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author | Jake Petroules <jake.petroules@petroules.com> | 2015-06-22 19:49:57 -0700 |
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committer | Jake Petroules <jake.petroules@petroules.com> | 2015-06-23 16:30:04 +0000 |
commit | 5533a34d0783450b4de30797f3dd001a028ff2b1 (patch) | |
tree | b0c3c76d39ba81b28c12af176e2f784951cc4bd1 /doc/reference/modules/bundle-module.qdoc | |
parent | 26c06fa5765f97c567890adef3446887ec148de8 (diff) |
Move the remaining modules to the new documentation format.
Change-Id: I7e18b023bd6292b2b320b6871752b48e5866759f
Reviewed-by: Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@theqtcompany.com>
Reviewed-by: Christian Kandeler <christian.kandeler@theqtcompany.com>
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diff --git a/doc/reference/modules/bundle-module.qdoc b/doc/reference/modules/bundle-module.qdoc index 947c96b11..83af1582e 100644 --- a/doc/reference/modules/bundle-module.qdoc +++ b/doc/reference/modules/bundle-module.qdoc @@ -38,344 +38,210 @@ \brief Provides Core Foundation bundle support. The \c bundle module contains properties and rules for building and working with - Core Foundation bundles on OS X and iOS (commonly known as CFBundles or simply "bundles"), + Core Foundation bundles on Apple platforms (commonly known as CFBundles or simply "bundles"), directories with a standardized hierarchical structure that hold executable code and resources. Examples include applications, frameworks, and plugins. - This module is available on all platforms but is currently only useful on OS X and iOS. + This module is available on all platforms but is currently only useful on Apple platforms. \note Core Foundation bundles are not to be confused with Mach-O loadable modules, which are also referred to as (loadable) "bundles" in Apple parlance. In \QBS, Core Foundation bundles are referred to as "bundles", while Mach-O loadable bundles are referred to as "loadable modules". - \section1 General Properties - \section2 isBundle - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{bool} - \row \li \b{Default:} \li \c{true} for application and dynamic - library products on OS X and iOS, - \c{false} otherwise - \endtable - - Whether the product should actually be packaged as a bundle as opposed to a flat file. - This allows a product indirectly dependent on the \c{bundle} module to retain control of - whether it should actually be built as a bundle. - - \section2 isShallow - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{bool} - \row \li \b{Default:} \li \c{true} for iOS applications - \endtable - - Whether the bundle directory tree is "shallow", i.e. whether it lacks a Contents - subdirectory. This is the default for iOS applications and should normally never be changed. - - \section2 identifierPrefix - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{string} - \row \li \b{Default:} \li \c{org.example} - \endtable - - Prefix for the product's bundle identifier. If \c{identifier} is left unset, the bundle - identifier will be a concatenation of this value and the \c{identifier} property, - separated by a '.'. This corresponds to the organization identifier in Xcode. - - \section2 identifier - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{string} - \row \li \b{Default:} \li combination of \c{identifierPrefix} and the product's - target name formatted as an RFC 1034 identifier - \endtable - - The bundle's identifier. If left unset, the bundle - identifier will be a concatenation of this value and the \c{identifierPrefix} property, - separated by a '.'. - - \section2 extension - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{string} - \row \li \b{Default:} \li \c{"app"} for \c{"APPL"} packages, - \c{"framework"} for \c{"FMWK"} packages, - \c{"bundle"} for \c{"BNDL"} and custom packages - \endtable - - The extension of the bundle's wrapper directory (minus the leading '.'). This property - should not normally need to be set unless creating a custom bundle type. - - \section2 packageType - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{string} - \row \li \b{Default:} \li \c{"APPL"} for applications, - \c{"FMWK"} for frameworks - \c{"BNDL"} for custom bundles - \endtable - - The four-letter file type code of the bundle, specified in the bundle's PkgInfo file and in - the bundle's Info.plist as the value for the CFBundlePackageType key. - This property should almost never need to be changed, though specifying an - alternative package type for custom bundles is allowed. - - \section2 signature - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{string} - \row \li \b{Default:} \li \c{"????"