CMake/Source/cmVariableRequiresCommand.h

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#ifndef cmVariableRequiresCommand_h
#define cmVariableRequiresCommand_h

#include "cmCommand.h"

/** \class cmVariableRequiresCommand
 * \brief Displays a message to the user
 *
 */
class cmVariableRequiresCommand : public cmCommand
{
public:
  /**
   * This is a virtual constructor for the command.
   */
  virtual cmCommand* Clone()
    {
    return new cmVariableRequiresCommand;
    }

  /**
   * This is called when the command is first encountered in
   * the CMakeLists.txt file.
   */
  virtual bool InitialPass(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
                           cmExecutionStatus &status);

  /**
   * The name of the command as specified in CMakeList.txt.
   */
  virtual const char* GetName() const { return "variable_requires";}

  /**
   * Succinct documentation.
   */
  virtual const char* GetTerseDocumentation() const
    {
    return "Deprecated. Use the if() command instead.";
    }

  /**
   * More documentation.
   */
  virtual const char* GetFullDocumentation() const
    {
    return
      "Assert satisfaction of an option's required variables.\n"
      "  variable_requires(TEST_VARIABLE RESULT_VARIABLE\n"
      "                    REQUIRED_VARIABLE1\n"
      "                    REQUIRED_VARIABLE2 ...)\n"
      "The first argument (TEST_VARIABLE) is the name of the variable to be "
      "tested, if that variable is false nothing else is done. If "
      "TEST_VARIABLE is true, then "
      "the next argument (RESULT_VARIABLE) is a variable that is set to true "
      "if all the required variables are set. "
      "The rest of the arguments are variables that must be true or not "
      "set to NOTFOUND to avoid an error.  If any are not true, an error "
      "is reported.";
    }

  /** This command is kept for compatibility with older CMake versions. */
  virtual bool IsDiscouraged() const
    {
    return true;
    }

  cmTypeMacro(cmVariableRequiresCommand, cmCommand);
};


#endif