LoadStaticSharedTargets.cmake
This project contains a CMake macro for loading static or shared exported
library targets in a CMake package config file. Static or shared targets can be
explicitly (via COMPONENTS) or implicitly (via BUILD_SHARED_LIBS) imported
with the find_package() command.
Usage
In your cmake project, do the following:
include(FetchContent)
FetchContent_Declare(
LoadStaticSharedTargets
GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/lepus2589/LoadStaticSharedTargets.git"
GIT_TAG v1.0
GIT_SHALLOW True
)
FetchContent_MakeAvailable(LoadStaticSharedTargets)
FetchContent_GetProperties(
LoadStaticSharedTargets
SOURCE_DIR LoadStaticSharedTargets_SOURCE_DIR
POPULATED LoadStaticSharedTargets_POPULATED
)
install(
FILES
"${LoadStaticSharedTargets_SOURCE_DIR}/src/cmake/LoadStaticSharedTargets.cmake"
DESTINATION "${YourProject_INSTALL_CMAKEDIR}"
)In your projects package config CMake file, you can now use the macro like this:
include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/LoadStaticSharedTargets.cmake")
load_static_shared_targets(
STATIC_TARGETS
"${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/YourProject_Targets-static.cmake"
SHARED_TARGETS
"${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/YourProject_Targets-shared.cmake"
)Further Reading
The idea for this code was taken from @alexreinking's blog post: Building a Dual Shared and Static Library with CMake and the associated example repository.
Information on project structure and usage of CMake library packages using this approach in other projects can be found there.