AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES

.. versionadded:: 3.10

A :ref:semicolon-separated list <CMake Language Lists> of macro names used by :prop_tgt:AUTOMOC to determine if a C++ file needs to be processed by moc.

This property is only used if the :prop_tgt:AUTOMOC property is ON for this target.

When running :prop_tgt:AUTOMOC, CMake searches for the strings listed in AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES in C++ source and header files. If any of the strings is found

as the first non space string on a new line or
as the first non space string after a { on a new line,

then the file will be processed by moc.

By default AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES is initialized from :variable:CMAKE_AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES.

See also the :prop_tgt:INTERFACE_AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES target property.

See the :manual:cmake-qt(7) manual for more information on using CMake with Qt.

Example ^^^^^^^

In this case the Q_OBJECT macro is hidden inside another macro called CUSTOM_MACRO. To let CMake know that source files that contain CUSTOM_MACRO need to be moc processed, we call:

.. code-block:: cmake

set_property(TARGET tgt APPEND PROPERTY AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES "CUSTOM_MACRO")