**Features available in all environments** * ``DEFAULT``: This feature enables default link expression. This is mainly useful with :prop_tgt:`LINK_LIBRARY_OVERRIDE` and :prop_tgt:`LINK_LIBRARY_OVERRIDE_` target properties. **Features available in Apple environments** It is assumed that the linker used is the one provided by `XCode` or is compatible with it. * ``FRAMEWORK``: This option tells the linker to search for the specified framework (use linker option ``-framework``). * ``NEEDED_FRAMEWORK``: This is the same as the ``FRAMEWORK`` feature but means to really link with the framework even if no symbols are used from it (use linker option ``-needed_framework``). * ``REEXPORT_FRAMEWORK``: This is the same as the ``FRAMEWORK`` feature but also specifies that all symbols in that framework should be available to clients linking to the library being created (use linker option ``-reexport_framework``). * ``WEAK_FRAMEWORK``: This is the same as the ``FRAMEWORK`` feature but forces the framework and all references to it to be marked as weak imports (use linker option ``-weak_framework``). Features for framework linking have a special handling in ``CMake``: the framework can be specified as a ``CMake`` framework target or file path. In the first case, the target must have the :prop_tgt:`FRAMEWORK` target property set as ``TRUE`` to enable framework handling. In the later case, if the path includes a directory part, this one will be specified as framework search path at link step. .. code-block:: cmake add_library(lib SHARED ...) target_link_libraries(lib PRIVATE "$") # at link step we will have: # -F/path/to -needed_framework my_framework .. note:: The expected formats for the file path, with optional parts specified as ``()?``, are: * (/path/to/)?FwName(.framework)? * (/path/to/)?FwName.framework/FwName * (/path/to/)?FwName.framework/Versions/\*/FwName