src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/cpp/BazelCcImportRule.java

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package com.google.devtools.build.lib.bazel.rules.cpp;


import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.BaseRuleClasses;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.RuleDefinition;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.RuleDefinitionEnvironment;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.bazel.rules.cpp.BazelCppRuleClasses.CcToolchainRequiringRule;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.RuleClass;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.cpp.CcImportRule;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.cpp.CppConfiguration;

/** Rule definition for the cc_import rule. */
public final class BazelCcImportRule implements RuleDefinition {
  @Override
  public RuleClass build(RuleClass.Builder builder, RuleDefinitionEnvironment env) {
    return builder
        .requiresConfigurationFragments(CppConfiguration.class)
        .build();
  }

  @Override
  public Metadata getMetadata() {
    return RuleDefinition.Metadata.builder()
        .name("cc_import")
        .ancestors(
            BaseRuleClasses.NativeBuildRule.class,
            CcImportRule.class,
            CcToolchainRequiringRule.class)
        .factoryClass(BaseRuleClasses.EmptyRuleConfiguredTargetFactory.class)
        .build();
  }
}

/*<!-- #BLAZE_RULE (NAME = cc_import, TYPE = LIBRARY, FAMILY = C / C++) -->
<p>
<code>cc_import</code> rules allows users to import precompiled C/C++ libraries.
</p>

<p>
The following are the typical use cases: <br/>

1. Linking a static library
<pre class="code">
cc_import(
  name = "mylib",
  hdrs = ["mylib.h"],
  static_library = "libmylib.a",
  # If alwayslink is turned on,
  # libmylib.a will be forcely linked into any binary that depends on it.
  # alwayslink = 1,
)
</pre>

2. Linking a shared library (Unix)
<pre class="code">
cc_import(
  name = "mylib",
  hdrs = ["mylib.h"],
  shared_library = "libmylib.so",
)
</pre>

3. Linking a shared library with interface library (Windows)
<pre class="code">
cc_import(
  name = "mylib",
  hdrs = ["mylib.h"],
  # mylib.lib is an import library for mylib.dll which will be passed to linker
  interface_library = "mylib.lib",
  # mylib.dll will be available for runtime
  shared_library = "mylib.dll",
)
</pre>

4. Linking a shared library with <code>system_provided=True</code> (Windows)
<pre class="code">
cc_import(
  name = "mylib",
  hdrs = ["mylib.h"],
  # mylib.lib is an import library for mylib.dll which will be passed to linker
  interface_library = "mylib.lib",
  # mylib.dll is provided by system environment, for example it can be found in PATH.
  # This indicates that Bazel is not responsible for making mylib.dll available.
  system_provided = 1,
)
</pre>

5. Linking to static or shared library <br/>

On Unix:
<pre class="code">
cc_import(
  name = "mylib",
  hdrs = ["mylib.h"],
  static_library = "libmylib.a",
  shared_library = "libmylib.so",
)

# first will link to libmylib.a
cc_binary(
  name = "first",
  srcs = ["first.cc"],
  deps = [":mylib"],
  linkstatic = 1, # default value
)

# second will link to libmylib.so
cc_binary(
  name = "second",
  srcs = ["second.cc"],
  deps = [":mylib"],
  linkstatic = 0,
)
</pre>

On Windows:
<pre class="code">
cc_import(
  name = "mylib",
  hdrs = ["mylib.h"],
  static_library = "libmylib.lib", # A normal static library
  interface_library = "mylib.lib", # An import library for mylib.dll
  shared_library = "mylib.dll",
)

# first will link to libmylib.lib
cc_binary(
  name = "first",
  srcs = ["first.cc"],
  deps = [":mylib"],
  linkstatic = 1, # default value
)

# second will link to mylib.dll through mylib.lib
cc_binary(
  name = "second",
  srcs = ["second.cc"],
  deps = [":mylib"],
  linkstatic = 0,
)
</pre>

<code>cc_import</code> supports an include attribute. For example:
<pre class="code">
  cc_import(
  name = "curl_lib",
  hdrs = glob(["vendor/curl/include/curl/*.h"]),
  includes = [ "vendor/curl/include" ],
  shared_library = "vendor/curl/lib/.libs/libcurl.dylib",
)
</pre>



</p>

<!-- #END_BLAZE_RULE -->*/