bool StoreSection::deserialize(){
//---------------
//To deserialize int, QString, float, bool, long, QDateTime
//just call getSerialProperty (returns a QVariant)
//---------------
m_title = getSerialProperty("title").toString();
//-------------------
//To deserialize QHash, QList, QVector:
// a) Obtain child count
// b) Instantiate each child
// c) Deserialize each child
// d) add to QHash, QList or QVector
//-------------------
m_books.clear();
int index, total;
//step (a)
total = getSerialObjectCount("books"); //getSerialObjectCount return number of items inside "books" (xml tag)
for (index = 0; index < total; index++ ) {
//step (b)
Book *book = new Book(this);
//step (c)
getSerialObject("books", book, index);
if (book == 0) {
book->deleteLater();
return false;
}
//step (d)
m_books.insert(book->getTitle(), book);
}
//---------------
//Always return a boolean
//beacause you may want to include this object in another inner serialization
//---------------
return true;
}
