Handle INTERFACE properties transitively for includes and defines.

Contextually, the behavior is as if the properties content from another
target is included in the string and then the result is evaluated.

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.cxx b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
index d60979c..ca53a39 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
@@ -720,6 +720,28 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
      "for the named configuration.");
 
   cm->DefineProperty
+    ("INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES", cmProperty::TARGET,
+     "List of public include directories for a library.",
+     "Targets may populate this property to publish the include directories "
+     "required to compile against the headers for the target.  Consuming "
+     "targets can add entries to their own INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES property such "
+     "as $<TARGET_PROPERTY:foo,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES> to use the "
+     "include directories specified in the interface of 'foo'."
+     "\n"
+     CM_DOCUMENT_COMMAND_GENERATOR_EXPRESSIONS);
+
+  cm->DefineProperty
+    ("INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS", cmProperty::TARGET,
+     "List of public compile definitions for a library.",
+     "Targets may populate this property to publish the compile definitions "
+     "required to compile against the headers for the target.  Consuming "
+     "targets can add entries to their own COMPILE_DEFINITIONS property such "
+     "as $<TARGET_PROPERTY:foo,INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS> to use the "
+     "compile definitions specified in the interface of 'foo'."
+     "\n"
+     CM_DOCUMENT_COMMAND_GENERATOR_EXPRESSIONS);
+
+  cm->DefineProperty
     ("LINK_INTERFACE_MULTIPLICITY", cmProperty::TARGET,
      "Repetition count for STATIC libraries with cyclic dependencies.",
      "When linking to a STATIC library target with cyclic dependencies the "