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<span id="prop_tgt:AUTOMOC"></span><h1>AUTOMOC<a class="headerlink" href="#automoc" title="Permalink to this headline">ΒΆ</a></h1>
<p>Should the target be processed with automoc (for Qt projects).</p>
<p>AUTOMOC is a boolean specifying whether CMake will handle the Qt <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">moc</span></code>
preprocessor automatically, i.e. without having to use the
<span class="target" id="index-0-module:FindQt4"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../module/FindQt4.html#module:FindQt4" title="FindQt4"><code class="xref cmake cmake-module docutils literal"><span class="pre">QT4_WRAP_CPP()</span></code></a> or QT5_WRAP_CPP() macro. Currently Qt4 and Qt5 are
supported.</p>
<p>When this property is set <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ON</span></code>, CMake will scan the
source files at build time and invoke moc accordingly.</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>If an <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">#include</span></code> statement like <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">#include</span> <span class="pre">&quot;moc_foo.cpp&quot;</span></code> is found,
the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Q_OBJECT</span></code> class declaration is expected in the header, and
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">moc</span></code> is run on the header file. A <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">moc_foo.cpp</span></code> file will be
generated from the source&#8217;s header into the
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">&lt;CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR&gt;/&lt;TARGETNAME&gt;_autogen/include</span></code>
directory which is automatically added to the target&#8217;s
<span class="target" id="index-0-prop_tgt:INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES"></span><a class="reference internal" href="INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES.html#prop_tgt:INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES" title="INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal"><span class="pre">INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES</span></code></a>. This allows the compiler to find the
included <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">moc_foo.cpp</span></code> file regardless of the location the original source.
However, if multiple source files in different directories do this then their
generated moc files would collide. In this case a diagnostic will be issued.</li>
<li>If an <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">#include</span></code> statement like <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">#include</span> <span class="pre">&quot;foo.moc&quot;</span></code> is found,
then a <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Q_OBJECT</span></code> is expected in the current source file and <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">moc</span></code>
is run on the file itself. Additionally, header files with the same
base name (like <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">foo.h</span></code>) or <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">_p</span></code> appended to the base name (like
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">foo_p.h</span></code>) are parsed for <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Q_OBJECT</span></code> macros, and if found, <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">moc</span></code>
is also executed on those files. <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">AUTOMOC</span></code> checks multiple header
alternative extensions, such as <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">hpp</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">hxx</span></code> etc when searching
for headers. The resulting moc files, which are not included as shown
above in any of the source files are included in a generated
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">moc_compilation.cpp</span></code> file, which is compiled as part of the
target.</li>
</ul>
<p>This property is initialized by the value of the <span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_AUTOMOC"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../variable/CMAKE_AUTOMOC.html#variable:CMAKE_AUTOMOC" title="CMAKE_AUTOMOC"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal"><span class="pre">CMAKE_AUTOMOC</span></code></a>
variable if it is set when a target is created.</p>
<p>Additional command line options for moc can be set via the
<span class="target" id="index-0-prop_tgt:AUTOMOC_MOC_OPTIONS"></span><a class="reference internal" href="AUTOMOC_MOC_OPTIONS.html#prop_tgt:AUTOMOC_MOC_OPTIONS" title="AUTOMOC_MOC_OPTIONS"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal"><span class="pre">AUTOMOC_MOC_OPTIONS</span></code></a> property.</p>
<p>By enabling the <span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_AUTOMOC_RELAXED_MODE"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../variable/CMAKE_AUTOMOC_RELAXED_MODE.html#variable:CMAKE_AUTOMOC_RELAXED_MODE" title="CMAKE_AUTOMOC_RELAXED_MODE"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal"><span class="pre">CMAKE_AUTOMOC_RELAXED_MODE</span></code></a> variable the
rules for searching the files which will be processed by moc can be relaxed.
See the documentation for this variable for more details.</p>
<p>The global property <span class="target" id="index-0-prop_gbl:AUTOGEN_TARGETS_FOLDER"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_gbl/AUTOGEN_TARGETS_FOLDER.html#prop_gbl:AUTOGEN_TARGETS_FOLDER" title="AUTOGEN_TARGETS_FOLDER"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_gbl docutils literal"><span class="pre">AUTOGEN_TARGETS_FOLDER</span></code></a> can be used to group the
automoc targets together in an IDE, e.g. in MSVS.</p>
<p>Source C++ files can be excluded from <span class="target" id="index-0-prop_tgt:AUTOMOC"></span><a class="reference internal" href="#prop_tgt:AUTOMOC" title="AUTOMOC"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal"><span class="pre">AUTOMOC</span></code></a> processing by
enabling <span class="target" id="index-0-prop_sf:SKIP_AUTOMOC"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_sf/SKIP_AUTOMOC.html#prop_sf:SKIP_AUTOMOC" title="SKIP_AUTOMOC"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_sf docutils literal"><span class="pre">SKIP_AUTOMOC</span></code></a> or the broader <span class="target" id="index-0-prop_sf:SKIP_AUTOGEN"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_sf/SKIP_AUTOGEN.html#prop_sf:SKIP_AUTOGEN" title="SKIP_AUTOGEN"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_sf docutils literal"><span class="pre">SKIP_AUTOGEN</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>See the <span class="target" id="index-0-manual:cmake-qt(7)"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake-qt.7.html#manual:cmake-qt(7)" title="cmake-qt(7)"><code class="xref cmake cmake-manual docutils literal"><span class="pre">cmake-qt(7)</span></code></a> manual for more information on using CMake
with Qt.</p>
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