diff --git a/src/webengine/api/qquickwebenginedownloaditem.cpp b/src/webengine/api/qquickwebenginedownloaditem.cpp
index d40ca732a2da85995a9e9931eb8f3a71cd443753..d8f96193d4cbea9c2cd709e8f984bb27e0fff3ba 100644
--- a/src/webengine/api/qquickwebenginedownloaditem.cpp
+++ b/src/webengine/api/qquickwebenginedownloaditem.cpp
@@ -123,10 +123,44 @@ QQuickWebEngineDownloadItemPrivate::~QQuickWebEngineDownloadItemPrivate()
\since QtWebEngine 1.1
\brief Provides information about a download.
- Stores the state of a download to be used to manage requested downloads.
-
- By default, the download is rejected unless the user explicitly accepts it with
- accept().
+ WebEngineDownloadItem models a download throughout its life cycle, starting
+ with a pending download request and finishing with a completed download. It
+ can be used, for example, to get information about new downloads, to monitor
+ progress, and to pause, resume, and cancel downloads.
+
+ Downloads are usually triggered by user interaction on a web page. It is the
+ WebEngineProfile's responsibility to notify the application of new download
+ requests, which it does by emitting the
+ \l{WebEngineProfile::downloadRequested}{downloadRequested} signal together
+ with a newly created WebEngineDownloadItem. The application can then examine
+ this item and decide whether to accept it or not. A signal handler must
+ explicitly call accept() on the item for Qt WebEngine to actually start
+ downloading and writing data to disk. If no signal handler calls accept(),
+ then the download request will be automatically rejected and nothing will be
+ written to disk.
+
+ \note Some properties, like the \l path under which the file will be saved,
+ can only be changed before calling accept().
+
+ \section2 Object Life Cycle
+
+ All items are guaranteed to be valid during the emission of the
+ \l{WebEngineProfile::downloadRequested}{downloadRequested} signal. If
+ accept() is \e not called by any signal handler, then the item will be
+ deleted \e immediately after signal emission. This means that the
+ application \b{must not} keep references to rejected download items.
+
+ \section2 Web Page Downloads
+
+ In addition to normal file downloads, which consist simply of retrieving
+ some raw bytes from the network and writing them to disk, Qt WebEngine also
+ supports saving complete web pages, which involves parsing the page's HTML,
+ downloading any dependent resources, and potentially packaging everything
+ into a special file format (\l savePageFormat). To check if a download is
+ for a file or a web page, use \l isSavePageDownload.
+
+ \sa WebEngineProfile, WebEngineProfile::downloadRequested,
+ WebEngineProfile::downloadFinished
*/
void QQuickWebEngineDownloadItemPrivate::update(const BrowserContextAdapterClient::DownloadItemInfo &info)
@@ -175,6 +209,12 @@ void QQuickWebEngineDownloadItemPrivate::updateState(QQuickWebEngineDownloadItem
\qmlmethod void WebEngineDownloadItem::accept()
Accepts the download request, which will start the download.
+
+ If the item is in the \c DownloadRequested state, then it will transition
+ into the \c DownloadInProgress state and the downloading will begin. If the
+ item is in any other state, then nothing will happen.
+
+ \sa state
*/
void QQuickWebEngineDownloadItem::accept()
@@ -191,6 +231,16 @@ void QQuickWebEngineDownloadItem::accept()
\qmlmethod void WebEngineDownloadItem::cancel()
Cancels the download.
+
+ If the item is in the \c DownloadInProgress state, then it will transition
+ into the \c DownloadCancelled state, the downloading will stop, and
+ partially downloaded files will be deleted from disk.
+
+ If the item is in the \c DownloadCompleted state, then nothing will happen.
+ If the item is in any other state, then it will transition into the \c
+ DownloadCancelled state without further effect.
+
+ \sa state
*/
void QQuickWebEngineDownloadItem::cancel()
@@ -219,6 +269,11 @@ void QQuickWebEngineDownloadItem::cancel()
\since QtWebEngine 1.6
Pauses the download.
