FindDoxygen — CMake 3.30.1 Documentation

# FindDoxygen

Doxygen is a documentation generation tool (see https://www.doxygen.nl). This module looks for Doxygen and some optional tools it supports:

`dot`

  Graphviz `dot` utility used to render various graphs.

`mscgen`

  Message Chart Generator utility used by Doxygen's `\msc` and `\mscfile` commands.

`dia`

  Dia the diagram editor used by Doxygen's `\diafile` command.

Added in version 3.9: These tools are available as components in the `find_package()` command. For example:

    # Require dot, treat the other components as optional
    find_package(Doxygen
                 REQUIRED dot
                 OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS mscgen dia)

The following variables are defined by this module:

DOXYGEN_FOUND

  True if the `doxygen` executable was found.

DOXYGEN_VERSION

  The version reported by `doxygen --version`.

Added in version 3.9: The module defines `IMPORTED` targets for Doxygen and each component found. These can be used as part of custom commands, etc. and should be preferred over old-style (and now deprecated) variables like `DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE`. The following import targets are defined if their corresponding executable could be found (the component import targets will only be defined if that component was requested):

    Doxygen::doxygen
    Doxygen::dot
    Doxygen::mscgen
    Doxygen::dia

## Functions

doxygen_add_docs

  Added in version 3.9.

  This function is intended as a convenience for adding a target for generating documentation with Doxygen. It aims to provide sensible defaults so that projects can generally just provide the input files and directories and that will be sufficient to give sensible results. The function supports the ability to customize the Doxygen configuration used to build the documentation.

      doxygen_add_docs(targetName
          [filesOrDirs...]
          [ALL]
          [USE_STAMP_FILE]
          [WORKING_DIRECTORY dir]
          [COMMENT comment]
          [CONFIG_FILE filename])

  The function constructs a `Doxyfile` and defines a custom target that runs Doxygen on that generated file. The listed files and directories are used as the `INPUT` of the generated `Doxyfile` and they can contain wildcards. Any files that are listed explicitly will also be added as `SOURCES` of the custom target so they will show up in an IDE project's source list.

  So that relative input paths work as expected, by default the working directory of the Doxygen command will be the current source directory (i.e. `CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR`). This can be overridden with the `WORKING_DIRECTORY` option to change the directory used as the relative base point. Note also that Doxygen's default behavior is to strip the working directory from relative paths in the generated documentation (see the `STRIP_FROM_PATH` Doxygen config option for details).

  If provided, the optional `comment` will be passed as the `COMMENT` for the `add_custom_target()` command used to create the custom target internally.

  Added in version 3.27: If `CONFIG_FILE` is set, the given file provided with full-path will be used as doxygen configuration file

  Added in version 3.12: If `ALL` is set, the target will be added to the default build target.

  Added in version 3.16: If `USE_STAMP_FILE` is set, the custom command defined by this function will create a stamp file with the name `<targetName>.stamp` in the current binary directory whenever doxygen is re-run. With this option present, all items in `<filesOrDirs>` must be files (i.e. no directories, symlinks or wildcards) and each of the files must exist at the time `doxygen_add_docs()` is called. An error will be raised if any of the items listed is missing or is not a file when `USE_STAMP_FILE` is given. A dependency will be created on each of the files so that doxygen will only be re-run if one of the files is updated. Without the `USE_STAMP_FILE` option, doxygen will always be re-run if the `<targetName>` target is built regardless of whether anything listed in `<filesOrDirs>` has changed.

  The contents of the generated `Doxyfile` can be customized by setting CMake variables before calling `doxygen_add_docs()`. Any variable with a name of the form `DOXYGEN_<tag>` will have its value substituted for the corresponding `<tag>` configuration option in the `Doxyfile`. See the Doxygen documentation for the full list of supported configuration options.

  Some of Doxygen's defaults are overridden to provide more appropriate behavior for a CMake project. Each of the following will be explicitly set unless the variable already has a value before `doxygen_add_docs()` is called (with some exceptions noted):

  DOXYGEN_HAVE_DOT

    Set to `YES` if the `dot` component was requested and it was found, `NO` otherwise. Any existing value of `DOXYGEN_HAVE_DOT` is ignored.

  DOXYGEN_DOT_MULTI_TARGETS

    Set to `YES` by this module (note that this requires a `dot` version newer than 1.8.10). This option is only meaningful if `DOXYGEN_HAVE_DOT` is also set to `YES`.

