QRegion(3qt)

NAME
QRegion - Clip region for a painter

SYNOPSIS

#include <qregion.h>

  Public Members
QRegion ()
QRegion ( int x, int y, int w, int h, RegionType = Rectangle )
QRegion ( const QRect &, RegionType = Rectangle )
QRegion ( const QPointArray &, bool winding=FALSE )
QRegion ( const QRegion & )
~QRegion ()
QRegion& operator= ( const QRegion & )
bool isNull () const
bool isEmpty () const
bool contains ( const QPoint & p ) const
bool contains ( const QRect & r ) const
void translate ( int dx, int dy )
QRegion unite ( const QRegion & ) const
QRegion intersect ( const QRegion & ) const
QRegion subtract ( const QRegion & ) const
QRegion eor ( const QRegion & ) const
QRect boundingRect () const
QArray<QRect> rects () const
bool operator== ( const QRegion & ) const
bool operator!= ( const QRegion & r ) const

RELATED FUNCTION DOCUMENTATION
(Note that these are not member functions.)
QDataStream & operator<< (QDataStream & s, const QRegion & r)
QDataStream & operator>> (QDataStream & s, QRegion & r)

DESCRIPTION
The QRegion class specifies a clip region for a painter.

A region can be a rectangle, an ellipse, a polygon or a combination of these.

Regions are combined by creating a new region which is a union, intersection or difference between any two regions.

The region XOR operation is defined as:

    a XOR b = (a UNION b) - (a INTERSECTION b)

Example of using complex regions:

    void MyWidget::paintEvent( QPaintEvent * )
    {
        QPainter p;                             // our painter
        QRegion r1( QRect(100,100,200,80),      // r1 = elliptic region
                    QRegion::Ellipse );
        QRegion r2( QRect(100,120,90,30) );     // r2 = rectangular region
        QRegion r3 = r1.intersect( r2 );        // r3 = intersection
        p.begin( this );                        // start painting widget
        p.setClipRegion( r3 );                  // set clip region
        ...                                     // paint clipped graphics
        p.end();                                // painting done
    }

See also: QPainter::setClipRegion() and QPainter::setClipRect().

MEMBER FUNCTION DOCUMENTATION

QRegion::QRegion ()
Constructs an null region.

See also: isNull().

QRegion::QRegion ( const QPointArray & a, bool winding=FALSE )
Constructs a polygon region from the point array a.

If winding is TRUE, the polygon region uses the winding algorithm, otherwise the alternative (even-odd) algorithm will be used.

QRegion::QRegion ( const QRect & r, RegionType t = Rectangle )
Constructs a rectangular or elliptic region.

Arguments:

r is the region rectangle.

t is the region type: QRegion::Rectangle (default) or QRegion::Ellipse.

QRegion::QRegion ( const QRegion & r )
Constructs a region which is a shallow copy of r.

QRegion::QRegion ( int x, int y, int w, int h, RegionType t = Rectangle )
Constructs a rectangular or elliptic region.

x, y, w, and h specify the region rectangle. t is the region type: QRegion::Rectangle (default) or QRegion::Ellipse.

QRegion::~QRegion ()
Destroys the region.

QRect QRegion::boundingRect () const
Returns the bounding rectange of this region. An empty region gives a null rectangle.

bool QRegion::contains ( const QPoint & p ) const
Returns TRUE if the region contains the point p, or FALSE if p is outside the region.

bool QRegion::contains ( const QRect & r ) const
Returns TRUE if the region contains the rectangle r, or FALSE if r is outside the region.

QRegion QRegion::eor ( const QRegion & r ) const
Returns a region which is this region XOR r.

QRegion QRegion::intersect ( const QRegion & r ) const
Returns a region which is the intersection of this region and r.

bool QRegion::isEmpty () const
Returns TRUE if the region is empty, or FALSE if it is non-empty.

Example:

    QRegion r1( 10, 10, 20, 20 );
    QRegion r2( 40, 40, 20, 20 );
    QRegion r3;
    r1.isNull();                // FALSE
    r1.isEmpty();               // FALSE
    r3.isNull();                // TRUE
    r3.isEmpty();               // TRUE
    r3 = r1.intersect( r2 );    // r3 = intersection of r1 and r2
    r3.isNull();                // FALSE
    r3.isEmpty();               // TRUE
    r3 = r1.unite( r2 );        // r3 = union of r1 and r2
    r3.isNull();                // FALSE
    r3.isEmpty();               // FALSE

See also: isNull().

bool QRegion::isNull () const
Returns TRUE if the region is a null region, otherwise FALSE.

A null region is a region that has not been initialized. The documentation for isEmpty() contains an example that shows how to use isNull() and isEmpty().

See also: isEmpty().

bool QRegion::operator!= ( const QRegion & r ) const
Returns TRUE if the region is different from r, or FALSE if the regions are equal.

QRegion & QRegion::operator= ( const QRegion & r )
Assigns a shallow copy of r to this region and returns a reference to the region.

bool QRegion::operator== ( const QRegion & r ) const
Returns TRUE if the region is equal to r, or FALSE if the regions are different.

QArray<QRect> QRegion::rects () const
Returns an array of the rectangles that make up the region. The rectangles are non-overlapping. The region is formed by the union of all these rectangles.

QRegion QRegion::subtract ( const QRegion & r ) const
Returns a region which is r subtracted from this region.

void QRegion::translate ( int dx, int dy )
Translates the region dx along the X axis and dy along the Y axis.

QRegion QRegion::unite ( const QRegion & r ) const
Returns a region which is the union of this region and r.

RELATED FUNCTION DOCUMENTATION

QDataStream & operator<< (QDataStream & s, const QRegion & r)
Writes a region to the stream and returns a reference to the stream.

QDataStream & operator>> (QDataStream & s, QRegion & r)
Reads a region from the stream and returns a reference to the stream.

SEE ALSO
http://www.troll.no/qt/qregion.html

COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1992-1997 Troll Tech AS. See the LICENSE file included in the distribution for a complete license statement.

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