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C/C++ Module Creator

C/C++ Module Creator

Simo Janhunen

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C/C++ Module Creator

An extension of quickly creating templated C/C++ modules to reduce amount of manual work.

Requirements

Repository has to have templates or .templates directory somewhere in the target repository (depth < 10 by default).

Template directory structure, the names are static as of now.

(templates | .templates) /
├── template.header.hpp
├── template.src.cpp
├── template.test.cpp
├── template.CMakeLists.txt
└── template.test.CMakeLists.txt

Module structure

Default module structure is as follows

<module-name>/
├── include/
│   └── <module-name>.hpp (template: template.header.hpp)
│
├── src/
│   └── <module-name>.cpp (template: template.src.cpp)
│
├── tests/
│   ├── CMakeLists.txt (template: template.test.CMakeLists.txt)
│   └── test_<module-name>.cpp (template: template.test.cpp)
│
└── CMakeLists.txt (template: template.CMakeLists.txt)

Patterns replaced

Following pattern pairs are used for replacing

Pattern Replacement
@MODULE_NAME@ Inputted module name in whatever case and shape was used
@TARGET_NAME@ Inputted module name in lowercase
@NAMESPACE@ Inputted module name in lowercase with dashes replaced with underscores
@CAPITALIZE@ Inputted module name capitalized with underscores and dashes replaced with spacing
@PARENT@ Target directory name

TODOs

  • User configurability
    • Template file naming mapped to a directory structure
    • Where to look for things, instead of recursive search
    • The depth of looking recursively
    • Custom find+replace options
  • Sniffing parent CMakeLists.txt to add_subdirectory call there
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