Renamed Type

This warning category is spelled [renamed-type] by qmllint.

Renamed Type

What happened?

A type, which was renamed via QT_QML_SOURCE_TYPENAME or via a hand-written qmldir, was called by its unexported name.

Why is this bad?

This leads to confusing code, as a single type now has more than one name. Renamed singletons won't work correctly when using their unexported name, and the unexported name can't be used by QML files outside the current QML module.

Example

 # CMakeLists.txt
 set_source_files_properties(Tree.qml PROPERTIES QT_QML_SOURCE_TYPENAME BinaryTree)
 qt_add_qml_module(MyModule
     URI MyModule
     QML_FILES Tree.qml
 )

 // Tree.qml
 import QtQml

 Item {
     property Tree left // uses old name - not ok
     property Tree right // uses old name - not ok
 }

To fix this warning, replace the old name with the new name:

 // Tree.qml
 import QtQml

 Item {
     property BinaryTree left // uses new name - ok
     property BinaryTree right // uses new name - ok
 }