+
+ Has no effect if the state is not \c DownloadInProgress. Does not change the
+ state.
+
+ \sa resume, isPaused
*/
void QQuickWebEngineDownloadItem::pause()
@@ -239,6 +294,11 @@ void QQuickWebEngineDownloadItem::pause()
\since QtWebEngine 1.6
Resumes the download if it was paused or interrupted.
+
+ Has no effect if the state is not \c DownloadInProgress or \c
+ DownloadInterrupted. Does not change the state.
+
+ \sa pause, isPaused
*/
void QQuickWebEngineDownloadItem::resume()
{
@@ -335,8 +395,9 @@ QString QQuickWebEngineDownloadItem::mimeType() const
The path includes the file name. The default suggested path is the standard
download location and file name is deduced not to overwrite already existing files.
- The download path can only be set in the \c WebEngineProfile.onDownloadRequested
- handler before the download is accepted.
+ The download path can only be set in the
+ \l{WebEngineProfile::downloadRequested}{downloadRequested} handler before
+ the download is accepted.
\sa WebEngineProfile::downloadRequested(), accept()
*/
@@ -520,6 +581,8 @@ bool QQuickWebEngineDownloadItem::isFinished() const
\since QtWebEngine 1.6
Whether this download is paused.
+
+ \sa pause, resume
*/
bool QQuickWebEngineDownloadItem::isPaused() const
diff --git a/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebenginedownloaditem.cpp b/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebenginedownloaditem.cpp
index c89cafb58009cec54257e9ffe952d026a3021271..502dfffe0ae0dc5d525daeddf1aa6a3556b86ecc 100644
--- a/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebenginedownloaditem.cpp
+++ b/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebenginedownloaditem.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,55 @@ static inline QWebEngineDownloadItem::DownloadInterruptReason toDownloadInterrup
\inmodule QtWebEngineWidgets
- QWebEngineDownloadItem stores the state of a download to be used to manage requested downloads.
+ QWebEngineDownloadItem models a download throughout its life cycle, starting
+ with a pending download request and finishing with a completed download. It
+ can be used, for example, to get information about new downloads, to monitor
+ progress, and to pause, resume, and cancel downloads.
+
+ Downloads are usually triggered by user interaction on a web page. It is the
+ QWebEngineProfile's responsibility to notify the application of new download
+ requests, which it does by emitting the
+ \l{QWebEngineProfile::downloadRequested}{downloadRequested} signal together
+ with a newly created QWebEngineDownloadItem. The application can then
+ examine this item and decide whether to accept it or not. A signal handler
+ must explicitly call accept() on the item for Qt WebEngine to actually start
+ downloading and writing data to disk. If no signal handler calls accept(),
+ then the download request will be automatically rejected and nothing will be
+ written to disk.
+
+ \note Some properties, like the \l path under which the file will be saved,
+ can only be changed before calling accept().
+
+ \section2 Object Life Cycle
+
+ All items are guaranteed to be valid during the emission of the
+ \l{QWebEngineProfile::downloadRequested}{downloadRequested} signal. If
+ accept() is \e not called by any signal handler, then the item will be
+ deleted \e immediately after signal emission. This means that the
+ application \b{must not} keep references to rejected download items. It also
+ means the application should not use a queued connection to this signal.
+
+ If accept() \e is called by a signal handler, then the QWebEngineProfile
+ will take ownership of the item. However, it is safe for the application to
+ delete the item at any time, except during the handling of the
+ \l{QWebEngineProfile::downloadRequested}{downloadRequested} signal. The
+ QWebEngineProfile being a long-lived object, it is in fact recommended that
+ the application delete any items it is no longer interested in.
+
+ \note Deleting an item will not cancel a possible ongoing download. If that
+ is desirable, then cancel() must be called separately.
