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diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_extract_metatypes.qdoc b/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_extract_metatypes.qdoc index a430989036..7ec8d90f9b 100644 --- a/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_extract_metatypes.qdoc +++ b/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_extract_metatypes.qdoc @@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ // SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GFDL-1.3-no-invariants-only /*! -\page qt_extract_metatypes.html +\page qt-extract-metatypes.html \ingroup cmake-commands-qtcore \title qt_extract_metatypes -\target qt6_extract_metatypes +\keyword qt6_extract_metatypes \summary {Extracts metatypes from a Qt target and generates an associated metatypes.json file.} @@ -52,4 +52,18 @@ example, to pass it to another command or to install it), use the \c OUTPUT_FILES option to provide the name of a variable in which to store its absolute path. +\section1 Automatic metatype extraction + +Since Qt 6.8, if you have not disabled \c{AUTOMOC} and either are using CMake +3.19 or later or are calling \l{qt6_finalize_target}{qt_finalize_target()} +manually, then \c{qt_extract_metatypes()} is automatically called as part of the +finalization step for \l{qt_add_library}. This has no effect if you have +manually called \c{qt_extract_metatypes()} before the finalization, possibly +with custom arguments. However, it does make sure that the metatypes are also +produced if you haven't. This is important if any of the types in the library +are used as part of any QML types any time in the future and has no downsides. + +Furthermore, \l{qt_add_qml_module} automatically invokes +\c{qt_extract_metatypes()} for its target. + */ |