QgsRasterLayer Class (PyQGIS)

Python 2.7.4 (default, Apr  6 2013, 19:54:46) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on zeito
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help(QgsRasterLayer)
Help on class QgsRasterLayer in module qgis.core:

class QgsRasterLayer(QgsMapLayer)
 |  QgsRasterLayer()
 |  QgsRasterLayer(QString, QString baseName=QString.null, bool loadDefaultStyleFlag=True)
 |  QgsRasterLayer(QString, QString, QString, bool loadDefaultStyleFlag=True)
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 |  Method resolution order:
 |      QgsRasterLayer
 |      QgsMapLayer
 |      PyQt4.QtCore.QObject
 |      sip.wrapper
 |      sip.simplewrapper
 |      __builtin__.object
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 |  Methods defined here:
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 |  appendError(...)
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 |  bandCount(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.bandCount() -> int
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 |  bandName(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.bandName(int) -> QString
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 |  brightnessFilter(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.brightnessFilter() -> QgsBrightnessContrastFilter
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 |  childEvent(...)
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 |  connectNotify(...)
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 |  constDataProvider(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.constDataProvider() -> QgsRasterDataProvider
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 |  customEvent(...)
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 |  dataChanged = <unbound signal dataChanged>
 |  dataProvider(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.dataProvider() -> QgsRasterDataProvider
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 |  disconnectNotify(...)
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 |  draw(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.draw(QgsRenderContext) -> bool
 |      QgsRasterLayer.draw(QPainter, QgsRasterViewPort, QgsMapToPixel theQgsMapToPixel=None)
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 |  height(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.height() -> int
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 |  hueSaturationFilter(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.hueSaturationFilter() -> QgsHueSaturationFilter
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 |  isValidRasterFileName(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.isValidRasterFileName(QString, QString) -> bool
 |      QgsRasterLayer.isValidRasterFileName(QString) -> bool
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 |  lastError(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.lastError() -> QString
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 |  lastErrorTitle(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.lastErrorTitle() -> QString
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 |  lastModified(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.lastModified(QString) -> QDateTime
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 |  legendSymbologyItems(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.legendSymbologyItems() -> list-of-tuple-of-QString-QColor
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 |  metadata(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.metadata() -> QString
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 |  onProgress(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.onProgress(int, float, QString)
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 |  paletteAsPixmap(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.paletteAsPixmap(int theBandNumber=1) -> QPixmap
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 |  pipe(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.pipe() -> QgsRasterPipe
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 |  previewAsPixmap(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.previewAsPixmap(QSize, QColor bgColor=QColor(255,255,255)) -> QPixmap
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 |  progressUpdate = <unbound signal progressUpdate>
 |  providerType(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.providerType() -> QString
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 |  rasterType(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.rasterType() -> QgsRasterLayer.LayerType
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 |  rasterUnitsPerPixelX(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.rasterUnitsPerPixelX() -> float
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 |  rasterUnitsPerPixelY(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.rasterUnitsPerPixelY() -> float
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 |  readCustomProperties(...)
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 |  readSymbology(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.readSymbology(QDomNode, QString) -> bool
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 |  readXml(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.readXml(QDomNode) -> bool
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 |  receivers(...)
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 |  reload(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.reload()
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 |  renderer(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.renderer() -> QgsRasterRenderer
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 |  rendererChanged = <unbound signal rendererChanged>
 |  resampleFilter(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.resampleFilter() -> QgsRasterResampleFilter
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 |  sender(...)
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 |  setContrastEnhancement(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.setContrastEnhancement(QgsContrastEnhancement.ContrastEnhancementAlgorithm, QgsRaster.ContrastEnhancementLimits theLimits=QgsRaster.ContrastEnhancementMinMax, QgsRectangle theExtent=QgsRectangle(), int theSampleSize=QgsRasterLayer.SAMPLE_SIZE, bool theGenerateLookupTableFlag=True)
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 |  setDataProvider(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.setDataProvider(QString)
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 |  setDefaultContrastEnhancement(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.setDefaultContrastEnhancement()
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 |  setDrawingStyle(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.setDrawingStyle(QString)
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 |  setError(...)
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 |  setExtent(...)
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 |  setLayerOrder(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.setLayerOrder(QStringList)
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 |  setRenderer(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.setRenderer(QgsRasterRenderer)
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 |  setSubLayerVisibility(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.setSubLayerVisibility(QString, bool)
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 |  setValid(...)
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 |  showProgress(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.showProgress(int)
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 |  showStatusMessage(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.showStatusMessage(QString)
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 |  subLayers(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.subLayers() -> QStringList
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 |  timerEvent(...)
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 |  timestamp(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.timestamp() -> QDateTime
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 |  triggerRepaint(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.triggerRepaint()
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 |  updateProgress(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.updateProgress(int, int)
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 |  width(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.width() -> int
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 |  writeCustomProperties(...)
