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Is there a straight way to clone or "deepcopy" a QgsVectorLayer Object with python? Unfortunately the python module "copy" is not successfull with that.

Thanks in advance! nikolaus

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In the QGIS 1.9 nightly build is a new function which allows to copy a layer from the layerbox via a simple mouseclick (rightclick on layer, copy). Maybe you can search for the respective function in the QGIS api – Curlew Nov 7 '12 at 9:48
I have to solve it for Version 1.8. But otherwise this might work. Thank you! – klausb Nov 7 '12 at 10:17

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The QgsVectorLayer class is just a view into the underlying data source so you can just do this to make a new layer:

newlayer = QgsVectorLayer(layer.source(), layer.name(), layer.providerType())

where layer is a instance of another QgsVectorLayer

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Great, it's exactly what i needed. Thanks! – klausb Nov 7 '12 at 14:25

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