[PyKDE] Returning real python type through "child()" function?

[Phil Thompson]

"Hogendoorn, Rene" wrote:
> 
> I want to use a validator for the (internal) QLineEdit of the QListViewItem
> class during renaming,
> i.e. I want to control the renaming process.
> Currently, no direct APIs are exposed in Qt. The only way is to subclass
> QListViewItem and to
> get the QLineEdit via the child() function of the encapsulating listview
> class (it is the "qt_renamebox" child).
> Unfortunately, this only works in C++, since, there, you can dynamic_cast
> the returned QObject.
> In python, you are stuck with the virtually useless QObject.
> 
> In PyQt, the necessary information to return to real type is available. I.e.
> the type of the child can be
> derived from the metaobject information; so, in principle, a python object
> of the proper type could be
> returned.
> Any thoughts about this?

The current CVS version should do what you want. The support was added
to help factory classes and plugins.

Phil