CMake/Source/cmPropertyDefinition.h

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#ifndef cmPropertyDefinition_h
#define cmPropertyDefinition_h

#include "cmProperty.h"

/** \class cmPropertyDefinition
 * \brief Property meta-information
 *
 * This class contains the following meta-information about property:
 * - Name;
 * - Various documentation strings;
 * - The scope of the property;
 * - If the property is chained.
 */
class cmPropertyDefinition
{
public:
  /// Define this property
  void DefineProperty(const char *name, cmProperty::ScopeType scope,
                      const char *ShortDescription,
                      const char *FullDescription, 
                      const char *DocumentationSection,
                      bool chained);

  /// Get the documentation string
  cmDocumentationEntry GetDocumentation() const;

  /// Default constructor
  cmPropertyDefinition() { this->Chained = false; };

  /// Is the property chained?
  bool IsChained() const { return this->Chained; };

  /// Get the section if any
  const std::string &GetDocumentationSection() const {
    return this->DocumentationSection; }; 

  /// Get the scope
  cmProperty::ScopeType GetScope() const {
    return this->Scope; };

  /// Get the documentation (short version)
  const std::string &GetShortDescription() const {
    return this->ShortDescription; };

  /// Get the documentation (full version)
  const std::string &GetFullDescription() const {
    return this->FullDescription; }; 

protected:
  std::string Name;
  std::string ShortDescription;
  std::string FullDescription;
  std::string DocumentationSection;
  cmProperty::ScopeType Scope;
  bool Chained;
};

#endif