How to convert enum to QString?

Question

I am trying to use the Qt reflection for converting enum to QString.

Here is the part of code:

class ModelApple
{
    Q_GADGET
    Q_ENUMS(AppleType)         


        

Answer 1

Much more elegant way found (Qt 5.9), just one single line, with the help of mighty QVariant.

turns enum into string:

QString theBig = QVariant::fromValue(ModelApple::Big).toString();

Perhaps you don't need QMetaEnum anymore.

Sample code here:

ModelApple (no need to claim Q_DECLARE_METATYE)

class ModelApple : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    enum AppleType {
      Big,
      Small
    };
    Q_ENUM(AppleType)
    explicit ModelApple(QObject *parent = nullptr);
};

And I create a widget application, calling QVaraint function there :

#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "ui_mainwindow.h"
#include 
#include 

MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
    QMainWindow(parent),
    ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
{
    ui->setupUi(this);

    QString s = QVariant::fromValue(ModelApple::Big).toString();
    qDebug() << s;

}

MainWindow::~MainWindow()
{
    delete ui;
}

You can see that i try to output the string on console , which really did:

And sorry for reverse casting , i tried successfully in some project , but some how this time i met compiling error. So i decide to remove it from my answer.