Source/cmSubdirCommand.h

   1 /*=========================================================================
   2
   3   Program:   CMake - Cross-Platform Makefile Generator
   4   Module:    $RCSfile: cmSubdirCommand.h,v $
   5   Language:  C++
   6   Date:      $Date: 2008-01-23 15:27:59 $
   7   Version:   $Revision: 1.21 $
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  17 #ifndef cmSubdirCommand_h
  18 #define cmSubdirCommand_h
  19
  20 #include "cmCommand.h"
  21
  22 /** \class cmSubdirCommand
  23  * \brief Specify a list of subdirectories to build.
  24  *
  25  * cmSubdirCommand specifies a list of subdirectories to process
  26  * by CMake. For each subdirectory listed, CMake will descend
  27  * into that subdirectory and process any CMakeLists.txt found.
  28  */
  29 class cmSubdirCommand : public cmCommand
  30 {
  31 public:
  32   /**
  33    * This is a virtual constructor for the command.
  34    */
  35   virtual cmCommand* Clone()
  36     {
  37     return new cmSubdirCommand;
  38     }
  39
  40   /**
  41    * This is called when the command is first encountered in
  42    * the CMakeLists.txt file.
  43    */
  44   virtual bool InitialPass(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
  45                            cmExecutionStatus &status);
  46
  47   /**
  48    * The name of the command as specified in CMakeList.txt.
  49    */
  50   virtual const char* GetName() { return "subdirs";}
  51
  52   /**
  53    * Succinct documentation.
  54    */
  55   virtual const char* GetTerseDocumentation()
  56     {
  57     return "Deprecated. Use the add_subdirectory() command instead.";
  58     }
  59
  60   /**
  61    * More documentation.
  62    */
  63   virtual const char* GetFullDocumentation()
  64     {
  65     return
  66       "Add a list of subdirectories to the build.\n"
  67       "  subdirs(dir1 dir2 ..."
  68       "[EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL exclude_dir1 exclude_dir2 ...] [PREORDER] )\n"
  69       "Add a list of subdirectories to the build. The add_subdirectory "
  70       "command should be used instead of subdirs although subdirs will "
  71       "still work. "
  72       "This will cause any CMakeLists.txt files in the sub directories "
  73       "to be processed by CMake.  Any directories after the PREORDER flag "
  74       "are traversed first by makefile builds, the PREORDER flag has no "
  75       "effect on IDE projects. "
  76       " Any directories after the EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL marker "
  77       "will not be included in the top level makefile or project file. "
  78       "This is useful for having CMake create makefiles or projects for "
  79       "a set of examples in a project. You would want CMake to "
  80       "generate makefiles or project files for all the examples at "
  81       "the same time, but you would not want them to show up in the "
  82       "top level project or be built each time make is run from the top.";
  83     }
  84
  85   /** This command is kept for compatibility with older CMake versions. */
  86   virtual bool IsDiscouraged()
  87     {
  88     return true;
  89     }
  90
  91   cmTypeMacro(cmSubdirCommand, cmCommand);
  92 };
  93
  94
  95
  96 #endif