From: Stephen Kelly <stephen.kelly@kdab.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:11:06 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Document that the object of a plugin must be default-constructible.
X-Git-Tag: 071012110112~204
X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1b6c83f7a3668e39df9d5e468fa693b0aa0c8b0e;p=profile%2Fivi%2Fqtbase.git

Document that the object of a plugin must be default-constructible.

Change-Id: Iaaf56ec3bb0d2423c8ab5deb0627dc1357cee830
Reviewed-by: Lars Knoll <lars.knoll@nokia.com>
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diff --git a/dist/changes-5.0.0 b/dist/changes-5.0.0
index 76cdd0a..b9fc030 100644
--- a/dist/changes-5.0.0
+++ b/dist/changes-5.0.0
@@ -649,6 +649,9 @@ Qt for Windows CE
 *                          Plugins                                         *
 ****************************************************************************
 - The text codecs that were previously plugins are now built into QtCore.
+- Code using Q_EXPORT_PLUGIN macros will no longer compile. Use
+  Q_PLUGIN_METADATA instead. Note that this requires that the class
+  be default-constructible.
 
 ****************************************************************************
 *                   Important Behavior Changes                             *
diff --git a/src/corelib/plugin/qplugin.qdoc b/src/corelib/plugin/qplugin.qdoc
index f671a5f..940813f 100644
--- a/src/corelib/plugin/qplugin.qdoc
+++ b/src/corelib/plugin/qplugin.qdoc
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@
 
     See the \l{tools/plugandpaint}{Plug & Paint} example for details.
 
+    Note that the class this macro appears on must be default-constructible
+
     \sa Q_DECLARE_INTERFACE(), {How to Create Qt Plugins}
 */