Deprecate QLinkedList

[ChangeLog][Deprecation Notice] QLinkedList is deprecated and will be
moved to Qt5Compat in Qt 6. It is recommended to use std::list instead.

Task-number: QTBUG-81630
Task-number: QTBUG-80312
Change-Id: I2c2b64e51d1cc2fd305aee6a11e9a89788f51eb4
Reviewed-by: Lars Knoll <lars.knoll@qt.io>

src/corelib/tools/qcontainerfwd.h

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 template <class Key, class T> class QCache;
 template <class Key, class T> class QHash;
-#ifndef QT_NO_LINKED_LIST
+#if !defined(QT_NO_LINKED_LIST) && QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 15)
 template <class T> class QLinkedList;
 #endif
 template <class T> class QList;

src/corelib/tools/qiterator.qdoc

@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@
 /*!
     \class QLinkedListIterator
     \inmodule QtCore
+    \obsolete
 
     \brief The QLinkedListIterator class provides a Java-style const iterator for QLinkedList.
 
@@ -416,6 +417,7 @@
 /*!
     \class QMutableLinkedListIterator
     \inmodule QtCore
+    \obsolete
 
     \brief The QMutableLinkedListIterator class provides a Java-style non-const iterator for QLinkedList.
 

src/corelib/tools/qlinkedlist.cpp

@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
+#if QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 15)
+
+QT_WARNING_PUSH
+QT_WARNING_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
+
 const QLinkedListData QLinkedListData::shared_null = {
     const_cast<QLinkedListData *>(&QLinkedListData::shared_null),
     const_cast<QLinkedListData *>(&QLinkedListData::shared_null),
@@ -53,6 +58,7 @@ const QLinkedListData QLinkedListData::shared_null = {
 
 /*! \class QLinkedList
     \inmodule QtCore
+    \obsolete
     \brief The QLinkedList class is a template class that provides linked lists.
 
     \ingroup tools
@@ -60,6 +66,8 @@ const QLinkedListData QLinkedListData::shared_null = {
 
     \reentrant
 
+    \note This class is obsolete, please use std::list instead.
+
     QLinkedList\<T\> is one of Qt's generic \l{container classes}. It
     stores a list of values and provides iterator-based access as
     well as \l{constant time} insertions and removals.
@@ -720,6 +728,7 @@ const QLinkedListData QLinkedListData::shared_null = {
 
 /*! \class QLinkedList::iterator
     \inmodule QtCore
+    \obsolete
     \brief The QLinkedList::iterator class provides an STL-style non-const iterator for QLinkedList.
 
     QLinkedList features both \l{STL-style iterators} and
@@ -965,6 +974,7 @@ const QLinkedListData QLinkedListData::shared_null = {
 
 /*! \class QLinkedList::const_iterator
     \inmodule QtCore
+    \obsolete
     \brief The QLinkedList::const_iterator class provides an STL-style const iterator for QLinkedList.
 
     QLinkedList features both \l{STL-style iterators} and
@@ -1221,4 +1231,8 @@ const QLinkedListData QLinkedListData::shared_null = {
     \sa fromStdList()
 */
 
+QT_WARNING_POP
+
+#endif // QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 15)
+
 QT_END_NAMESPACE

src/corelib/tools/qlinkedlist.h

@@ -55,10 +55,22 @@
 #include <iterator>
 #include <list>
 
+
+#if 0
+// This is needed because of QTBUG-80347
+#pragma qt_class(QLinkedList)
+#pragma qt_class(QLinkedListData)
+#pragma qt_class(QLinkedListNode)
+#endif
+
+#if QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 15)
+
+QT_WARNING_PUSH
+QT_WARNING_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
+
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
-
-struct Q_CORE_EXPORT QLinkedListData
+struct QT_DEPRECATED_VERSION_5_15 Q_CORE_EXPORT QLinkedListData
 {
     QLinkedListData *n, *p;
     QtPrivate::RefCount ref;
@@ -69,7 +81,7 @@ struct Q_CORE_EXPORT QLinkedListData
 };
 
 template <typename T>
-struct QLinkedListNode
+struct QT_DEPRECATED_VERSION_5_15 QLinkedListNode
 {
     inline QLinkedListNode(const T &arg): t(arg) { }
     QLinkedListNode *n, *p;
@@ -77,7 +89,7 @@ struct QLinkedListNode
 };
 
 template <class T>
-class QLinkedList
+class QT_DEPRECATED_VERSION_X_5_15("Use std::list instead") QLinkedList
 {
     typedef QLinkedListNode<T> Node;
     union { QLinkedListData *d; QLinkedListNode<T> *e; };
@@ -594,6 +606,10 @@ QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
 Q_DECLARE_SEQUENTIAL_CONTAINER_METATYPE(QLinkedList)
 
+QT_WARNING_POP
+
+#endif // QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 15)
+
 #endif // QT_NO_LINKED_LIST
 
 #endif // QLINKEDLIST_H