Introduce the LINK_ONLY generator expression.

This is an internal expression for use by target_link_libraries
for static libraries.

3 files changed, 40 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Source/cmGeneratorExpressionDAGChecker.cxx b/Source/cmGeneratorExpressionDAGChecker.cxx
index 5b79e35..a4d5453 100644
--- a/Source/cmGeneratorExpressionDAGChecker.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGeneratorExpressionDAGChecker.cxx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ cmGeneratorExpressionDAGChecker::cmGeneratorExpressionDAGChecker(
                 const GeneratorExpressionContent *content,
                 cmGeneratorExpressionDAGChecker *parent)
   : Parent(parent), Target(target), Property(property),
-    Content(content), Backtrace(backtrace)
+    Content(content), Backtrace(backtrace), TransitivePropertiesOnly(false)
 {
   const cmGeneratorExpressionDAGChecker *top = this;
   const cmGeneratorExpressionDAGChecker *p = this->Parent;
@@ -139,6 +139,20 @@ cmGeneratorExpressionDAGChecker::checkGraph() const
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+bool cmGeneratorExpressionDAGChecker::GetTransitivePropertiesOnly()
+{
+  const cmGeneratorExpressionDAGChecker *top = this;
+  const cmGeneratorExpressionDAGChecker *parent = this->Parent;
+  while (parent)
+    {
+    top = parent;
+    parent = parent->Parent;
+    }
+
+  return top->TransitivePropertiesOnly;
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 bool cmGeneratorExpressionDAGChecker::EvaluatingLinkLibraries(const char *tgt)
 {
   const cmGeneratorExpressionDAGChecker *top = this;
diff --git a/Source/cmGeneratorExpressionDAGChecker.h b/Source/cmGeneratorExpressionDAGChecker.h
index 95d466a..06b23f9 100644
--- a/Source/cmGeneratorExpressionDAGChecker.h
+++ b/Source/cmGeneratorExpressionDAGChecker.h
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ struct cmGeneratorExpressionDAGChecker
 
 CM_FOR_EACH_TRANSITIVE_PROPERTY_METHOD(DECLARE_TRANSITIVE_PROPERTY_METHOD)
 
+  bool GetTransitivePropertiesOnly();
+  void SetTransitivePropertiesOnly()
+    { this->TransitivePropertiesOnly = true; }
+
 private:
   Result checkGraph() const;
 
@@ -65,6 +69,7 @@ private:
   const GeneratorExpressionContent * const Content;
   const cmListFileBacktrace Backtrace;
   Result CheckResult;
+  bool TransitivePropertiesOnly;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/Source/cmGeneratorExpressionEvaluator.cxx b/Source/cmGeneratorExpressionEvaluator.cxx
index e2af131..08d9d03 100644
--- a/Source/cmGeneratorExpressionEvaluator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGeneratorExpressionEvaluator.cxx
@@ -492,6 +492,24 @@ static const struct VersionEqualNode : public cmGeneratorExpressionNode
 } versionEqualNode;
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+static const struct LinkOnlyNode : public cmGeneratorExpressionNode
+{
+  LinkOnlyNode() {}
+
+  std::string Evaluate(const std::vector<std::string> &parameters,
+                       cmGeneratorExpressionContext *,
+                       const GeneratorExpressionContent *,
+                       cmGeneratorExpressionDAGChecker *dagChecker) const
+  {
+    if(!dagChecker->GetTransitivePropertiesOnly())
+      {
+      return parameters.front();
+      }
+    return "";
+  }
+} linkOnlyNode;
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 static const struct ConfigurationNode : public cmGeneratorExpressionNode
 {
   ConfigurationNode() {}
@@ -1396,6 +1414,8 @@ cmGeneratorExpressionNode* GetNode(const std::string &identifier)
     return &installPrefixNode;
   else if (identifier == "JOIN")
     return &joinNode;
+  else if (identifier == "LINK_ONLY")
+    return &linkOnlyNode;
   return 0;
 
 }