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.. _project-file:

********************
Binding Project File
********************

Instead of directing the Generator behaviour via command line, the binding developer
can write a text project file describing the same information, and avoid the hassle
of a long stream of command line arguments.

.. _project-file-structure:

The project file structure
==========================

Here follows a comprehensive example of a generator project file.

    .. code-block:: ini

         [generator-project]
         generator-set = path/to/generator/CHOICE_GENERATOR
         header-file = DIR/global.h" />
         typesystem-file = DIR/typesystem_for_your_binding.xml
         output-directory location="OUTPUTDIR" />
         include-path = path/to/library/being/wrapped/headers/1
         include-path = path/to/library/being/wrapped/headers/2
         typesystem-path = path/to/directory/containing/type/system/files/1
         typesystem-path = path/to/directory/containing/type/system/files/2
         enable-parent-ctor-heuristic


Project file tags
=================

The generator project file tags are in direct relation to the
:ref:`command line arguments <command-line>`. All of the current command line
options provided by |project| were already seen on the :ref:`project-file-structure`,
for new command line options provided by additional generator modules (e.g.: qtdoc,
Shiboken) could also be used in the generator project file following simple conversion rules.

For tags without options, just write as an empty tag without any attributes. Example:

    .. code-block:: bash

         --BOOLEAN-ARGUMENT

becomes

    .. code-block:: ini

         BOOLEAN-ARGUMENT

and

    .. code-block:: bash

         --VALUE-ARGUMENT=VALUE

becomes

    .. code-block:: ini

         VALUE-ARGUMENT = VALUE