} - \endtable - - The four-letter signature specific to the bundle, also known as the creator code, specified - in the bundle's PkgInfo file and in the bundle's Info.plist as the value for the CFBundleSignature key. - This property should normally never need to be set. - - \section2 bundleName - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{string} - \row \li \b{Default:} \li combination of the product's \c{targetName} and bundle's \c{extension} - \endtable - - The file name of the bundle's wrapper directory. - This property should not normally need to be changed. - - \section2 frameworkVersion - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{string} - \row \li \b{Default:} \li \c{"A"} - \endtable - - For framework bundles, the version of the framework. Unused for other package types. - - \section2 publicHeaders - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{pathList} - \row \li \b{Default:} \li \c{undefined} - \endtable - - List of public header files to copy to a framework bundle's Headers subdirectory. - - \section2 privateHeaders - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{pathList} - \row \li \b{Default:} \li \c{undefined} - \endtable - - List of private header files to copy to a framework bundle's PrivateHeaders subdirectory. - - \section2 resources - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{pathList} - \row \li \b{Default:} \li \c{undefined} - \endtable - - List of resources to copy to a bundle's Resources subdirectory. Files will automatically - be copied into lproj subdirectories corresponding to the input files' paths. - - \section2 infoPlistFile - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{path} - \row \li \b{Default:} \li \c{undefined} - \endtable - - Path to the Info.plist file used by the bundle. - The contents of this file will be aggregated with the values in \c{infoPlist}. - If \c{infoPlistFile} and \c{infoPlist} contain the same key, the latter will take precedence, - but may also be overridden during postprocessing (see \c{processInfoPlist}). - If undefined, will not be taken into account. - - \section2 infoPlist - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{object} - \row \li \b{Default:} \li \c{undefined} - \endtable - - Dictionary of key-value pairs to add to the bundle's Info.plist. - The contents of this property will be aggregated with the values from \c{infoPlistFile}. - If \c{infoPlist} and \c{infoPlistFile} contain the same key, the former will take precedence, - but may also be overridden during postprocessing (see \c{processInfoPlist}). - If undefined, will not be taken into account. - - \section2 processInfoPlist - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{bool} - \row \li \b{Default:} \li \c{true} - \endtable - - Whether to perform post-processing on the aggregated Info.plist contents. - If this property is \c{true}, various post-processing operations will be applied to the - bundle's property list dictionary after it has been aggregated from the contents of the file - specified by the \c{infoPlistFile} property and the \c{infoPlist} property. - First, values from a list of defaults will be added to the dictionary if they were not already - present. Then, values from the AdditionalInfo key of the platform SDK's Info.plist file will be - added to the dictionary if they were not already present, as well as some other miscellaneous - keys, such as BuildMachineOSBuild and UIDeviceFamily (on iOS). - Finally, variable expansions will be performed such that substrings of the form $(VAR) or ${VAR} - will be replaced with their corresponding environment variables. - - \section2 embedInfoPlist - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{bool} - \row \li \b{Default:} \li \c{true} if the product is a command line tool, - otherwise \c{false}. - \endtable - - Whether to create a __TEXT section in the product's executable containing the processed Info.plist. - Only applies to command line applications. - - \section2 infoPlistFormat - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{string} - \row \li \b{Allowed Values:} \li \c{"xml1"}, \c{"binary1"}, \c{"json"}, \c{"same-as-input"} - \row \li \b{Default:} \li \c{"binary1"} for iOS; \c{"same-as-input"} or \c{"xml1"} - for OS X depending on whether \c{infoPlistFile} is - specified; undefined for all other operating systems. + \header + \li Property + \li Type + \li Default + \li Description + \row + \li isBundle + \li \c{bool} + \li \c{true} for applications and dynamic libraries on Apple platforms, \c{false} otherwise + \li Whether the product should actually be packaged as a bundle as opposed to a flat file. + This allows a product indirectly dependent on the \c{bundle} module to retain control of + whether it should actually be built as a bundle. + \row + \li isShallow + \li \c{bool} + \li \c{true} for iOS applications + \li Whether the bundle directory tree is "shallow", i.e. whether it lacks a Contents + subdirectory. This is the default for iOS applications and should normally never be + changed. + \row + \li identifierPrefix + \li \c{string} + \li \c{org.example} + \li Prefix for the product's bundle identifier. If \c{identifier} is left unset, the bundle + identifier will be a concatenation of this value and the \c{identifier} property, + separated by a '.'