core.project.project

Used to get some description information of the current project, that is, the configuration information defined in the xmake.lua project description file, for example: target, option, etc.

project.target

• Get the specified project target object

Function Prototype

API

project.target(name: <string>)

Parameter Description

Parameter	Description
name	Required. Target name

Return Value

Type	Description
target	Returns the target object, or nil if it doesn't exist

Usage

Get and access the specified project target configuration, for example:

local target = project.target("test")
if target then

    -- Get the target name
    print(target:name())

    -- Get the target directory, available after version 2.1.9
    print(target:targetdir())

    -- Get the target file name
    print(target:targetfile())

    -- Get the target type, which is: binary, static, shared
    print(target:targetkind())

    -- Get the target source file
    local sourcefiles = target:sourcefiles()

    -- Get a list of target installation header files
    local srcheaders, dstheaders = target:headerfiles()

    -- Get target dependencies
    print(target:get("deps"))
end

project.targets

• Get a list of project target objects

Function Prototype

API

project.targets()

Parameter Description

No parameters required for this function.

Return Value

Type	Description
table	Returns a table containing all target objects, with target names as keys and target objects as values

Usage

Returns all compilation targets for the current project, for example:

for targetname, target in pairs(project.targets()) do
    print(target:targetfile())
end

project.option

• Get the specified option object

Function Prototype

API

project.option(name: <string>)

Parameter Description

Parameter	Description
name	Required. Option name

Return Value

Type	Description
option	Returns the option object, or nil if it doesn't exist

Usage

Get and access the option objects specified in the project, for example:

local option = project.option("test")
if option:enabled() then
    option:enable(false)
end

project.options

• Get all project option objects

Function Prototype

API

project.options()

Parameter Description

No parameters required for this function.

Return Value

Type	Description
table	Returns a table containing all option objects, with option names as keys and option objects as values

Usage

Returns all compilation targets for the current project, for example:

for optionname, option in pairs(project.options()) do
    print(option:enabled())
end

project.name

• Get the current project name

Function Prototype

API

project.name()

Parameter Description

No parameters required for this function.

Return Value

Type	Description
string	Returns the project name

Usage

That is, get the project name configuration of set_project.

print(project.name())

project.version

• Get the current project version number

Function Prototype

API

project.version()

Parameter Description

No parameters required for this function.

Return Value

Type	Description
string	Returns the project version number

Usage

That is, get set_version project version configuration.

print(project.version())