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/*! \page preprocessing Preprocessing
Source files that are used as input to doxygen can be parsed by doxygen's
built-in C-preprocessor.
By default doxygen does only partial preprocessing. That is, it
evaluates conditional compilation statements (like \#if) and
evaluates macro definitions, but it does not perform macro expansion.
So if you have the following code fragment
\verbatim
#define VERSION 200
#define CONST_STRING const char *
#if VERSION >= 200
static CONST_STRING version = "2.xx";
#else
static CONST_STRING version = "1.xx";
#endif
\endverbatim
Then by default doxygen will feed the following to its parser:
\verbatim
#define VERSION
#define CONST_STRING
static CONST_STRING version = "2.xx";
\endverbatim
You can disable all preprocessing by setting
\ref cfg_enable_preprocessing "ENABLE_PREPROCESSING" to \c
NO in the configuation file. In the case above doxygen will then read
both statements, i.e:
\verbatim
static CONST_STRING version = "2.xx";
static CONST_STRING version = "1.xx";
\endverbatim
In case you want to expand the \c CONST_STRING macro, you should set the
\ref cfg_macro_expansion "MACRO_EXPANSION" tag in the config file
to \c YES. Then the result after preprocessing becomes:
\verbatim
#define VERSION
#define CONST_STRING
static const char * version = "1.xx";
\endverbatim
Note that doxygen will now expand \e all macro definitions
(recursively if needed). This is often too much. Therefore, doxygen also
allows you to expand only those defines that you explicitly
specify. For this you have to set the
\ref cfg_expand_only_predef "EXPAND_ONLY_PREDEF" tag to \c YES
and specify the macro definitions after
the \ref cfg_predefined "PREDEFINED" or
\ref cfg_expand_as_defined "EXPAND_AS_DEFINED" tag.
A typically example where some help from the preprocessor is needed is
when dealing with Microsoft's __declspec language extension. Here is an
example function.
\verbatim
extern "C" void __declspec(dllexport) ErrorMsg( String aMessage,...);
\endverbatim
When nothing is done, doxygen will be confused and see __declspec as
some sort of function. To help doxygen one typically uses the following
preprocessor settings:
\verbatim
ENABLE_PREPROCESSING = YES
MACRO_EXPANSION = YES
EXPAND_ONLY_PREDEF = YES
PREDEFINED = __declspec(x)=
\endverbatim
This will make sure the __declspec(dllexport) is removed before doxygen
parses the source code.
For a more complex example, suppose you have the following obfuscated
code fragment of an abstract base class called \c IUnknown:
\verbatim
/*! A reference to an IID */
#ifdef __cplusplus
#define REFIID const IID &
#else
#define REFIID const IID *
#endif
/*! The IUnknown interface */
DECLARE_INTERFACE(IUnknown)
{
STDMETHOD(HRESULT,QueryInterface) (THIS_ REFIID iid, void **ppv) PURE;
STDMETHOD(ULONG,AddRef) (THIS) PURE;
STDMETHOD(ULONG,Release) (THIS) PURE;
};
\endverbatim
without macro expansion doxygen will get confused, but we may not want to
expand the REFIID macro, because it is documented and the user that reads
the documentation should use it when implementing the interface.
By setting the following in the config file:
\verbatim
ENABLE_PREPROCESSING = YES
MACRO_EXPANSION = YES
EXPAND_ONLY_PREDEF = YES
PREDEFINED = "DECLARE_INTERFACE(name)=class name" \
"STDMETHOD(result,name)=virtual result name" \
"PURE= = 0" \
THIS_= \
THIS= \
__cplusplus
\endverbatim
we can make sure that the proper result is fed to doxygen's parser:
\verbatim
/*! A reference to an IID */
#define REFIID
/*! The IUnknown interface */
class IUnknown
{
virtual HRESULT QueryInterface ( REFIID iid, void **ppv) = 0;
virtual ULONG AddRef () = 0;
virtual ULONG Release () = 0;
};
\endverbatim
Note that the \ref cfg_predefined "PREDEFINED" tag accepts function
like macro definitions
(like \c DECLARE_INTERFACE ), normal macro
substitutions (like \c PURE and \c THIS) and plain
defines (like \c __cplusplus).
