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-rw-r--r--src/webchannel/doc/qtwebchannel.qdocconf3
-rw-r--r--src/webchannel/doc/src/examples.qdoc3
-rw-r--r--src/webchannel/doc/src/external-resources.qdoc57
-rw-r--r--src/webchannel/doc/src/index.qdoc42
-rw-r--r--src/webchannel/doc/src/javascript.qdoc17
5 files changed, 102 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/src/webchannel/doc/qtwebchannel.qdocconf b/src/webchannel/doc/qtwebchannel.qdocconf
index cfb47e4..4026379 100644
--- a/src/webchannel/doc/qtwebchannel.qdocconf
+++ b/src/webchannel/doc/qtwebchannel.qdocconf
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ qhp.QtWebChannel.subprojects.javascript.indexTitle = Qt WebChannel JavaScript
tagfile = ../../../doc/qtwebchannel/qtwebchannel.tags
-depends += qtcore qtquick qtqml qmake qtdoc
+depends += qtcore qtquick qtqml qmake qtdoc qtwebengine qtwebsockets
headerdirs += .. \
../../imports
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ headerdirs += .. \
sourcedirs += .. \
../../imports
+imagedirs += images
exampledirs += ../../../examples/webchannel
examples.fileextensions += "*.html *.json"
diff --git a/src/webchannel/doc/src/examples.qdoc b/src/webchannel/doc/src/examples.qdoc
index b304ac6..83e614e 100644
--- a/src/webchannel/doc/src/examples.qdoc
+++ b/src/webchannel/doc/src/examples.qdoc
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
\group qtwebchannel-examples
\brief List of Qt WebChannel examples.
- The examples show how to use the QWebChannel C++ and WebChannel QML API.
+ The examples show how to use the QWebChannel C++ and \l [QML] WebChannel QML
+ API.
*/
diff --git a/src/webchannel/doc/src/external-resources.qdoc b/src/webchannel/doc/src/external-resources.qdoc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0002ec1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/webchannel/doc/src/external-resources.qdoc
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2015 The Qt Company Ltd.
+** Contact: http://www.qt.io/licensing/
+**
+** This file is part of the documentation of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:FDL$
+** Commercial License Usage
+** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and The Qt Company. For licensing terms
+** and conditions see http://www.qt.io/terms-conditions. For further
+** information use the contact form at http://www.qt.io/contact-us.
+**
+** GNU Free Documentation License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Free
+** Documentation License version 1.3 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file included in the packaging of
+** this file. Please review the following information to ensure
+** the GNU Free Documentation License version 1.3 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html.
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+/*
+ The nolink entries prevent autolinking of each occurrence of 'WebChannel'
+ 'WebEngine' or 'WebSocket' to the QML type.
+ To link to the QML type, use explicit linking. For example:
+ \l [QML] WebChannel
+ \sa {QtWebChannel::}{WebChannel}
+*/
+/*!
+ \externalpage nolink
+ \title WebChannel
+ \internal
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \externalpage nolink
+ \title WebEngine
+ \internal
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \externalpage nolink
+ \title WebSockets
+ \internal
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \externalpage nolink
+ \title WebSocket
+ \internal
+*/
diff --git a/src/webchannel/doc/src/index.qdoc b/src/webchannel/doc/src/index.qdoc
index a4eaad0..5529093 100644
--- a/src/webchannel/doc/src/index.qdoc
+++ b/src/webchannel/doc/src/index.qdoc
@@ -31,25 +31,49 @@
\title Qt WebChannel
\brief Bridges the gap between Qt applications and HTML/JavaScript.
- Qt WebChannel enables peer-to-peer communication between a host
- (QML/C++ application) and a client (HTML/JavaScript application).
- It is supported out of the box by Qt WebKit 2 and Qt WebEngine.
- In addition it can work on all
- browsers that support WebSockets, enabling Qt WebChannel clients
- to run in any JavaScript environment (including QML). This requires
+ Qt WebChannel enables peer-to-peer communication between a server (QML/C++
+ application) and a client (HTML/JavaScript or QML application). It is
+ supported out of the box by \l{Qt WebEngine}. In addition it can work on all
+ browsers that support \l{Qt WebSockets}{WebSockets}, enabling Qt WebChannel
+ clients to run in any JavaScript environment (including QML). This requires
the implementation of a custom transport based on Qt WebSockets.
The module provides a JavaScript library for seamless integration of C++
- and QML applications with HTML/JavaScript clients. The client must use the
+ and QML applications with HTML/JavaScript and QML clients. The clients must use the
JavaScript library to access the serialized QObjects published by the host
applications.
- \section1 Related Information
+ \section1 Getting Started
+
+ To use these classes in your application, use the following include
+ statement:
+
+ \code
+ #include <QtWebChannel/QtWebChannel>
+ \endcode
+
+ To link against the module, add this line to your \l qmake \c .pro file:
+
+ \code
+ QT += webchannel
+ \endcode
+
+ The QML types are accessed by using:
+ \badcode
+ import QtWebChannel 1.0
+ \endcode
+
+ \section1 API Reference
\list
\li \l{Qt WebChannel JavaScript API}{JavaScript API}
\li \l{Qt WebChannel C++ Classes}{C++ API}
\li \l{Qt WebChannel QML Types}{QML API}
- \li \l{Qt WebChannel Examples}{Examples} - show how use the API in practice
+ \endlist
+
+ \section1 Examples
+
+ \list
+ \li \l{Qt WebChannel Examples}{Examples}
\endlist
*/
diff --git a/src/webchannel/doc/src/javascript.qdoc b/src/webchannel/doc/src/javascript.qdoc
index cfb5b21..a508ff9 100644
--- a/src/webchannel/doc/src/javascript.qdoc
+++ b/src/webchannel/doc/src/javascript.qdoc
@@ -31,21 +31,20 @@
\brief This page explains how to use the JavaScript QWebChannel API in HTML clients.
- \section1 Setup
+ \section1 Setting up the JavaScript API
- To communicate with a QWebChannel or WebChannel, any HTML client must use and setup the
- JavaScript API provided by \c qwebchannel.js. For HTML clients run inside Qt WebKit, you
- can load the file via \c qrc:///qtwebchannel/qwebchannel.js. For external clients you will
- need to copy the file to your webserver. Then instantiate a QWebChannel object and pass
+ To communicate with a QWebChannel or \l [QML] WebChannel, a client must use and set up the
+ JavaScript API provided by \c qwebchannel.js. For clients run inside \l{Qt WebEngine}, you
+ can load the file via \c qrc:///qtwebchannel/qwebchannel.js. For external clients, you
+ need to copy the file to your web server. Then instantiate a QWebChannel object and pass
it a transport object and a callback function, which will be invoked once the
- initialization of the channel finished and published objects become available.
+ initialization of the channel finishes and the published objects become available.
The transport object implements a minimal message passing interface. It should be an object
with a \c send() function, which takes a stringified JSON message and transmits it to the
server-side QWebChannelAbstractTransport object. Furthermore, its \c onmessage property should
- be called when a message from the server was received. This interface is implemented internally
- by the Qt WebKit navigator.qtWebChannelTransport object. Alternatively, you can also use a
- WebSocket, which also implements this interface.
+ be called when a message from the server was received. Alternatively, you can use a
+ \l{Qt WebSockets}{WebSocket} to implement the interface.
Note that the JavaScript QWebChannel object should be constructed once the transport object is
fully operational. In case of a WebSocket, that means you should create the QWebChannel in the