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// Copyright (C) 2020 The Qt Company Ltd.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GFDL-1.3-no-invariants-only
 
/*!
\page qt-generate-moc.html
\ingroup cmake-commands-qtcore
 
\title qt_generate_moc
\keyword qt6_generate_moc
 
\summary {Calls moc on an input file.}
 
\include cmake-find-package-core.qdocinc
 
\cmakecommandsince 5.0
 
\section1 Synopsis
 
\badcode
qt_generate_moc(src_file dest_file
                [TARGET target])
\endcode
 
\versionlessCMakeCommandsNote qt6_generate_moc()
 
\section1 Description
 
Creates a rule to call the \l{moc}{Meta-Object Compiler (moc)} on \c src_file
and store the output in \c dest_file.
 
\note This is a low-level macro. See the \l{CMake AUTOMOC Documentation} for a
more convenient way to let source files be processed with \c{moc}.
\l qt_wrap_cpp is also similar, but automatically generates a temporary file
path for you.
 
\section1 Arguments
 
You can set an explicit \c{TARGET}. This will make sure that the target
properties \c{INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES} and \c{COMPILE_DEFINITIONS} are also used
when scanning the source files with \c{moc}.
 
\section1 Examples
 
\snippet cmake-macros/examples.cmake qt_generate_moc
*/