build inside qcorelib source folder

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.0)
-project(mcc VERSION 0.1.0 LANGUAGES C CXX)
+project(qmetacc VERSION 0.1.0 LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
 add_compile_options($<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>:/MP>)
 
-add_executable(mcc main.cpp
+add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} main.cpp
   collectjson.cpp
   generator.cpp
   moc.cpp
@@ -16,15 +16,30 @@ target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC
   UNICODE
 )
 
-find_package(QMetaClass REQUIRED)
-target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} QMetaClass::QMetaClass)
-get_target_property(QMetaClass_LIBRARY_DLL QMetaClass::QMetaClass LOCATION)
-message(STATUS "Path to the library's DLL file: ${QMetaClass_LIBRARY_DLL}")
-add_custom_command(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} POST_BUILD
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
-        ${QMetaClass_LIBRARY_DLL}
-        $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:mcc>
-)
+if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../qobject")
+  message(STATUS "Building with qcorelib source code: " "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../qobject")
+  #build with qcorelib source code
+  target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} qcorelib)
+
+  #output the bin to be same as the library of qcorelib, easier to debug shared/dll library
+  set_target_properties( ${PROJECT_NAME}
+    PROPERTIES
+    ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/"
+    LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/"
+    RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/"
+  )
+else()
+  #build with installed qcorelib
+  find_package(QMetaClass REQUIRED)
+  target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} QMetaClass::QMetaClass)
+  get_target_property(QMetaClass_LIBRARY_DLL QMetaClass::QMetaClass LOCATION)
+  message(STATUS "Path to the library's DLL file: ${QMetaClass_LIBRARY_DLL}")
+  add_custom_command(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} POST_BUILD
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
+          ${QMetaClass_LIBRARY_DLL}
+          $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${PROJECT_NAME}>
+  )  
+endif()
 
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME}                           #private header files
     PRIVATE "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/>"

README.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# mcc
+# qmetacc
 Meta Class Compiler, a modified version of Qt's Meta-Object Compiler (moc)
 
 

generator.cpp

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include "utils.h"
 #include <qobject/qmetatype.h>
 #include <qobject/qmetaobject.h>
-// #include <qobject/qmetaobject_p.h>
+#include <qobject/qmetamethod.h> //enum PropertyFlags
 
 #include <serialization/qjsondocument.h>
 #include <serialization/qjsonobject.h>
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@
 #include <math.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-// #include <private/qmetaobject_p.h> //for the flags.
-#include <plugin/qplugin.h> //for the flags.
-
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 uint nameToBuiltinType(const QByteArray &name)

main.cpp

@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0
 
 #include <depfile_shared.h>
-#include "preprocessor.h"
-#include "moc.h"
-#include "outputrevision.h"
-#include "collectjson.h"
 
 #include <io/qfile.h>
 #include <io/qfileinfo.h>
@@ -21,6 +17,12 @@
 #include <tools/qcommandlineparser.h>
 #include <tools/qscopedpointer.h>
 
+#include "preprocessor.h"
+#include "moc.h"
+#include "outputrevision.h"
+#include "collectjson.h"
+#include "token.h"
+
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 using namespace Qt::StringLiterals;

token.h

@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
+//windows, visual c++
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
+    #ifdef PRIVATE
+        #undef PRIVATE
+    #endif
+#endif
+
 #define FOR_ALL_TOKENS(F) \
     F(NOTOKEN) \
     F(IDENTIFIER) \