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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 8ae60b9c11..7ec8d90f9b 100644 --- a/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_extract_metatypes.qdoc +++ b/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_extract_metatypes.qdoc @@ -1,39 +1,16 @@ -/**************************************************************************** -** -** Copyright (C) 2021 The Qt Company Ltd. -** Contact: https://www.qt.io/licensing/ -** -** This file is part of the documentation of the Qt Toolkit. -** -** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:FDL$ -** Commercial License Usage -** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in -** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the -** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in -** a written agreement between you and The Qt Company. For licensing terms -** and conditions see https://www.qt.io/terms-conditions. For further -** information use the contact form at https://www.qt.io/contact-us. -** -** GNU Free Documentation License Usage -** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Free -** Documentation License version 1.3 as published by the Free Software -** Foundation and appearing in the file included in the packaging of -** this file. Please review the following information to ensure -** the GNU Free Documentation License version 1.3 requirements -** will be met: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.html. -** $QT_END_LICENSE$ -** -****************************************************************************/ +// Copyright (C) 2021 The Qt Company Ltd. +// 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.} +\cmakecommandsince 6.0 \preliminarycmakecommand \section1 Synopsis @@ -75,4 +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. + */ |