How to return a QFile ?

[anda_skoa]

QFile is the class that does data I/O.
If you only need a reference to the file use either QString or QFileInfo.

If you need the file, e.g. when you function does more than just create the instance, then return a smart pointer

QSharedPointer<QFile> MyClass:getFile()
{
    // ....
 
    QSharedPointer<QFile> file(new QFile(filename);
    file->open(...); // or other tasks with file
 
    return file;
}

QSharedPointer<QFile> MyClass:getFile()
{
    // ....

    QSharedPointer<QFile> file(new QFile(filename);
    file->open(...); // or other tasks with file

    return file;
}

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