Declare abstract signal in interface class

In Qt, "signals" is synonim for "protected". But it helps MOC to generate necessary code. So, if you require interface with some signals - you should declare them as virtual abstract protected methods. All neccessary code will be generated by MOC - you may see details, that "emit somesignal" will be replaced with virtual call of protected method with same name. Note, that the body of with method aslo generated by Qt.

UPDATE: Sample code:

MyInterfaces.h

#pragma once

struct MyInterface1
{
signals:
    virtual void event1() = 0;
};

struct MyInterface2
{
signals:
    virtual void event2() = 0;
};

MyImpl.h

#ifndef MYIMPL_H
#define MYIMPL_H

#include <QObject>
#include "MyInterfaces.h"

class MyImpl
    : public QObject
    , public MyInterface1
    , public MyInterface2
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    MyImpl( QObject *parent );
    ~MyImpl();

    void doWork();

signals:
    void event1();
    void event2();
};

class MyListner
    : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    MyListner( QObject *parent );
    ~MyListner();

public slots:
    void on1();
    void on2();
};

#endif // MYIMPL_H

MyImpl.cpp

#include "MyImpl.h"
#include <QDebug>

MyImpl::MyImpl(QObject *parent)
    : QObject(parent)
{}

MyImpl::~MyImpl()
{}

void MyImpl::doWork()
{
    emit event1();
    emit event2();
}

MyListner::MyListner( QObject *parent )
{}

MyListner::~MyListner()
{}

void MyListner::on1()
{
    qDebug() << "on1";
}

void MyListner::on2()
{
    qDebug() << "on2";
}

main.cpp

#include <QCoreApplication>
#include "MyImpl.h"

int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
{
    QCoreApplication a( argc, argv );

    MyImpl *invoker = new MyImpl( NULL );
    MyListner *listner = new MyListner( NULL );

    MyInterface1 *i1 = invoker;
    MyInterface2 *i2 = invoker;

    // i1, i2 - not QObjects, but we are sure, that they will be.
    QObject::connect( dynamic_cast< QObject * >( i1 ), SIGNAL( event1() ), listner, SLOT( on1() ) );
    QObject::connect( dynamic_cast< QObject * >( i2 ), SIGNAL( event2() ), listner, SLOT( on2() ) );

    invoker->doWork();

    return a.exec();
}

As I found out in the last days... the Qt way of doing this is like this:

class IEmitSomething
{
   public:
     virtual ~IEmitSomething(){} // do not forget this

   signals: // <- ignored by moc and only serves as documentation aid
            // The code will work exactly the same if signals: is absent.
     virtual void someThingHappened() = 0;
}

Q_DECLARE_INTERFACE(IEmitSomething, "IEmitSomething") // define this out of namespace scope

class ImplementEmitterOfSomething : public QWidget, public IEmitSomething
{
   Q_OBJECT
   Q_INTERFACES(IEmitSomething)

   signals:
      void someThingHappended();
}

Now you can connect to those interface signals.

If you don't have access to the implementation when connecting to the signal your connect statement will require a dynamic cast to QObject:

IEmitSomething* es = ... // your implementation class

connect(dynamic_cast<QObject*>(es), SIGNAL(someThingHappended()), ...);

... and this way you're not forced to expose the implementation class to subscribers and clients. Yeah!!!