Add an invokable to create a filterless feature iterator

Author: nirvn

src/core/utils/layerutils.cpp

@@ -584,6 +584,12 @@ QgsVectorLayer *LayerUtils::createMemoryLayer( const QString &name, const QgsFie
   return layer;
 }
 
+FeatureIterator LayerUtils::createFeatureIterator( QgsVectorLayer *layer )
+{
+  const QgsFeatureRequest request = QgsFeatureRequest();
+  return FeatureIterator( layer, request );
+}
+
 FeatureIterator LayerUtils::createFeatureIteratorFromExpression( QgsVectorLayer *layer, const QString &expression )
 {
   const QgsFeatureRequest request = QgsFeatureRequest( QgsExpression( expression ) );

src/core/utils/layerutils.h

@@ -217,6 +217,11 @@ class LayerUtils : public QObject
                                                           Qgis::WkbType geometryType = Qgis::WkbType::NoGeometry,
                                                           const QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem &crs = QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem() );
 
+    /**
+     * Returns a feature iterator to get all features within the provided \a layer.
+     */
+    Q_INVOKABLE static FeatureIterator createFeatureIterator( QgsVectorLayer *layer );
+
     /**
      * Returns a feature iterator to get features matching a given \a expression within the provided \a layer.
      */