4 files changed, 113 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sources/pyside6/PySide6/QtCore/typesystem_core_common.xml b/sources/pyside6/PySide6/QtCore/typesystem_core_common.xml
index 2e4308cf1..b3651288e 100644
--- a/sources/pyside6/PySide6/QtCore/typesystem_core_common.xml
+++ b/sources/pyside6/PySide6/QtCore/typesystem_core_common.xml
@@ -2894,6 +2894,7 @@
   <object-type name="QMetaObject">
     <enum-type name="Call"/>
     <include file-name="qobjectdefs.h" location="global"/>
+    <include file-name="dynamicqmetaobject.h" location="global"/>
     <!-- This isn't part of Qt public API -->
     <modify-function signature="connect(const QObject*,int,const QObject*,int,int,int*)" remove="all"/>
       <value-type name="Connection" operator-bool="true">
@@ -2902,6 +2903,9 @@
         <declare-function signature="operator bool() const" return-type="bool"/>
       </value-type>
     <modify-function signature="^invokeMethod\(" allow-thread="yes"/>
+    <add-function signature="__repr__" return-type="PyObject*">
+        <inject-code class="target" position="beginning" file="../glue/qtcore.cpp" snippet="qmetaobject-repr"/>
+    </add-function>
   </object-type>
   <value-type name="QMetaProperty" >
     <!-- This isn't part of Qt public API -->
diff --git a/sources/pyside6/PySide6/glue/qtcore.cpp b/sources/pyside6/PySide6/glue/qtcore.cpp
index 4a25e435a..85d30053f 100644
--- a/sources/pyside6/PySide6/glue/qtcore.cpp
+++ b/sources/pyside6/PySide6/glue/qtcore.cpp
@@ -863,6 +863,11 @@ QByteArray ba(1 + qsizetype(%2), char(0));
 %CPPSELF.%FUNCTION_NAME(Shiboken::String::toCString(%PYARG_1), Shiboken::String::len(%PYARG_1));
 // @snippet qcryptographichash-adddata
 
+// @snippet qmetaobject-repr
+const QByteArray repr = PySide::MetaObjectBuilder::formatMetaObject(%CPPSELF).toUtf8();
+%PYARG_0 = PyUnicode_FromString(repr.constData());
+// @snippet qmetaobject-repr
+
 // @snippet qsocketdescriptor
 #ifdef WIN32
 using DescriptorType = Qt::HANDLE;
diff --git a/sources/pyside6/libpyside/dynamicqmetaobject.cpp b/sources/pyside6/libpyside/dynamicqmetaobject.cpp
index 90090018f..f1d07fc15 100644
--- a/sources/pyside6/libpyside/dynamicqmetaobject.cpp
+++ b/sources/pyside6/libpyside/dynamicqmetaobject.cpp
@@ -456,6 +456,107 @@ const QMetaObject *MetaObjectBuilder::update()
     return m_d->update();
 }
 
+static void formatEnum(QTextStream &str, const QMetaEnum &e)
+{
+    str << '"' << e.name() << "\" {";
+    for (int k = 0, cnt = e.keyCount(); k < cnt; ++k) {
+        if (k)
+            str << ", ";
+        str << e.key(k);
+    }
+    str << "}";
+}
+
+static void formatProperty(QTextStream &str, const QMetaProperty &p)
+{
+    str << '"' << p.name() << "\", " << p.typeName();
+    if (p.isWritable())
+        str << " [writeable]";
+    if (p.isResettable())
+        str << " [resettable]";
+    if (p.isConstant())
+        str << " [constant]";
+    if (p.isFinal())
+        str << " [final]";
+    if (p.isDesignable())
+        str << " [designable]";
+    auto sig = p.notifySignal();
+    if (sig.isValid())
+        str << ", notify=" << sig.name();
+}
+
+static void formatMethod(QTextStream &str, const QMetaMethod &m)
+{
+    str << "type=";
+    switch (m.methodType()) {
+    case QMetaMethod::Method:
+        str << "Method";
+        break;
+    case QMetaMethod::Signal:
+        str << "Signal";
+        break;
+    case QMetaMethod::Slot:
+        str << "Slot";
+        break;
+    case QMetaMethod::Constructor:
+        str << "Constructor";
+        break;
+    }
+
+    str << ", signature="
+      << m.methodSignature();
+    const QByteArrayList parms = m.parameterTypes();
+    if (!parms.isEmpty())
+        str << ", parameters=" << parms.join(", ");
+}
+
+QString MetaObjectBuilder::formatMetaObject(const QMetaObject *metaObject)
+{
+    QString result;
+    QTextStream str(&result);
+    str << "PySide" << QT_VERSION_MAJOR << ".QtCore.QMetaObject(\""
+        << metaObject->className() << '"';
+    if (auto *s = metaObject->superClass())
+        str << " inherits \"" << s->className() << '"';
+    str << ":\n";
+
+    int offset = metaObject->enumeratorOffset();
+    int count = metaObject->enumeratorCount();
+    if (offset < count) {
+        str << "Enumerators:\n";
+        for (int e = offset; e < count; ++e) {
+            str << "  #" << e << ' ';
+            formatEnum(str, metaObject->enumerator(e));
+            str << '\n';
+        }
+    }
+
+    offset = metaObject->propertyOffset();
+    count = metaObject->propertyCount();
+    if (offset < count) {
+        str << "Properties:\n";
+        for (int p = offset; p < count; ++p) {
+            str << "  #" << p << ' ';
+            formatProperty(str, metaObject->property(p));
+            str << '\n';
+        }
+    }
+
+    offset = metaObject->methodOffset();
+    count = metaObject->methodCount();
+    if (offset < count) {
+        str << "Methods:\n";
+        for (int m = offset; m < count; ++m) {
+            str << "  #" << m << ' ';
+            formatMethod(str, metaObject->method(m));
+            str << '\n';
+        }
+    }
+
+    str << ')';
+    return result;
+}
+
 using namespace Shiboken;
 
 void MetaObjectBuilderPrivate::parsePythonType(PyTypeObject *type)
diff --git a/sources/pyside6/libpyside/dynamicqmetaobject.h b/sources/pyside6/libpyside/dynamicqmetaobject.h
index 6e7a079a3..a5366c919 100644
--- a/sources/pyside6/libpyside/dynamicqmetaobject.h
+++ b/sources/pyside6/libpyside/dynamicqmetaobject.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #define DYNAMICQMETAOBJECT_H
 
 #include <sbkpython.h>
+#include <pysidemacros.h>
 
 #include <QtCore/QMetaObject>
 #include <QtCore/QMetaMethod>
@@ -77,6 +78,8 @@ public:
 
     const QMetaObject *update();
 
+    PYSIDE_API static QString formatMetaObject(const QMetaObject *metaObject);
+
 private:
     MetaObjectBuilderPrivate *m_d;
 };