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# Obsolete Members for QMetaMethod

The following members of class QMetaMethod are deprecated. They are provided to keep old source code working. We strongly advise against using them in new code.

## Public Functions

`(deprecated)` bool | invoke(QObject *object, Qt::ConnectionType connectionType, QGenericReturnArgument returnValue, QGenericArgument val0 = QGenericArgument(nullptr), QGenericArgument val1 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val2 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val3 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val4 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val5 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val6 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val7 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val8 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val9 = QGenericArgument()) const
`(deprecated)` bool | invoke(QObject *object, QGenericReturnArgument returnValue, QGenericArgument val0 = QGenericArgument(0), QGenericArgument val1 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val2 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val3 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val4 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val5 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val6 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val7 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val8 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val9 = QGenericArgument()) const
`(deprecated)` bool | invoke(QObject *object, Qt::ConnectionType connectionType, QGenericArgument val0 = QGenericArgument(0), QGenericArgument val1 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val2 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val3 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val4 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val5 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val6 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val7 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val8 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val9 = QGenericArgument()) const
`(deprecated)` bool | invoke(QObject *object, QGenericArgument val0 = QGenericArgument(0), QGenericArgument val1 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val2 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val3 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val4 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val5 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val6 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val7 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val8 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val9 = QGenericArgument()) const
`(deprecated)` bool | invokeOnGadget(void *gadget, QGenericReturnArgument returnValue, QGenericArgument val0 = QGenericArgument(nullptr), QGenericArgument val1 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val2 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val3 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val4 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val5 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val6 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val7 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val8 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val9 = QGenericArgument()) const
`(deprecated)` bool | invokeOnGadget(void *gadget, QGenericArgument val0 = QGenericArgument(0), QGenericArgument val1 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val2 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val3 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val4 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val5 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val6 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val7 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val8 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val9 = QGenericArgument()) const

## Member Function Documentation

### bool QMetaMethod::invoke(QObject *object, Qt::ConnectionType connectionType, QGenericReturnArgument returnValue, QGenericArgument val0 = QGenericArgument(nullptr), QGenericArgument val1 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val2 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val3 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val4 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val5 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val6 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val7 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val8 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val9 = QGenericArgument()) const

This function is deprecated. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

Please use the variadic overload of this function

Invokes this method on the object object. Returns `true` if the member could be invoked. Returns `false` if there is no such member or the parameters did not match.

See the variadic invokeMethod() function for more information. This function should behave the same way as that one, with the following limitations:

- The number of parameters is limited to 10.
- Parameter names may need to be an exact string match.
- Meta types are not automatically registered.

With asynchronous method invocations, the parameters must be of types that are known to Qt's meta-object system, because Qt needs to copy the arguments to store them in an event behind the scenes. If you try to use a queued connection and get the error message

     QMetaMethod::invoke: Unable to handle unregistered datatype 'MyType'

call qRegisterMetaType() to register the data type before you call QMetaMethod::invoke().

Warning: In addition to the limitations of the variadic invoke() overload, the arguments must have the same type as the ones expected by the method, else, the behavior is undefined.

See also Q_ARG(), Q_RETURN_ARG(), qRegisterMetaType(), and QMetaObject::invokeMethod().

### bool QMetaMethod::invoke(QObject *object, QGenericReturnArgument returnValue, QGenericArgument val0 = QGenericArgument(0), QGenericArgument val1 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val2 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val3 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val4 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val5 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val6 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val7 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val8 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val9 = QGenericArgument()) const

This function is deprecated. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

Please use the variadic overload of this function

This function overloads invoke().

This overload always invokes this method using the connection type Qt::AutoConnection.

### bool QMetaMethod::invoke(QObject *object, Qt::ConnectionType connectionType, QGenericArgument val0 = QGenericArgument(0), QGenericArgument val1 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val2 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val3 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val4 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val5 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val6 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val7 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val8 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val9 = QGenericArgument()) const

This function is deprecated. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

Please use the variadic overload of this function

This function overloads invoke().

This overload can be used if the return value of the member is of no interest.

### bool QMetaMethod::invoke(QObject *object, QGenericArgument val0 = QGenericArgument(0), QGenericArgument val1 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val2 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val3 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val4 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val5 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val6 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val7 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val8 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val9 = QGenericArgument()) const

This function is deprecated. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

Please use the variadic overload of this function

This function overloads invoke().

This overload invokes this method using the connection type Qt::AutoConnection and ignores return values.

### bool QMetaMethod::invokeOnGadget(void *gadget, QGenericReturnArgument returnValue, QGenericArgument val0 = QGenericArgument(nullptr), QGenericArgument val1 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val2 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val3 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val4 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val5 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val6 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val7 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val8 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val9 = QGenericArgument()) const

This function is deprecated. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

Please use the variadic overload of this function

Invokes this method on a Q_GADGET. Returns `true` if the member could be invoked. Returns `false` if there is no such member or the parameters did not match.

See the variadic invokeMethod() function for more information. This function should behave the same way as that one, with the following limitations:

- The number of parameters is limited to 10.
- Parameter names may need to be an exact string match.
- Meta types are not automatically registered.

Warning: In addition to the limitations of the variadic invoke() overload, the arguments must have the same type as the ones expected by the method, else, the behavior is undefined.

See also Q_ARG(), Q_RETURN_ARG(), qRegisterMetaType(), and QMetaObject::invokeMethod().

### bool QMetaMethod::invokeOnGadget(void *gadget, QGenericArgument val0 = QGenericArgument(0), QGenericArgument val1 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val2 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val3 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val4 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val5 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val6 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val7 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val8 = QGenericArgument(), QGenericArgument val9 = QGenericArgument()) const

This function is deprecated. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

This is an overloaded function.

Please use the variadic overload of this function

This overload invokes this method for a gadget and ignores return values.