[Qgis-developer] 'reload' a layer

[G. Allegri]

Do you mean refresh the rendering or synchronizing the layer with the data
source?
I usually use QgsMapLayer::reload() for the latter, and
QgsMapCanvas::refresh() for the first.

giovanni

2012/5/16 Carson Farmer <carson.farmer at gmail.com>

> Hi list, does anyone know of a clever way to (programmatically) reload
> a layer without actually removing it and re-adding it to the layer
> list. Some context: I have a layer that sometimes gets updated by an
> external application, and I want to be able to 'refresh' the layer
> from the Python console to reflect these changes (new features,
> deleted features, new attributes, etc.). I *could* simply load the
> layer again, but I'm hoping there is a more efficient way to do this
> (also I want to keep the current styling, layer order, unique layer
> id, etc).
>
> Any thoughts/ideas? Note: assume we are working with a spatialite layer
> for now.
>
> Carson
>
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