CMakeLua/Source/cmCMakePolicyCommand.h

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   4   Module:    $RCSfile: cmCMakePolicyCommand.h,v $
   5   Language:  C++
   6   Date:      $Date: 2008-03-13 15:38:46 $
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  17 #ifndef cmCMakePolicyCommand_h
  18 #define cmCMakePolicyCommand_h
  19
  20 #include "cmCommand.h"
  21
  22 /** \class cmCMakePolicyCommand
  23  * \brief Set how CMake should handle policies
  24  *
  25  * cmCMakePolicyCommand sets how CMake should deal with backwards
  26  * compatibility policies.
  27  */
  28 class cmCMakePolicyCommand : public cmCommand
  29 {
  30 public:
  31   /**
  32    * This is a virtual constructor for the command.
  33    */
  34   virtual cmCommand* Clone()
  35     {
  36     return new cmCMakePolicyCommand;
  37     }
  38
  39   /**
  40    * This is called when the command is first encountered in
  41    * the CMakeLists.txt file.
  42    */
  43   virtual bool InitialPass(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
  44                            cmExecutionStatus &status);
  45
  46  /**
  47    * This determines if the command is invoked when in script mode.
  48    */
  49   virtual bool IsScriptable() { return true; }
  50
  51  /**
  52    * The name of the command as specified in CMakeList.txt.
  53    */
  54   virtual const char* GetName() {return "cmake_policy";}
  55
  56  /**
  57    * Succinct documentation.
  58    */
  59   virtual const char* GetTerseDocumentation()
  60     {
  61     return "Manage CMake policy settings.";
  62     }
  63
  64   /**
  65    * More documentation.
  66    */
  67   virtual const char* GetFullDocumentation()
  68     {
  69     return
  70       "  cmake_policy(VERSION major.minor[.patch])\n"
  71       "Specify that the current CMake list file is written for the "
  72       "given version of CMake.  "
  73       "All policies introduced in the specified version or earlier "
  74       "will be set NEW.  "
  75       "All policies introduced after the specified version will be set "
  76       "to WARN, which is like OLD but also produces a warning.  "
  77       "This effectively requests behavior preferred as of a given CMake "
  78       "version and tells newer CMake versions to warn about their new "
  79       "policies.  "
  80       "The policy version specified must be at least 2.4 or the command "
  81       "will report an error.  "
  82       "In order to get compatibility features supporting versions earlier "
  83       "than 2.4 see documentation of policy CMP0001."
  84       "\n"
  85       "  cmake_policy(SET <CMPNNNN> NEW)\n"
  86       "  cmake_policy(SET <CMPNNNN> OLD)\n"
  87       "Tell CMake to use the OLD or NEW behavior for a given policy.  "
  88       "Projects depending on the old behavior of a given policy may "
  89       "silence a policy warning by setting the policy state to OLD.  "
  90       "Alternatively one may fix the project to work with the new behavior "
  91       "and set the policy state to NEW."
  92       "\n"
  93       "  cmake_policy(PUSH)\n"
  94       "  cmake_policy(POP)\n"
  95       "Push and pop the current policy setting state on a stack.  "
  96       "Each PUSH must have a matching POP.  "
  97       "This is useful when mixing multiple projects, subprojects, and "
  98       "files included from external projects that may each have been "
  99       "written for a different version of CMake."
 100       ;
 101     }
 102
 103   cmTypeMacro(cmCMakePolicyCommand, cmCommand);
 104 private:
 105   bool HandleSetMode(std::vector<std::string> const& args);
 106   bool HandleVersionMode(std::vector<std::string> const& args);
 107 };
 108
 109
 110
 111 #endif