Merge topic 'tutorial_step3_update'

8c3aa7def7 Tutorial: Update step 3 style

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Merge-request: !7594
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Brad King
2022-09-02 12:59:03 +00:00
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Step 3: Adding Usage Requirements for a Library
===============================================
Usage requirements allow for far better control over a library or executable's
link and include line while also giving more control over the transitive
property of targets inside CMake. The primary commands that leverage usage
requirements are:
Exercise 1 - Adding Usage Requirements for a Library
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- :command:`target_compile_definitions`
- :command:`target_compile_options`
- :command:`target_include_directories`
- :command:`target_link_libraries`
Usage requirements allow for far better control over a library or
executable's link and include line while also giving more control over the
transitive property of targets inside CMake. The primary commands that
leverage usage requirements are:
Let's refactor our code from :guide:`tutorial/Adding a Library` to use the
modern CMake approach of usage requirements. We first state that anybody
linking to ``MathFunctions`` needs to include the current source directory,
while ``MathFunctions`` itself doesn't. So this can become an ``INTERFACE``
usage requirement.
* :command:`target_compile_definitions`
* :command:`target_compile_options`
* :command:`target_include_directories`
* :command:`target_link_libraries`
Remember ``INTERFACE`` means things that consumers require but the producer
doesn't. Add the following lines to the end of
``MathFunctions/CMakeLists.txt``:
Goal
----
Add usage requirements for a library.
Helpful Materials
-----------------
* :command:`target_include_directories`
* :variable:`CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR`
Files to Edit
-------------
* ``MathFunctions/CMakeLists.txt``
* ``CMakeLists.txt``
Getting Started
---------------
In this exercise, we will refactor our code from
:guide:`tutorial/Adding a Library` to use the modern CMake approach. We will
let our library define its own usage requirements so they are passed
transitively to other targets as necessary. In this case, ``MathFunctions``
will specify any needed include directories itself. Then, the consuming target
``Tutorial`` simply needs to link to ``MathFunctions`` and not worry about
any additional include directories.
The starting source code is provided in the ``Step3`` directory. In this
exercise, complete ``TODO 1`` through ``TODO 3``.
First, add a call to :command:`target_include_directories` in
``MathFunctions/CMakeLists``. Remember that
:variable:`CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR` is the path to the source directory
currently being processed.
Then, update (and simplify!) the call to
:command:`target_include_directories` in the top-level ``CMakeLists.txt``.
Build and Run
-------------
Make a new directory called ``Step3_build``, run the :manual:`cmake
<cmake(1)>` executable or the :manual:`cmake-gui <cmake-gui(1)>` to
configure the project and then build it with your chosen build tool or by
using ``cmake --build .`` from the build directory. Here's a refresher of
what that looks like from the command line:
.. code-block:: console
mkdir Step3_build
cd Step3_build
cmake ../Step3
cmake --build .
Next, use the newly built ``Tutorial`` and verify that it is working as
expected.
Solution
--------
Let's update the code from the previous step to use the modern CMake
approach of usage requirements.
We want to state that anybody linking to ``MathFunctions`` needs to include
the current source directory, while ``MathFunctions`` itself doesn't. This
can be expressed with an ``INTERFACE`` usage requirement. Remember
``INTERFACE`` means things that consumers require but the producer doesn't.
At the end of ``MathFunctions/CMakeLists.txt``, use
:command:`target_include_directories` with the ``INTERFACE`` keyword, as
follows:
.. raw:: html
<details><summary>TODO 1: Click to show/hide answer</summary>
.. literalinclude:: Step4/MathFunctions/CMakeLists.txt
:caption: MathFunctions/CMakeLists.txt
:caption: TODO 1: MathFunctions/CMakeLists.txt
:name: MathFunctions/CMakeLists.txt-target_include_directories-INTERFACE
:language: cmake
:start-after: # to find MathFunctions.h
Now that we've specified usage requirements for ``MathFunctions`` we can safely
remove our uses of the ``EXTRA_INCLUDES`` variable from the top-level
.. raw:: html
</details>
Now that we've specified usage requirements for ``MathFunctions`` we can
safely remove our uses of the ``EXTRA_INCLUDES`` variable from the top-level
``CMakeLists.txt``, here:
.. raw:: html
<details><summary>TODO 2: Click to show/hide answer</summary>
.. literalinclude:: Step4/CMakeLists.txt
:caption: CMakeLists.txt
:caption: TODO 2: CMakeLists.txt
:name: CMakeLists.txt-remove-EXTRA_INCLUDES
:language: cmake
:start-after: # add the MathFunctions library
:end-before: # add the executable
.. raw:: html
</details>
And here:
.. raw:: html
<details><summary>TODO 3: Click to show/hide answer</summary>
.. literalinclude:: Step4/CMakeLists.txt
:caption: CMakeLists.txt
:caption: TODO 3: CMakeLists.txt
:name: CMakeLists.txt-target_include_directories-remove-EXTRA_INCLUDES
:language: cmake
:start-after: # so that we will find TutorialConfig.h
Once this is done, run the :manual:`cmake <cmake(1)>` executable or the
:manual:`cmake-gui <cmake-gui(1)>` to configure the project and then build it
with your chosen build tool or by using ``cmake --build .`` from the build
directory.
.. raw:: html
</details>
Notice that with this technique, the only thing our executable target does to
use our library is call :command:`target_link_libraries` with the name
of the library target. In larger projects, the classic method of specifying
library dependencies manually becomes very complicated very quickly.

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:caption: TODO 1: MathFunctions/CMakeLists.txt
:name: MathFunctions/CMakeLists.txt-add_library
:language: cmake
:end-before: # TODO 1
.. raw:: html
@@ -351,7 +352,7 @@ library names with ``EXTRA_LIBS``. This looks like the following:
:name: CMakeLists.txt-target_link_libraries-EXTRA_LIBS
:language: cmake
:start-after: add_executable(Tutorial tutorial.cxx)
:end-before: # add the binary tree to the search path for include files
:end-before: # TODO 3
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# to the source code
configure_file(TutorialConfig.h.in TutorialConfig.h)
# TODO 2: Remove EXTRA_INCLUDES list
# add the MathFunctions library
if(USE_MYMATH)
add_subdirectory(MathFunctions)
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target_link_libraries(Tutorial PUBLIC ${EXTRA_LIBS})
# TODO 3: Remove use of EXTRA_INCLUDES
# add the binary tree to the search path for include files
# so that we will find TutorialConfig.h
target_include_directories(Tutorial PUBLIC

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add_library(MathFunctions mysqrt.cxx)
# TODO 1: State that anybody linking to MathFunctions needs to include the
# current source directory, while MathFunctions itself doesn't.
# Hint: Use target_include_directories with the INTERFACE keyword