CMake/Source/cmGetDirectoryPropertyCommand.h
Brad King 4c980e36bb Reference get_property() from old get_*_property() commands
The former is a much more general and modern command.  Refer authors to
it from documentation of its predecessors.
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#ifndef cmGetDirectoryPropertyCommand_h
#define cmGetDirectoryPropertyCommand_h
#include "cmCommand.h"
class cmGetDirectoryPropertyCommand : public cmCommand
{
public:
virtual cmCommand* Clone()
{
return new cmGetDirectoryPropertyCommand;
}
/**
* This is called when the command is first encountered in
* the input file.
*/
virtual bool InitialPass(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
cmExecutionStatus &status);
/**
* This determines if the command is invoked when in script mode.
*/
virtual bool IsScriptable() { return true; }
/**
* The name of the command as specified in CMakeList.txt.
*/
virtual const char* GetName() { return "get_directory_property";}
/**
* Succinct documentation.
*/
virtual const char* GetTerseDocumentation()
{
return "Get a property of DIRECTORY scope.";
}
/**
* Longer documentation.
*/
virtual const char* GetFullDocumentation()
{
return
" get_directory_property(<variable> [DIRECTORY <dir>] <prop-name>)\n"
"Store a property of directory scope in the named variable. "
"If the property is not defined the empty-string is returned. "
"The DIRECTORY argument specifies another directory from which "
"to retrieve the property value. "
"The specified directory must have already been traversed by "
"CMake."
"\n"
" get_directory_property(<variable> [DIRECTORY <dir>]\n"
" DEFINITION <var-name>)\n"
"Get a variable definition from a directory. "
"This form is useful to get a variable definition from another "
"directory."
"\n"
"See also the more general get_property() command.";
}
cmTypeMacro(cmGetDirectoryPropertyCommand, cmCommand);
};
#endif