Note also that preprocessor definitions that are normally defined
automatically by the preprocessor (like \c __cplusplus), have to be defined
by hand with doxygen's parser (this is done because these defines
are often platform/compiler specific).
In some cases you may want to substitute a macro name or function by
something else without exposing the result to further macro substitution.
You can do this but using the := operator instead of
=
As an example suppose we have the following piece of code:
\verbatim
#define QList QListT
class QListT
{
};
\endverbatim
Then the only way to get doxygen interpret this as a class definition
for class QList is to define:
\verbatim
PREDEFINED = QListT:=QList
\endverbatim
Here is an example provided by Valter Minute and Reyes Ponce that helps
doxygen to wade through the boilerplate code in Microsoft's ATL \& MFC
libraries:
\verbatim
PREDEFINED = "DECLARE_INTERFACE(name)=class name" \
"STDMETHOD(result,name)=virtual result name" \
"PURE= = 0" \
THIS_= \
THIS= \
DECLARE_REGISTRY_RESOURCEID=// \
DECLARE_PROTECT_FINAL_CONSTRUCT=// \
"DECLARE_AGGREGATABLE(Class)= " \
"DECLARE_REGISTRY_RESOURCEID(Id)= " \
DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP= \
BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP=/* \
END_MESSAGE_MAP=*/// \
BEGIN_COM_MAP=/* \
END_COM_MAP=*/// \
BEGIN_PROP_MAP=/* \
END_PROP_MAP=*/// \
BEGIN_MSG_MAP=/* \
END_MSG_MAP=*/// \
BEGIN_PROPERTY_MAP=/* \
END_PROPERTY_MAP=*/// \
BEGIN_OBJECT_MAP=/* \
END_OBJECT_MAP()=*/// \
DECLARE_VIEW_STATUS=// \
"STDMETHOD(a)=HRESULT a" \
"ATL_NO_VTABLE= " \
"__declspec(a)= " \
BEGIN_CONNECTION_POINT_MAP=/* \
END_CONNECTION_POINT_MAP=*/// \
"DECLARE_DYNAMIC(class)= " \
"IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC(class1, class2)= " \
"DECLARE_DYNCREATE(class)= " \
"IMPLEMENT_DYNCREATE(class1, class2)= " \
"IMPLEMENT_SERIAL(class1, class2, class3)= " \
"DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()= " \
TRY=try \
"CATCH_ALL(e)= catch(...)" \
END_CATCH_ALL= \
"THROW_LAST()= throw"\
"RUNTIME_CLASS(class)=class" \
"MAKEINTRESOURCE(nId)=nId" \
"IMPLEMENT_REGISTER(v, w, x, y, z)= " \
"ASSERT(x)=assert(x)" \
"ASSERT_VALID(x)=assert(x)" \
"TRACE0(x)=printf(x)" \
"OS_ERR(A,B)={ #A, B }" \
__cplusplus \
"DECLARE_OLECREATE(class)= " \
"BEGIN_DISPATCH_MAP(class1, class2)= " \
"BEGIN_INTERFACE_MAP(class1, class2)= " \
"INTERFACE_PART(class, id, name)= " \
"END_INTERFACE_MAP()=" \
"DISP_FUNCTION(class, name, function, result, id)=" \
"END_DISPATCH_MAP()=" \
"IMPLEMENT_OLECREATE2(class, name, id1, id2, id3, id4,\
id5, id6, id7, id8, id9, id10, id11)="
\endverbatim
As you can see doxygen's preprocessor is quite powerful, but if you want
even more flexibility you can always write an input filter and specify it
after the \ref cfg_input_filter "INPUT_FILTER" tag.
If you are unsure what the effect of doxygen's preprocessing will be
you can run doxygen as follows:
\verbatim
doxygen -d Preprocessor
\endverbatim
This will instruct doxygen to dump the input sources to standard output after
preprocessing has been done (Hint: set QUIET = YES and
WARNINGS = NO in the configuration file to disable any other
output).
\htmlonly
Go to the next section or return to the
index.
\endhtmlonly
*/