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 |  writeSymbology(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.writeSymbology(QDomNode, QDomDocument, QString) -> bool
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 |  writeXml(...)
 |      QgsRasterLayer.writeXml(QDomNode, QDomDocument) -> bool
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 |  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 |  Data descriptors defined here:
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 |  CUMULATIVE_CUT_LOWER
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 |  CUMULATIVE_CUT_UPPER
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 |  SAMPLE_SIZE
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 |  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 |  Data and other attributes defined here:
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 |  ColorLayer = 3
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 |  ColorRampShader = 3
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 |  ColorShadingAlgorithm = <class 'qgis.core.ColorShadingAlgorithm'>
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 |  FreakOutShader = 2
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 |  GrayOrUndefined = 0
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 |  LayerType = <class 'qgis.core.LayerType'>
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 |  Multiband = 2
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 |  Palette = 1
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 |  PseudoColorShader = 1
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 |  UndefinedShader = 0
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 |  UserDefinedShader = 4
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 |  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 |  Methods inherited from QgsMapLayer:
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 |  abstract(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.abstract() -> QString
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 |  attribution(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.attribution() -> QString
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 |  attributionUrl(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.attributionUrl() -> QString
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 |  blendMode(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.blendMode() -> QPainter.CompositionMode
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 |  blendModeChanged = <unbound signal blendModeChanged>
 |  cacheImage(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.cacheImage() -> QImage
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 |  capitaliseLayerName(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.capitaliseLayerName(QString) -> QString
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 |  clearCacheImage(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.clearCacheImage()
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 |  crs(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.crs() -> QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem
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 |  customProperty(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.customProperty(QString, QVariant defaultValue=QVariant()) -> QVariant
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 |  dataUrl(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.dataUrl() -> QString
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 |  dataUrlFormat(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.dataUrlFormat() -> QString
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 |  drawLabels(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.drawLabels(QgsRenderContext)
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 |  drawingProgress = <unbound signal drawingProgress>
 |  error(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.error() -> QgsError
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 |  exportNamedStyle(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.exportNamedStyle(QDomDocument, QString)
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 |  exportSldStyle(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.exportSldStyle(QDomDocument, QString)
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 |  extent(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.extent() -> QgsRectangle
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 |  hasScaleBasedVisibility(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.hasScaleBasedVisibility() -> bool
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 |  id(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.id() -> QString
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 |  invalidTransformInput(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.invalidTransformInput()
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 |  isEditable(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.isEditable() -> bool
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 |  isValid(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.isValid() -> bool
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 |  keywordList(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.keywordList() -> QString
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 |  layerCrsChanged = <unbound signal layerCrsChanged>
 |  layerNameChanged = <unbound signal layerNameChanged>
 |  loadDefaultStyle(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.loadDefaultStyle() -> (QString, bool)
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 |  loadNamedStyle(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.loadNamedStyle(QString) -> (QString, bool)
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 |  loadNamedStyleFromDb(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.loadNamedStyleFromDb(QString, QString) -> (bool, QString)
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 |  loadSldStyle(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.loadSldStyle(QString) -> (QString, bool)
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 |  maximumScale(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.maximumScale() -> float
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 |  metadataUrl(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.metadataUrl() -> QString
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 |  metadataUrlFormat(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.metadataUrlFormat() -> QString
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 |  metadataUrlType(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.metadataUrlType() -> QString
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 |  minimumScale(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.minimumScale() -> float
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 |  name(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.name() -> QString
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 |  onCacheImageDelete(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.onCacheImageDelete()
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 |  originalName(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.originalName() -> QString
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 |  publicSource(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.publicSource() -> QString
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 |  readLayerXML(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.readLayerXML(QDomElement) -> bool
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 |  readSld(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.readSld(QDomNode, QString) -> bool
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 |  recalculateExtents = <unbound signal recalculateExtents>
 |  removeCustomProperty(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.removeCustomProperty(QString)
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 |  repaintRequested = <unbound signal repaintRequested>
 |  saveDefaultStyle(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.saveDefaultStyle() -> (QString, bool)
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 |  saveNamedStyle(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.saveNamedStyle(QString) -> (QString, bool)
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 |  saveSldStyle(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.saveSldStyle(QString) -> (QString, bool)
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 |  screenUpdateRequested = <unbound signal screenUpdateRequested>
 |  setAbstract(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.setAbstract(QString)
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 |  setAttribution(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.setAttribution(QString)
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 |  setAttributionUrl(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.setAttributionUrl(QString)
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 |  setBlendMode(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.setBlendMode(QPainter.CompositionMode)
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 |  setCacheImage(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.setCacheImage(QImage)
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 |  setCrs(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.setCrs(QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem, bool emitSignal=True)
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 |  setCustomProperty(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.setCustomProperty(QString, QVariant)
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 |  setDataUrl(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.setDataUrl(QString)
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 |  setDataUrlFormat(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.setDataUrlFormat(QString)
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 |  setKeywordList(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.setKeywordList(QString)
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 |  setLayerName(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.setLayerName(QString)
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 |  setMaximumScale(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.setMaximumScale(float)
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 |  setMetadataUrl(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.setMetadataUrl(QString)
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 |  setMetadataUrlFormat(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.setMetadataUrlFormat(QString)
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 |  setMetadataUrlType(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.setMetadataUrlType(QString)
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 |  setMinimumScale(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.setMinimumScale(float)
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 |  setTitle(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.setTitle(QString)
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 |  source(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.source() -> QString
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 |  statusChanged = <unbound signal statusChanged>
 |  styleURI(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.styleURI() -> QString
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 |  title(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.title() -> QString
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 |  toggleScaleBasedVisibility(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.toggleScaleBasedVisibility(bool)
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 |  type(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.type() -> QgsMapLayer.LayerType
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 |  undoStack(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.undoStack() -> QUndoStack
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 |  writeLayerXML(...)
