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+###########################################################################
+#
+# Copyright 2010
+#
+# This file is part of Starlight.
+#
+# Starlight is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Starlight is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Starlight. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+###########################################################################
+#
+# File and Version Information:
+# $Rev:: $: revision of last commit
+# $Author:: $: author of last commit
+# $Date:: $: date of last commit
+#
+# Description:
+# collection of useful cmake macros
+#
+#
+###########################################################################
+
+
+# takes list of file names and returns file name list with new extension
+# example:
+# switch_file_extension("${CC_LIST}" ".cc" ".h" H_LIST)
+function(switch_file_extension IN_FILE_LIST OLD_EXT NEW_EXT OUT_FILE_LIST)
+ set(NEW_FILE_LIST)
+ foreach(_OLD_FILE ${IN_FILE_LIST})
+ string(REGEX REPLACE "^(.*)${OLD_EXT}$" "\\1${NEW_EXT}" _NEW_FILE ${_OLD_FILE})
+ set(NEW_FILE_LIST ${NEW_FILE_LIST} ${_NEW_FILE})
+ endforeach()
+ set(${OUT_FILE_LIST} ${NEW_FILE_LIST})
+endfunction(switch_file_extension)
+
+
+# adds standard shared library
+# additional libraries that should be linked to can be given as optional arguments
+function(make_shared_library LIB_NAME SOURCES)
+ add_library(${LIB_NAME} SHARED ${SOURCES})
+ # proccess link libraries in additional arguments
+ foreach(_LIB ${ARGN})
+ target_link_libraries(${LIB_NAME} ${_LIB})
+ endforeach()
+endfunction(make_shared_library)
+
+
+# adds standard executable
+# additional libraries that should be linked to can be given as optional arguments
+function(make_executable EXE_NAME SOURCES)
+ add_executable(${EXE_NAME} ${SOURCES})
+ # proccess link libraries in additional arguments
+ foreach(_LIB ${ARGN})
+ target_link_libraries(${EXE_NAME} ${_LIB})
+ endforeach()
+endfunction(make_executable)
+
+
+macro(enforce_out_of_source_build)
+ if(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} STREQUAL ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
+ message(FATAL_ERROR "Building this project in the source directory is not allowed. Please remove CMakeCache.txt, create a build directory, and run cmake there, for example:
+rm CMakeCache.txt
+mkdir build && cd build
+cmake ..")
+ endif()
+endmacro(enforce_out_of_source_build)