PyQt Drop Event without subclassing?

This python pyqt code works how I intended. But, I don't like having to subclass QLineEdit so that I can detect file drop onto my QLineEdit field. I like the more elegant and simpler "connect" technique (new style signal/slot handling) that I used to detect text changes to the edit field.

My question: Is there a signal/slot connect solution for handling drops on the edit field without having to subclass QLineEdit?

Also, it is annoying that I must implement both methods in the subclass... dragEnterEvent & dropEvent to make the drop work!

import sys
from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore

class dropedit(QtGui.QLineEdit):   # subclass 
    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super(dropedit, self).__init__(parent)
        self.setDragEnabled(True)
        self.setAcceptDrops(True)

    def dragEnterEvent(self, event):
        print "dragEnterEvent:"

        if event.mimeData().hasUrls():
            event.accept()   # must accept the dragEnterEvent or else the dropEvent can't occur !!!
        else:
            event.ignore()

    def dropEvent(self, event):

        if event.mimeData().hasUrls():   # if file or link is dropped

            urlcount = len(event.mimeData().urls())  # count number of drops

            url = event.mimeData().urls()[0]   # get first url

            self.setText(url.toString())   # assign first url to editline

            #event.accept()  # doesnt appear to be needed

class testDialog(QtGui.QDialog):
    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super(testDialog, self).__init__(parent)


        form = QtGui.QFormLayout()
        form.setHorizontalSpacing(0)

        myedit = dropedit()
        form.addWidget(myedit)

        self.setLayout(form)
        self.setGeometry(300, 300, 400, 0)
        self.setWindowTitle('drop test')

        myedit.textChanged.connect(self.editchange)   # new style signal slot connections

    @QtCore.pyqtSlot(str)   # int represent the column value
    def editchange(self,data):
        print "editchange:", data

if __name__ == "__main__":

    app = QtGui.QApplication([])
    dl = testDialog()
    dl.exec_()
    sys.exit(app.closeAllWindows())

No need to subclass: you can use an event filter:

import sys
from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore

class testDialog(QtGui.QDialog):
    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super(testDialog, self).__init__(parent)

        form = QtGui.QFormLayout()
        form.setHorizontalSpacing(0)

        self.myedit = QtGui.QLineEdit()
        self.myedit.setDragEnabled(True)
        self.myedit.setAcceptDrops(True)
        self.myedit.installEventFilter(self)

        form.addWidget(self.myedit)

        self.setLayout(form)
        self.setGeometry(300, 300, 400, 0)
        self.setWindowTitle('drop test')

        self.myedit.textChanged.connect(self.editchange)   # new style signal slot connections

    @QtCore.pyqtSlot(str)   # int represent the column value
    def editchange(self,data):
        print "editchange:", data.toLatin1()

    def eventFilter(self, object, event):
        if (object is self.myedit):
            if (event.type() == QtCore.QEvent.DragEnter):
                if event.mimeData().hasUrls():
                    event.accept()   # must accept the dragEnterEvent or else the dropEvent can't occur !!!
                    print "accept"
                else:
                    event.ignore()
                    print "ignore"
            if (event.type() == QtCore.QEvent.Drop):
                if event.mimeData().hasUrls():   # if file or link is dropped
                    urlcount = len(event.mimeData().urls())  # count number of drops
                    url = event.mimeData().urls()[0]   # get first url
                    object.setText(url.toString())   # assign first url to editline
                    #event.accept()  # doesnt appear to be needed
            return False # lets the event continue to the edit
        return False

if __name__ == "__main__":

    app = QtGui.QApplication([])
    dl = testDialog()
    dl.exec_()
    sys.exit(app.closeAllWindows())