 |      QgsMapLayer.writeLayerXML(QDomElement, QDomDocument) -> bool
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 |  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 |  Data and other attributes inherited from QgsMapLayer:
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 |  PluginLayer = 2
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 |  RasterLayer = 1
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 |  VectorLayer = 0
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 |  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 |  Methods inherited from PyQt4.QtCore.QObject:
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 |  __getattr__(...)
 |      QObject.__getattr__(str) -> object
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 |  blockSignals(...)
 |      QObject.blockSignals(bool) -> bool
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 |  children(...)
 |      QObject.children() -> list-of-QObject
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 |  connect(...)
 |      QObject.connect(QObject, SIGNAL(), QObject, SLOT(), Qt.ConnectionType=Qt.AutoConnection) -> bool
 |      QObject.connect(QObject, SIGNAL(), callable, Qt.ConnectionType=Qt.AutoConnection) -> bool
 |      QObject.connect(QObject, SIGNAL(), SLOT(), Qt.ConnectionType=Qt.AutoConnection) -> bool
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 |  deleteLater(...)
 |      QObject.deleteLater()
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 |  destroyed = <unbound signal destroyed>
 |  disconnect(...)
 |      QObject.disconnect(QObject, SIGNAL(), QObject, SLOT()) -> bool
 |      QObject.disconnect(QObject, SIGNAL(), callable) -> bool
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 |  dumpObjectInfo(...)
 |      QObject.dumpObjectInfo()
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 |  dumpObjectTree(...)
 |      QObject.dumpObjectTree()
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 |  dynamicPropertyNames(...)
 |      QObject.dynamicPropertyNames() -> list-of-QByteArray
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 |  emit(...)
 |      QObject.emit(SIGNAL(), ...)
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 |  event(...)
 |      QObject.event(QEvent) -> bool
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 |  eventFilter(...)
 |      QObject.eventFilter(QObject, QEvent) -> bool
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 |  findChild(...)
 |      QObject.findChild(type, QString name=QString()) -> QObject
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 |  findChildren(...)
 |      QObject.findChildren(type, QString name=QString()) -> list-of-QObject
 |      QObject.findChildren(type, QRegExp) -> list-of-QObject
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 |  inherits(...)
 |      QObject.inherits(str) -> bool
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 |  installEventFilter(...)
 |      QObject.installEventFilter(QObject)
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 |  isWidgetType(...)
 |      QObject.isWidgetType() -> bool
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 |  killTimer(...)
 |      QObject.killTimer(int)
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 |  metaObject(...)
 |      QObject.metaObject() -> QMetaObject
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 |  moveToThread(...)
 |      QObject.moveToThread(QThread)
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 |  objectName(...)
 |      QObject.objectName() -> QString
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 |  parent(...)
 |      QObject.parent() -> QObject
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 |  property(...)
 |      QObject.property(str) -> QVariant
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 |  pyqtConfigure(...)
 |      QObject.pyqtConfigure(...)
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 |      Each keyword argument is either the name of a Qt property or a Qt signal.
 |      For properties the property is set to the given value which should be of an
 |      appropriate type.
 |      For signals the signal is connected to the given value which should be a
 |      callable.
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 |  removeEventFilter(...)
 |      QObject.removeEventFilter(QObject)
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 |  setObjectName(...)
 |      QObject.setObjectName(QString)
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 |  setParent(...)
 |      QObject.setParent(QObject)
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 |  setProperty(...)
 |      QObject.setProperty(str, QVariant) -> bool
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 |  signalsBlocked(...)
 |      QObject.signalsBlocked() -> bool
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 |  startTimer(...)
 |      QObject.startTimer(int) -> int
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 |  thread(...)
 |      QObject.thread() -> QThread
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 |  tr(...)
 |      QObject.tr(str, str disambiguation=None, int n=-1) -> QString
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 |  trUtf8(...)
 |      QObject.trUtf8(str, str disambiguation=None, int n=-1) -> QString
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 |  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 |  Data descriptors inherited from PyQt4.QtCore.QObject:
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 |  __weakref__
 |      list of weak references to the object (if defined)
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 |  staticMetaObject
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 |  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 |  Methods inherited from sip.simplewrapper:
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 |  __init__(...)
 |      x.__init__(...) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature
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 |  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 |  Data descriptors inherited from sip.simplewrapper:
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 |  __dict__
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 |  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 |  Data and other attributes inherited from sip.simplewrapper:
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 |  __new__ = <built-in method __new__ of sip.wrappertype object>
 |      T.__new__(S, ...) -> a new object with type S, a subtype of T