Firebird Generator Guide A guide on how and when to use generators in Firebird Frank Ingermann Version 0.3, 27 June 2020 Table of Contents 1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.3. Where are generators stored? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.5. How many generators are available in one database? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477 18.4 Generators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . information needed to build the current package has to be calculated and written in disk (in the self.generators_folder) by the generate() method. The goal of the generate() method is to prepare the build generating • Write information about the dependencies for the build system. This is done by what we call “generators”, which are tools like CMakeDeps, PkgConfigDeps, MSBuildDeps, XcodeDeps, etc. • Write information

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477 18.4 Generators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . information needed to build the current package has to be calculated and written in disk (in the self.generators_folder) by the generate() method. The goal of the generate() method is to prepare the build generating • Write information about the dependencies for the build system. This is done by what we call “generators”, that are tools like CMakeDeps, PkgConfigDeps, MSBuildDeps, XcodeDeps, etc. • Write information

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489 18.4 Generators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . information needed to build the current package has to be calculated and written in disk (in the self.generators_folder) by the generate() method. The goal of the generate() method is to prepare the build generating • Write information about the dependencies for the build system. This is done by what we call “generators”, which are tools like CMakeDeps, PkgConfigDeps, MSBuildDeps, XcodeDeps, etc. • Write information

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487 18.4 Generators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . information needed to build the current package has to be calculated and written in disk (in the self.generators_folder) by the generate() method. The goal of the generate() method is to prepare the build generating • Write information about the dependencies for the build system. This is done by what we call “generators”, which are tools like CMakeDeps, PkgConfigDeps, MSBuildDeps, XcodeDeps, etc. • Write information

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489 18.4 Generators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . information needed to build the current package has to be calculated and written in disk (in the self.generators_folder) by the generate() method. The goal of the generate() method is to prepare the build generating • Write information about the dependencies for the build system. This is done by what we call “generators”, which are tools like CMakeDeps, PkgConfigDeps, MSBuildDeps, XcodeDeps, etc. • Write information

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477 18.4 Generators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . information needed to build the current package has to be calculated and written in disk (in the self.generators_folder) by the generate() method. The goal of the generate() method is to prepare the build generating • Write information about the dependencies for the build system. This is done by what we call “generators”, that are tools like CMakeDeps, PkgConfigDeps, MSBuildDeps, XcodeDeps, etc. • Write information

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473 18.4 Generators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . information needed to build the current package has to be calculated and written in disk (in the self.generators_folder) by the generate() method. The goal of the generate() method is to prepare the build generating • Write information about the dependencies for the build system. This is done by what we call “generators”, which are tools like CMakeDeps, PkgConfigDeps, MSBuildDeps, XcodeDeps, etc. • Write information

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473 18.4 Generators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and written in disk (in the self.generators_folder) by the generate() method. That information is about: • The dependencies of the recipe: Typically called “generators”. • The configuration (settings layout(self): cmake_layout(self) def generate(self): # This generates "conan_toolchain.cmake" in self.generators_folder tc = CMakeToolchain(self) tc.variables["MYVAR"] = "1" tc.preprocessor_definitions["MYDEFINE"]

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477 18.4 Generators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . information needed to build the current package has to be calculated and written in disk (in the self.generators_folder) by the generate() method. The goal of the generate() method is to prepare the build generating • Write information about the dependencies for the build sytem. This is done by what we call “generators”, that are tools like CMakeDeps, PkgConfigDeps, MSBuildDeps, XcodeDeps, etc. • Write information