. This corresponds to the organization identifier in Xcode. + \row + \li identifier + \li \c{string} + \li combination of \c{identifierPrefix} and the product's target name formatted as an + RFC 1034 identifier + \li The bundle's identifier. If left unset, the bundle identifier will be a concatenation + of this value and the \c{identifierPrefix} property, separated by a '.'. + \row + \li extension + \li \c{string} + \li \c{"app"} for \c{"APPL"} packages, + \c{"framework"} for \c{"FMWK"} packages, + \c{"bundle"} for \c{"BNDL"} and custom packages + \li The extension of the bundle's wrapper directory (minus the leading '.'). This property + should not normally need to be set unless creating a custom bundle type. + \row + \li packageType + \li \c{string} + \li \c{"APPL"} for applications, + \c{"FMWK"} for frameworks, + \c{"BNDL"} for custom bundles + \li The four-letter file type code of the bundle, specified in the bundle's PkgInfo file and + in the bundle's Info.plist as the value for the CFBundlePackageType key. + This property should almost never need to be changed, though specifying an + alternative package type for custom bundles is allowed. + \row + \li signature + \li \c{string} + \li \c{"????"} + \li The four-letter signature specific to the bundle, also known as the creator code, + specified in the bundle's PkgInfo file and in the bundle's Info.plist as the value for + the CFBundleSignature key. This property should normally never need to be set. + \row + \li bundleName + \li \c{string} + \li combination of the product's \c{targetName} and bundle's \c{extension} + \li The file name of the bundle's wrapper directory. + This property should not normally need to be changed. + \row + \li frameworkVersion + \li \c{string} + \li \c{"A"} + \li For framework bundles, the version of the framework. Unused for other package types. + \row + \li publicHeaders + \li \c{pathList} + \li \c{undefined} + \li List of public header files to copy to a framework bundle's Headers subdirectory. + \row + \li privateHeaders + \li \c{pathList} + \li \c{undefined} + \li List of private header files to copy to a framework bundle's PrivateHeaders subdirectory + \row + \li resources + \li \c{pathList} + \li \c{undefined} + \li List of resources to copy to a bundle's Resources subdirectory. Files will automatically + be copied into lproj subdirectories corresponding to the input files' paths. + \row + \li infoPlistFile + \li \c{path} + \li \c{undefined} + \li Path to the Info.plist file used by the bundle. + The contents of this file will be aggregated with the values in \c{infoPlist}. + If \c{infoPlistFile} and \c{infoPlist} contain the same key, the latter will take + precedence, but may also be overridden during postprocessing (see \c{processInfoPlist}). + If undefined, will not be taken into account. + \row + \li infoPlist + \li \c{object} + \li \c{undefined} + \li Dictionary of key-value pairs to add to the bundle's Info.plist. + The contents of this property will be aggregated with the values from \c{infoPlistFile}. + If \c{infoPlist} and \c{infoPlistFile} contain the same key, the former will take + precedence, but may also be overridden during postprocessing (see \c{processInfoPlist}). + If undefined, will not be taken into account. + \row + \li processInfoPlist + \li \c{bool} + \li \c{true} + \li Whether to perform post-processing on the aggregated Info.plist contents. + If this property is \c{true}, various post-processing operations will be applied to the + bundle's property list dictionary after it has been aggregated from the contents of the + file specified by the \c{infoPlistFile} property and the \c{infoPlist} property. + First, values from a list of defaults will be added to the dictionary if they were not + already present. Then, values from the AdditionalInfo key of the platform SDK's + Info.plist file will be added to the dictionary if they were not already present, as + well as some other miscellaneous keys, such as BuildMachineOSBuild and UIDeviceFamily + (on iOS). Finally, variable expansions will be performed such that substrings of the + form $(VAR) or ${VAR} will be replaced with their corresponding environment variables. + \row + \li embedInfoPlist + \li \c{bool} + \li \c{true} if the product is a command line tool, otherwise \c{false}. + \li Whether to create a __TEXT section in the product's executable containing the processed + Info.plist. Only applies to command line applications. + \row + \li infoPlistFormat + \li \c{string} + \li \c{"binary1"} for iOS; + \c{"same-as-input"} or \c{"xml1"} for OS X depending on whether \c{infoPlistFile} is + specified; undefined for all other operating systems. + \li The file format to write the product's resulting Info.plist in. + Possible values: \c{"xml1"}, \c{"binary1"}, \c{"json"}, \c{"same-as-input"} \endtable - The file format to write the product's resulting Info.plist in. - - \section1 Path Specific Properties - All properties in this section are read-only properties specifying file paths + All properties in this section are read-only properties of type \c{string} specifying file paths relative to the directory containing the bundle. - \section2 infoPlistPath - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{string} - \endtable - - Path that the Info.plist file will be written to. If \c{embedInfoPlist} is \c{true}, this will - point to a file in a temporary directory. - - \section2 infoPlistPath - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{string} - \endtable - - Path that the PkgInfo file will be written to. - - \section2 versionPlistPath - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{string} - \endtable - - Path that the version.plist file will be written to. - - \section2 executablePath - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{string} - \endtable - - Path that the main executable file will be written to. - - \section2 executableFolderPath - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{string} - \endtable - - Path of the directory where the main exectuable will be written. - Not to be confused with \c{executablesFolderPath}. - - \section2 executablesFolderPath - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{string} - \endtable - - Path of the directory where auxiliary executables will be copied. - Not to be confused with \c{executableFolderPath}. - - \section2 frameworksFolderPath - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{string} - \endtable - - Path of the directory where internal frameworks will be copied. - - \section2 pluginsFolderPath - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{string} - \endtable - - Path of the directory where plugins will be copied. - - \section2 privateHeadersFolderPath - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{string} - \endtable - - Path of the directory where private header files will be copied. - - \section2 publicHeadersFolderPath - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{string} - \endtable - - Path of the directory where public headers files will be copied. - - \section2 scriptsFolderPath - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{string} + \header + \li Property + \li Description + \row + \li infoPlistPath + \li Path that the Info.plist file will be written to. If \c{embedInfoPlist} is \c{true}, + this will point to a file in a temporary directory. + \row + \li infoPlistPath + \li Path that the PkgInfo file will be written to. + \row + \li versionPlistPath + \li Path that the version.plist file will be written to. + \row + \li executablePath + \li Path that the main executable file will be written to. + \row + \li executableFolderPath + \li Path of the directory where the main exectuable will be written. + Not to be confused with \c{executablesFolderPath}. + \row + \li executablesFolderPath + \li Path of the directory where auxiliary executables will be copied. + Not to be confused with \c{executableFolderPath}. + \row + \li frameworksFolderPath + \li Path of the directory where internal frameworks will be copied. + \row + \li pluginsFolderPath + \li Path of the directory where plugins will be copied. + \row + \li privateHeadersFolderPath + \li Path of the directory where private header files will be copied. + \row + \li publicHeadersFolderPath + \li Path of the directory where public headers files will be copied. + \row + \li scriptsFolderPath + \li Path of the directory where script files will be copied. + \row + \li sharedFrameworksFolderPath + \li Path of the directory where shared frameworks will be copied. + \row + \li sharedSupportFolderPath + \li Path of the directory where shared support files will be copied. + \row + \li unlocalizedResourcesFolderPath + \li Path of the directory where non-localized resource files will be copied. + This is the same as the base resources path. + \row + \li contentsFolderPath + \li Path of the bundle's Contents subdirectory. \endtable - - Path of the directory where script files will be copied. - - \section2 sharedFrameworksFolderPath - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{string} - \endtable - - Path of the directory where shared frameworks will be copied. - - \section2 sharedSupportFolderPath - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{string} - \endtable - - Path of the directory where shared support files will be copied. - - \section2 unlocalizedResourcesFolderPath - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{string} - \endtable - - Path of the directory where non-localized resource files will be copied. - This is the same as the base resources path. - - \section2 contentsFolderPath - - \table - \row \li \b{Type:} \li \c{string} - \endtable - - Path of the bundle's Contents subdirectory. */ |