Class: QgsMapLayerUtils

class qgis.core.QgsMapLayerUtils

Bases: sip.wrapper

Contains utility functions for working with map layers.

New in version 3.20:

Methods

combinedExtent

Returns the combined extent of a list of layers.

databaseConnection

Creates and returns the (possibly None) database connection for a layer.

layerSourceMatchesPath

Returns True if the source of the specified layer matches the given path.

sortLayersByType

Sorts a list of map layers by their layer type, respecting the order of types specified.

updateLayerSourcePath

Updates a layer's data source, replacing its data source with a path referring to newPath.
combinedExtent(layers: Iterable[QgsMapLayer], crs: QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem, transformContext: QgsCoordinateTransformContext) → QgsRectangle

Returns the combined extent of a list of layers.

The crs argument specifies the desired coordinate reference system for the combined extent.

Parameters
Return type

QgsRectangle

databaseConnection(layer: QgsMapLayer) → QgsAbstractDatabaseProviderConnection

Creates and returns the (possibly None) database connection for a layer. Ownership is transferred to the caller.

New in version 3.22.

Parameters

layer (QgsMapLayer) –

Return type

QgsAbstractDatabaseProviderConnection

layerSourceMatchesPath(layer: QgsMapLayer, path: str) → bool

Returns True if the source of the specified layer matches the given path.

This method can be used to test whether a layer is associated with a file path.

New in version 3.22.

Parameters
Return type

bool

sortLayersByType(layers: Iterable[QgsMapLayer], order: Iterable[QgsMapLayerType]) → List[QgsMapLayer]

Sorts a list of map layers by their layer type, respecting the order of types specified.

Layer types which appear earlier in the order list will result in matching layers appearing earlier in the result list.

New in version 3.26.

Parameters
Return type

List[QgsMapLayer]

updateLayerSourcePath(layer: QgsMapLayer, newPath: str) → bool

Updates a layer’s data source, replacing its data source with a path referring to newPath.

Returns True if the layer was updated, or False if the layer was not updated (e.g. it uses a data provider which does not specify paths in a layer URI.

New in version 3.22.

Parameters
Return type

bool