cxx-qt-lib: Add bindings for QMessageLogContext and qt_message_output

This allows Rust and CXX-Qt applications to send messages to the Qt
logger.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - `QDateTime::from_string` to parse `QDateTime` from a `QString`.
 - Support for further types: `QUuid`
+- Support for `QMessageLogContext` and sending log messages to the Qt message handler.
 
 ### Fixed
 

crates/cxx-qt-lib/build.rs

@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ fn main() {
         "core/qstringlist",
         "core/qt",
         "core/qtime",
+        "core/qtlogging",
         "core/qurl",
         "core/quuid",
         "core/qvariant/mod",
@@ -276,6 +277,7 @@ fn main() {
         "core/qstring",
         "core/qstringlist",
         "core/qtime",
+        "core/qtlogging",
         "core/qurl",
         "core/quuid",
         "core/qvariant/qvariant",

crates/cxx-qt-lib/include/core/qtlogging.h

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// clang-format off
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, a KDAB Group company <[email protected]>
+// clang-format on
+// SPDX-FileContributor: Joshua Goins <[email protected]>
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR Apache-2.0
+#pragma once
+
+#include "rust/cxx.h"
+#include <QDebug>
+#include <QtCore/qlogging.h>
+
+QMessageLogContext
+construct_qmessagelogcontext(const char* fileName,
+                             int lineNumber,
+                             const char* functionName,
+                             const char* categoryName);
+
+int
+qmessagelogcontext_line(const QMessageLogContext& context);
+
+const char*
+qmessagelogcontext_file(const QMessageLogContext& context);
+
+const char*
+qmessagelogcontext_function(const QMessageLogContext& context);
+
+const char*
+qmessagelogcontext_category(const QMessageLogContext& context);
+
+// Define namespace otherwise we hit a GCC bug
+// https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56480
+namespace rust {
+
+template<>
+struct IsRelocatable<QMessageLogContext> : ::std::true_type
+{};
+
+} // namespace rust

crates/cxx-qt-lib/src/core/mod.rs

@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ pub use qvariant::{QVariant, QVariantValue};
 mod qvector;
 pub use qvector::{QVector, QVectorElement};
 
+mod qtlogging;
+pub use qtlogging::{qt_message_output, QMessageLogContext, QtMsgType};
+
 #[cxx::bridge]
 mod ffi {
     #[namespace = "rust::cxxqtlib1"]

crates/cxx-qt-lib/src/core/qtlogging.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// clang-format off
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, a KDAB Group company <[email protected]>
+// clang-format on
+// SPDX-FileContributor: Joshua Goins <[email protected]>
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR Apache-2.0
+#include "cxx-qt-lib/qtlogging.h"
+
+#include <cxx-qt-lib/assertion_utils.h>
+
+// QMessageLogContext has three "const char*" members for line, category, etc
+// https://codebrowser.dev/qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/global/qlogging.h.html#QMessageLogContext
+assert_alignment_and_size(QMessageLogContext, {
+  int version;
+  int line;
+  const char* file;
+  const char* function;
+  const char* category;
+});
+
+static_assert(!::std::is_trivially_copy_assignable<QMessageLogContext>::value);
+static_assert(
+  !::std::is_trivially_copy_constructible<QMessageLogContext>::value);
+static_assert(::std::is_trivially_destructible<QMessageLogContext>::value);
+
+QMessageLogContext
+construct_qmessagelogcontext(const char* fileName,
+                             int lineNumber,
+                             const char* functionName,
+                             const char* categoryName)
+{
+  return QMessageLogContext(fileName, lineNumber, functionName, categoryName);
+}
+
+int
+qmessagelogcontext_line(const QMessageLogContext& context)
+{
+  return context.line;
+}
+
+const char*
+qmessagelogcontext_file(const QMessageLogContext& context)
+{
+  return context.file;
+}
+
+const char*
+qmessagelogcontext_function(const QMessageLogContext& context)
+{
+  return context.function;
+}
+
+const char*
+qmessagelogcontext_category(const QMessageLogContext& context)
+{
+  return context.category;
+}

