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/****************************************************************************
**
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**
** This file is part of Qbs.
**
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/*!
    \qmltype Exporter.qbs
    \inqmlmodule QbsModules
    \since Qbs 1.12

    \brief Provides support for generating \QBS modules from products.

    The Exporter.qbs module contains the properties and rules to create a \QBS module from
    the \l Export item of a \l Product.

    Such a module acts as your product's interface to other projects written in \QBS.
    For instance, suppose you are creating a library. To allow other products both within
    and outside of your project to make use of it, you would write something like the following:
    \code
    DynamicLibrary {
        name: "mylibrary"
        qbs.installPrefix: "/opt/mylibrary"
        Depends { name: "Exporter.qbs" }
        property string headersInstallDir: "include"
        // ...
        Group {
            name: "API headers"
            files: ["mylib.h"]
            qbs.install: true
            qbs.installDir: headersInstallDir
        }
        Group {
            fileTagsFilter: ["Exporter.qbs.module"]
            qbs.installDir: "qbs/modules/mylibrary"
        }
        Export {
            Depends { name: "cpp" }
            cpp.includePaths: [product.sourceDirectory]
            prefixMapping: [{
                    prefix: product.sourceDirectory,
                    replacement: FileInfo.joinPaths(qbs.installPrefix, product.headersInstallDir)
                }]
        }
    }
    \endcode
    To build against this library, from within your project or any other one, you simply
    declare a \l{Depends}{dependency}:
    \code
    Depends { name: "mylibrary" }
    \endcode

    \section2 Relevant File Tags
    \target filetags-exporter-qbs

    \table
    \header
        \li Tag
        \li Since
        \li Description
    \row
        \li \c{"Exporter.qbs.module"}
        \li 1.12.0
        \li This tag is attached to the generated module file.
    \endtable
*/

/*!
    \qmlproperty stringList Exporter.qbs::artifactTypes

    Artifacts that match these tags will become \l{Group::filesAreTargets}{target artifacts}
    of the generated module, so they can get picked up by the rules of depending products.

    If you do not specify anything here, all installed artifacts of the product are considered.
    \note You can only limit the default set of artifacts by setting this property, but you
          cannot extend it, because only artifacts that are to be installed are considered.

    \defaultvalue \c undefined
*/

/*!
    \qmlproperty string Exporter.qbs::additionalContent

    The value of this property will be copied verbatim into the generated module.

    \defaultvalue \c undefined
*/

/*!
    \qmlproperty stringList Exporter.qbs::excludedDependencies

    Normally, all \l Depends items in the \l Export item are copied into the generated
    module. However, if there are any exported dependencies that only make sense for
    products in the same project, then you can enter their names into this array, and they
    will get filtered out.
    \note You should strive to structure your projects in such a way that you do not need to set
          this property.

    \defaultvalue \c undefined
*/

/*!
    \qmlproperty string Exporter.qbs::fileName

    The name of the generated module file.

    \defaultvalue \c {product.targetName + ".qbs"}
*/