+
+ \section2 Web Page Downloads
+
+ In addition to normal file downloads, which consist simply of retrieving
+ some raw bytes from the network and writing them to disk, Qt WebEngine also
+ supports saving complete web pages, which involves parsing the page's HTML,
+ downloading any dependent resources, and potentially packaging everything
+ into a special file format (\l savePageFormat). To check if a download is
+ for a file or a web page, use \l isSavePageDownload.
+
+ \sa QWebEngineProfile, QWebEngineProfile::downloadRequested,
+ QWebEnginePage::download, QWebEnginePage::save
*/
QWebEngineDownloadItemPrivate::QWebEngineDownloadItemPrivate(QWebEngineProfilePrivate *p, const QUrl &url)
@@ -163,6 +211,10 @@ void QWebEngineDownloadItemPrivate::update(const BrowserContextAdapterClient::Do
/*!
Accepts the current download request, which will start the download.
+ If the item is in the \l DownloadRequested state, then it will transition
+ into the \l DownloadInProgress state and the downloading will begin. If the
+ item is in any other state, then nothing will happen.
+
\sa finished(), stateChanged()
*/
@@ -180,6 +232,14 @@ void QWebEngineDownloadItem::accept()
/*!
Cancels the current download.
+ If the item is in the \l DownloadInProgress state, then it will transition
+ into the \l DownloadCancelled state, the downloading will stop, and partially
+ downloaded files will be deleted from disk.
+
+ If the item is in the \l DownloadCompleted state, then nothing will happen.
+ If the item is in any other state, then it will transition into the \l
+ DownloadCancelled state without further effect.
+
\sa finished(), stateChanged()
*/
@@ -206,9 +266,12 @@ void QWebEngineDownloadItem::cancel()
/*!
\since 5.10
- Pauses the current download. Has no effect if the state is not \c DownloadInProgress.
+ Pauses the download.
- \sa resume()
+ Has no effect if the state is not \l DownloadInProgress. Does not change the
+ state.
+
+ \sa resume(), isPaused()
*/
void QWebEngineDownloadItem::pause()
@@ -227,6 +290,9 @@ void QWebEngineDownloadItem::pause()
\since 5.10
Resumes the current download if it was paused or interrupted.
+ Has no effect if the state is not \l DownloadInProgress or \l
+ DownloadInterrupted. Does not change the state.
+
\sa pause(), isPaused(), state()
*/
void QWebEngineDownloadItem::resume()
@@ -251,7 +317,7 @@ quint32 QWebEngineDownloadItem::id() const
}
/*!
- \fn QWebEngineDownloadItem::finished()
+ \fn void QWebEngineDownloadItem::finished()
This signal is emitted when the download finishes.
@@ -259,7 +325,7 @@ quint32 QWebEngineDownloadItem::id() const
*/
/*!
- \fn QWebEngineDownloadItem::isPausedChanged(bool isPaused)
+ \fn void QWebEngineDownloadItem::isPausedChanged(bool isPaused)
\since 5.10
This signal is emitted whenever \a isPaused changes.
@@ -268,7 +334,7 @@ quint32 QWebEngineDownloadItem::id() const
*/
/*!
- \fn QWebEngineDownloadItem::stateChanged(DownloadState state)
+ \fn void QWebEngineDownloadItem::stateChanged(DownloadState state)
This signal is emitted whenever the download's \a state changes.
@@ -276,7 +342,7 @@ quint32 QWebEngineDownloadItem::id() const
*/
/*!
- \fn QWebEngineDownloadItem::downloadProgress(qint64 bytesReceived, qint64 bytesTotal)
+ \fn void QWebEngineDownloadItem::downloadProgress(qint64 bytesReceived, qint64 bytesTotal)
This signal is emitted to indicate the progress of the download request.
@@ -478,7 +544,7 @@ bool QWebEngineDownloadItem::isFinished() const
/*!
Returns whether this download is paused.
- \sa pause()
+ \sa pause(), resume()
*/
bool QWebEngineDownloadItem::isPaused() const