crates/cxx-qt-lib/src/core/qtlogging.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, a KDAB Group company <[email protected]>
+// SPDX-FileContributor: Joshua Goins <[email protected]>
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR Apache-2.0
+use cxx::{type_id, ExternType};
+use std::ffi::c_char;
+use std::ffi::CStr;
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
+
+#[cxx::bridge]
+mod ffi {
+    /// The level the message is sent to the message handler at.
+    #[repr(i32)]
+    enum QtMsgType {
+        /// A debug message.
+        QtDebugMsg = 0,
+        /// An info message.
+        QtInfoMsg = 4,
+        /// A warning message.
+        QtWarningMsg = 1,
+        /// A fatal message.
+        QtFatalMsg = 3,
+        /// A critical message.
+        QtCriticalMsg = 2,
+    }
+
+    unsafe extern "C++" {
+        include!("cxx-qt-lib/qstring.h");
+        type QString = crate::QString;
+
+        include!("cxx-qt-lib/qtlogging.h");
+        type QMessageLogContext<'a> = crate::QMessageLogContext<'a>;
+        type QtMsgType;
+
+        /// Outputs a message in the Qt message handler.
+        fn qt_message_output(msgType: QtMsgType, context: &QMessageLogContext, string: &QString);
+
+        #[cxx_name = "qmessagelogcontext_line"]
+        #[doc(hidden)]
+        fn line(context: &QMessageLogContext) -> i32;
+
+        #[cxx_name = "qmessagelogcontext_file"]
+        #[doc(hidden)]
+        unsafe fn file(context: &QMessageLogContext) -> *const c_char;
+
+        #[cxx_name = "qmessagelogcontext_function"]
+        #[doc(hidden)]
+        unsafe fn function(context: &QMessageLogContext) -> *const c_char;
+
+        #[cxx_name = "qmessagelogcontext_category"]
+        #[doc(hidden)]
+        unsafe fn category(context: &QMessageLogContext) -> *const c_char;
+    }
+
+    #[namespace = "rust::cxxqtlib1"]
+    unsafe extern "C++" {
+        include!("cxx-qt-lib/common.h");
+
+        #[doc(hidden)]
+        #[rust_name = "construct_qmessagelogcontext"]
+        unsafe fn construct<'a>(
+            file_name: *const c_char,
+            line_number: i32,
+            function_name: *const c_char,
+            category_name: *const c_char,
+        ) -> QMessageLogContext<'a>;
+    }
+}
+
+/// The QMessageLogContext struct defines the context passed to the Qt message handler.
+#[repr(C)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct QMessageLogContext<'a> {
+    version: i32,
+    line: i32,
+    file: *const c_char,
+    function: *const c_char,
+    category: *const c_char,
+    _phantom: PhantomData<&'a c_char>,
+}
+
+impl<'a> QMessageLogContext<'a> {
+    pub fn new(
+        file: &'a CStr,
+        line: i32,
+        function: &'a CStr,
+        category: &'a CStr,
+    ) -> QMessageLogContext<'a> {
+        unsafe {
+            ffi::construct_qmessagelogcontext(
+                file.as_ptr(),
+                line,
+                function.as_ptr(),
+                category.as_ptr(),
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The line number given to the message handler.
+    pub fn line(&self) -> i32 {
+        ffi::line(self)
+    }
+
+    /// The file path given to the message handler.
+    pub fn file(&self) -> &'a CStr {
+        unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(ffi::file(self)) }
+    }
+
+    /// The name of the function given to the message handler.
+    pub fn function(&self) -> &'a CStr {
+        unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(ffi::function(self)) }
+    }
+
+    /// The category given to the message handler.
+    pub fn category(&self) -> &'a CStr {
+        unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(ffi::category(self)) }
+    }
+}
+
+// Safety:
+//
+// Static checks on the C++ side ensure that QMessageLogContext is trivial.
+unsafe impl ExternType for QMessageLogContext<'_> {
+    type Id = type_id!("QMessageLogContext");
+    type Kind = cxx::kind::Trivial;
+}
+
+use crate::core::qtlogging::ffi::category;
+pub use ffi::{qt_message_output, QtMsgType};