Add CMake fetchcontent documentation and tests

Github issue:
https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/2073

nlohmann::json documents 2 way of depending on it using CMake
1) Copy-paste the project/source into your own project.
2) Install nlohman::json and then use find_package.

(1) pollutes your git repository, (2) requires everyone to install the
dependencies themselves.

Since 2018, CMake provide some kind of 'package manager' features using
[FetchContent](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.17/module/FetchContent.html)
It gives the following:
~~~cmake
include(FetchContent)

FetchContent_Declare(json
  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/nlohmann/json
  GIT_TAG v3.7.3)

FetchContent_GetProperties(json)
if(NOT json_POPULATED)
  FetchContent_Populate(json)
  add_subdirectory( ${json_SOURCE_DIR} ${json_BINARY_DIR} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
endif()
~~~

Then declares the dependency in the target using it:
~~~cmake
target_link_library(my_project PRIVATE nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json
~~~

This patch updates the documentation and provides tests.
This commit is contained in:
ArthurSonzogni 2020-04-29 14:29:17 +02:00
parent b1fe6ee0d1
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@ -133,6 +133,33 @@ add_library(foo ...)
target_link_libraries(foo PRIVATE nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json)
```
##### Embedded (FetchContent)
Since CMake v3.11,
[FetchContent](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.11/module/FetchContent.html) can
be used to automatically download the repository as a dependency.
Example:
~~~cmake
include(FetchContent)
FetchContent_Declare(json
GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/nlohmann/json
GIT_TAG v3.7.3)
FetchContent_GetProperties(json)
if(NOT json_POPULATED)
FetchContent_Populate(json)
add_subdirectory(${json_SOURCE_DIR} ${json_BINARY_DIR} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
endif()
target_link_libraries(foo PRIVATE nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json)
~~~
**Note**: The repository https://github.com/nlohmann/json download size is huge.
It contains all the dataset used for the benchmarks. You might want to depend on
a smaller repository. For instance, you might want to replace the URL above by:
https://github.com/ArthurSonzogni/nlohmann_json_cmake_fetchcontent
#### Supporting Both
To allow your project to support either an externally supplied or an embedded JSON library, you can use a pattern akin to the following:

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@ -189,3 +189,4 @@ endforeach()
add_subdirectory(cmake_import)
add_subdirectory(cmake_import_minver)
add_subdirectory(cmake_add_subdirectory)
add_subdirectory(cmake_fetch_content)

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if (${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER "3.11.0")
add_test(NAME cmake_fetch_content_configure
COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
-G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}"
-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
-Dnlohmann_json_source=${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/project
)
add_test(NAME cmake_fetch_content_build
COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build .
)
set_tests_properties(cmake_fetch_content_configure PROPERTIES
FIXTURES_SETUP cmake_fetch_content
)
set_tests_properties(cmake_fetch_content_build PROPERTIES
FIXTURES_REQUIRED cmake_fetch_content
)
endif()

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cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.11)
project(DummyImport CXX)
include(FetchContent)
FetchContent_Declare(json
GIT_REPOSITORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../..
GIT_TAG HEAD)
FetchContent_GetProperties(json)
if(NOT json_POPULATED)
FetchContent_Populate(json)
add_subdirectory(${json_SOURCE_DIR} ${json_BINARY_DIR} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
endif()
add_executable(with_namespace_target main.cpp)
target_link_libraries(with_namespace_target nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json)
add_executable(without_namespace_target main.cpp)
target_link_libraries(without_namespace_target nlohmann_json)

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#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
nlohmann::json j;
return 0;
}