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/*!
    \page qscxmlc.html
    \title Using the Qt SCXML Compiler (qscxmlc)
    \keyword qscxmlc

    \brief The Qt SCXML Compiler, \c qscxmlc, compiles state chart XML
           (.scxml) files to C++ source files.

    The \c qscxmlc tool reads an .scxml file and produces C++ source
    and header files, containing a class that implements a state machine as
    defined in SCXML.

    \section1 Usage

    The \c qscxml tool is invoked automatically if the QT variable in the
    project file includes \c scxml, and the .scxml file to use is specified
    using the \c STATECHARTS variable.

    \badcode
    QT += scxml
    STATECHARTS = MyStatemachine.scxml
    \endcode

    With above definitions, \c qmake invokes \c qscxmlc to generate
    MyStatemachine.h and MyStatemachine.cpp, and adds them to \l [QMake]
    HEADERS and \l [QMAKE] SOURCES variables.

    By default, the name of the generated class that implements the state
    machine corresponds with the \e name attribute of the \c <scxml> root
    element.

    \section1 Command-Line Options

    The \c qscxmlc tool supports the following command-line options:

    \table
      \header
        \li Option
        \li Description
      \row
        \li \c -no-c++11
        \li Use no C++11 features in the generated code.
      \row
        \li \c {-namespace <namespace>}
        \li Put the generated class(es) in the specified namespace.
      \row
        \li \c {-o <base/out/name>}
        \li The base name of the output files. This can include a path. If none is specified, the
            basename of the input file is used.
      \row
        \li \c {-oh <header/out>}
        \li The name of the output header file. If none is specified, .h is added to the base name.
      \row
        \li \c {-ocpp <cpp/out>}
        \li The name of the output header file. If none is specified, .cpp is added to the base name.
      \row
        \li \c {-classname <StateMachineClassName>}
        \li The class name of the generated state machine. If none is specified, the value of the
            name attribute of the <scxml> tag is taken. If that attribute is not specified either,
            the basename (excluding path) is taken from the input file name.
    \endtable
*/