Review Request 111877: desktop_to_json cmake macro

[Kevin Ottens]

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Ship it!


Ship It!

- Kevin Ottens


On Aug. 8, 2013, 10:26 p.m., Sebastian Kügler wrote:
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> (Updated Aug. 8, 2013, 10:26 p.m.)
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> Review request for KDE Frameworks.
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> Description
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> This patch adds a macro that allows to convert .desktop files to .json format during build.
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> # desktop_to_json(desktopfile [jsonfile])
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> # This macro uses desktoptojson to compile a json file, from a plugin
> # description in a .desktop file. The generated file can be compiled
> # into the plugin using the K_PLUGIN_FACTORY_WITH_JSON (cpp) macro.
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> # When jsonFile is omitted, the macro will replace the .desktop file
> # extension of the first argument with .json and use that as output.
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> # Examples:
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> #  desktop_to_json(plasma-dataengine-time.desktop)
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> #  desktop_to_json(plasma-dataengine-time.desktop my_output_file.json)
> #
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> With this macro, the desktoptojson programme, the KPluginInfo ctor and the KPluginFactory macros, I can build a Qt-style plugin with minimal changes.
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> Diffs
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>   staging/kservice/CMakeLists.txt 831b963 
>   staging/kservice/KServiceConfig.cmake.in a817e41 
>   staging/kservice/KServiceMacros.cmake PRE-CREATION 
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> Diff: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/111877/diff/
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> Testing
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> Built different plugins with this macro, they can build a valid KPluginInfo from the plugin metadata. Test is in plasma-framework/src/plasma/tests/kplugin (as it uses DataEngines).
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> Thanks,
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> Sebastian Kügler
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