Move field icon calculation to QgsFields, show correct field type

icons in attribute table column filter menu (instead of new
attribute icon) and in field table in vector properties

python/core/qgsfield.sip

@@ -348,6 +348,22 @@ class QgsFields
     //! @note added in 2.6
     bool operator!=( const QgsFields& other ) const;
 
+    /** Returns an icon corresponding to a field index, based on the field's type and source
+     * @note added in QGIS 2.14
+     */
+    QIcon iconForField( int fieldIdx ) const /Factory/;
+    %MethodCode
+      if ( a0 < 0 || a0 >= sipCpp->count() )
+      {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_KeyError, QByteArray::number(a0));
+        sipIsErr = 1;
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        sipRes = new QIcon( sipCpp->iconForField( a0 ) );
+      }
+    %End
+
 /*  SIP_PYOBJECT __getitem__(int key);
 %MethodCode
   if (a0 = sipConvertFromSequenceIndex(a0, sipCpp->count()) < 0)

src/app/qgsattributetabledialog.cpp

@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ void QgsAttributeTableDialog::columnBoxInit()
 
     if ( mLayer->editFormConfig()->widgetType( idx ) != "Hidden" )
     {
-      QIcon icon = QgsApplication::getThemeIcon( "/mActionNewAttribute.png" );
+      QIcon icon = mLayer->fields().iconForField( idx );
       QString alias = mLayer->attributeDisplayName( idx );
 
       // Generate action for the filter popup button

src/app/qgsfieldsproperties.cpp

@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ void QgsFieldsProperties::setRow( int row, int idx, const QgsField& field )
       break;
 
     default:
-      dataItem->setIcon( QgsApplication::getThemeIcon( "/propertyicons/attributes.png" ) );
+      dataItem->setIcon( mLayer->fields().iconForField( idx ) );
       break;
   }
   mFieldsList->setItem( row, attrIdCol, dataItem );

src/core/qgsfield.cpp

@@ -17,10 +17,12 @@
 #include "qgsfield.h"
 #include "qgsfield_p.h"
 #include "qgis.h"
+#include "qgsapplication.h"
 
 #include <QSettings>
 #include <QDataStream>
 #include <QtCore/qmath.h>
+#include <QIcon>
 
 /***************************************************************************
  * This class is considered CRITICAL and any change MUST be accompanied with
@@ -437,6 +439,61 @@ bool QgsFields::operator==( const QgsFields &other ) const
   return d->fields == other.d->fields;
 }
 
+QIcon QgsFields::iconForField( int fieldIdx ) const
+{
+  static QIcon intIcon;
+  if ( intIcon.isNull() )
+    intIcon = QgsApplication::getThemeIcon( "/mIconFieldInteger.svg" );
+  static QIcon floatIcon;
+  if ( floatIcon.isNull() )
+    floatIcon = QgsApplication::getThemeIcon( "/mIconFieldFloat.svg" );
+  static QIcon stringIcon;
+  if ( stringIcon.isNull() )
+    stringIcon = QgsApplication::getThemeIcon( "/mIconFieldText.svg" );
+  static QIcon dateIcon;
+  if ( dateIcon.isNull() )
+    dateIcon = QgsApplication::getThemeIcon( "/mIconFieldDate.svg" );
+  static QIcon dateTimeIcon;
+  if ( dateTimeIcon.isNull() )
+    dateTimeIcon = QgsApplication::getThemeIcon( "/mIconFieldDateTime.svg" );
+  static QIcon timeIcon;
+  if ( timeIcon.isNull() )
+    timeIcon = QgsApplication::getThemeIcon( "/mIconFieldTime.svg" );
+
+  switch ( d->fields.at( fieldIdx ).field.type() )
+  {
+    case QVariant::Int:
+    case QVariant::UInt:
+    case QVariant::LongLong:
+    case QVariant::ULongLong:
+    {
+      return intIcon;
+    }
+    case QVariant::Double:
+    {
+      return floatIcon;
+    }
+    case QVariant::String:
+    {
+      return stringIcon;
+    }
+    case QVariant::Date:
+    {
+      return dateIcon;
+    }
+    case QVariant::DateTime:
+    {
+      return dateTimeIcon;
+    }
+    case QVariant::Time:
+    {
+      return timeIcon;
+    }
+    default:
+      return QIcon();
+  }
+}
+
 /***************************************************************************
  * This class is considered CRITICAL and any change MUST be accompanied with
  * full unit tests in testqgsfields.cpp.

src/core/qgsfield.h

@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsField
      */
     bool convertCompatible( QVariant& v ) const;
 
-
   private:
 
     QSharedDataPointer<QgsFieldPrivate> d;
@@ -285,6 +284,11 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsFields
     //! @note added in 2.6
     bool operator!=( const QgsFields& other ) const { return !( *this == other ); }
 
+    /** Returns an icon corresponding to a field index, based on the field's type and source
+     * @note added in QGIS 2.14
+     */
+    QIcon iconForField( int fieldIdx ) const;
+
   private:
 
     QSharedDataPointer<QgsFieldsPrivate> d;

src/gui/qgsfieldmodel.cpp

@@ -382,41 +382,7 @@ QVariant QgsFieldModel::data( const QModelIndex &index, int role ) const
     {
       if ( exprIdx < 0 )
       {
-        QgsField field = mFields[index.row()];
-        int fieldType = static_cast< int >( field.type() );
-
-        switch ( fieldType )
-        {
-          case QVariant::Int:
-          case QVariant::UInt:
-          case QVariant::LongLong:
-          case QVariant::ULongLong:
-          {
-            return intIcon;
-          }
-          case QVariant::Double:
-          {
-            return floatIcon;
-          }
-          case QVariant::String:
-          {
-            return stringIcon;
-          }
-          case QVariant::Date:
-          {
-            return dateIcon;
-          }
-          case QVariant::DateTime:
-          {
-            return dateTimeIcon;
-          }
-          case QVariant::Time:
-          {
-            return timeIcon;
-          }
-          default:
-            return QIcon();
-        }
+        return mFields.iconForField( index.row() );
       }
       return QIcon();
     }

tests/src/python/test_qgsfield.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 import qgis
 import os
 
-from qgis.core import QgsField, QgsVectorLayer, NULL
+from qgis.core import QgsField, QgsFields, QgsVectorLayer, NULL
 from qgis.testing import (start_app,
                           unittest
                           )
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 class TestQgsFields(unittest.TestCase):
 
-    def test_expections(self):
+    def test_exceptions(self):
         ml = QgsVectorLayer("Point?crs=epsg:4236&field=id:integer&field=value:double",
                             "test_data", "memory")
         assert ml.isValid()
@@ -79,5 +79,13 @@ def test_expections(self):
         with self.assertRaises(KeyError):
             fields.fieldOriginIndex(111)
 
+        # check no error
+        fields.iconForField(1)
+        # check exceptions raised
+        with self.assertRaises(KeyError):
+            fields.iconForField(-1)
+        with self.assertRaises(KeyError):
+            fields.iconForField(111)
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()