Class: QgsPluginLayerType¶

Responsible for creating plugin specific map layers.

class qgis.core.QgsPluginLayerType[source]¶

Bases: object

virtual createLayer(self) → QgsPluginLayer | None[source]¶

Returns new layer of this type. Return None on error

createLayer(self, uri: Optional[str]) -> Optional[QgsPluginLayer] Returns new layer of this type, using layer URI (specific to this plugin layer type). Return None on error.

Return type:: Optional[QgsPluginLayer]

name(self) → str[source]¶

Return type:: str

virtual showLayerProperties(self, layer: QgsPluginLayer | None) → bool[source]¶

Show plugin layer properties dialog. Return False if the dialog cannot be shown.

Parameters:: layer (Optional[QgsPluginLayer])
Return type:: bool