const QString & key ) = 0
- virtual QStringList keys () const = 0

- 28 public functions inherited from QObject

### Additional Inherited Members

- 1 property inherited from QObject
- 1 public slot inherited from QObject
- 1 signal inherited from QObject
- 4 static public members inherited from QObject
- 7 protected functions inherited from QObject

## Detailed Description

The QDecorationPlugin class provides an abstract base for custom QDecoration plugins.

The decoration plugin is a simple plugin interface that makes it easy to create custom decorations that can be loaded dynamically into applications with a QDecorationFactory.

Writing a decoration plugin is achieved by subclassing this base class, reimplementing the pure virtual functions keys() and create(), and exporting the class with the Q_EXPORT_PLUGIN2() macro. See How to Create Qt Plugins for details.

This class is only available in Qtopia Core.

## Member Function Documentation

### QDecorationPlugin::QDecorationPlugin ( QObject * parent = 0 )

Constructs a decoration plugin with parent parent. This is invoked automatically by the Q_EXPORT_PLUGIN2() macro.

### QDecorationPlugin::~QDecorationPlugin ()

Destroys the decoration plugin.

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

### QDecoration * QDecorationPlugin::create ( const QString & key ) `[pure virtual]`

Creates and returns a QDecoration object for the decoration key key. The decoration key is usually the class name of the required decoration.

See also keys().

### QStringList QDecorationPlugin::keys () const `[pure virtual]`

Returns the list of decoration keys this plugin supports.

These keys are usually the class names of the custom decoration that are implemented in the plugin.

See also create().