  DOXYGEN_GENERATE_LATEX

    Set to `NO` by this module.

  DOXYGEN_WARN_FORMAT

    For Visual Studio based generators, this is set to the form recognized by the Visual Studio IDE: `$file($line) : $text`. For all other generators, Doxygen's default value is not overridden.

  DOXYGEN_PROJECT_NAME

    Populated with the name of the current project (i.e. `PROJECT_NAME`).

  DOXYGEN_PROJECT_NUMBER

    Populated with the version of the current project (i.e. `PROJECT_VERSION`).

  DOXYGEN_PROJECT_BRIEF

    Populated with the description of the current project (i.e. `PROJECT_DESCRIPTION`).

  DOXYGEN_INPUT

    Projects should not set this variable. It will be populated with the set of files and directories passed to `doxygen_add_docs()`, thereby providing consistent behavior with the other built-in commands like `add_executable()`, `add_library()` and `add_custom_target()`. If a variable named `DOXYGEN_INPUT` is set by the project, it will be ignored and a warning will be issued.

  DOXYGEN_RECURSIVE

    Set to `YES` by this module.

  DOXYGEN_EXCLUDE_PATTERNS

    If the set of inputs includes directories, this variable will specify patterns used to exclude files from them. The following patterns are added by `doxygen_add_docs()` to ensure CMake-specific files and directories are not included in the input. If the project sets `DOXYGEN_EXCLUDE_PATTERNS`, those contents are merged with these additional patterns rather than replacing them:

        */.git/*
        */.svn/*
        */.hg/*
        */CMakeFiles/*
        */_CPack_Packages/*
        DartConfiguration.tcl
        CMakeLists.txt
        CMakeCache.txt

  DOXYGEN_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY

    Set to `CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR` by this module. Note that if the project provides its own value for this and it is a relative path, it will be converted to an absolute path relative to the current binary directory. This is necessary because doxygen will normally be run from a directory within the source tree so that relative source paths work as expected. If this directory does not exist, it will be recursively created prior to executing the doxygen commands.

To change any of these defaults or override any other Doxygen config option, set relevant variables before calling `doxygen_add_docs()`. For example:

>     set(DOXYGEN_GENERATE_HTML NO)
>     set(DOXYGEN_GENERATE_MAN YES)

>     doxygen_add_docs(
>         doxygen
>         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
>         COMMENT "Generate man pages"
>     )

A number of Doxygen config options accept lists of values, but Doxygen requires them to be separated by whitespace. CMake variables hold lists as a string with items separated by semi-colons, so a conversion needs to be performed. The `doxygen_add_docs()` command specifically checks the following Doxygen config options and will convert their associated CMake variable's contents into the required form if set. CMake variables are named `DOXYGEN_<name>` for the Doxygen settings specified here.

    ABBREVIATE_BRIEF
    ALIASES
    CITE_BIB_FILES
    DIAFILE_DIRS
    DOTFILE_DIRS
    DOT_FONTPATH
    ENABLED_SECTIONS
    EXAMPLE_PATH
    EXAMPLE_PATTERNS
    EXCLUDE
    EXCLUDE_PATTERNS
    EXCLUDE_SYMBOLS
    EXPAND_AS_DEFINED
    EXTENSION_MAPPING
    EXTRA_PACKAGES
    EXTRA_SEARCH_MAPPINGS
    FILE_PATTERNS
    FILTER_PATTERNS
    FILTER_SOURCE_PATTERNS
    HTML_EXTRA_FILES
    HTML_EXTRA_STYLESHEET
    IGNORE_PREFIX
    IMAGE_PATH
    INCLUDE_FILE_PATTERNS
    INCLUDE_PATH
    INPUT
    LATEX_EXTRA_FILES
    LATEX_EXTRA_STYLESHEET
    MATHJAX_EXTENSIONS
    MSCFILE_DIRS
    PLANTUML_INCLUDE_PATH
    PREDEFINED
    QHP_CUST_FILTER_ATTRS
    QHP_SECT_FILTER_ATTRS
    STRIP_FROM_INC_PATH
    STRIP_FROM_PATH
    TAGFILES
    TCL_SUBST

The following single value Doxygen options will be quoted automatically if they contain at least one space:

    CHM_FILE
    DIA_PATH
    DOCBOOK_OUTPUT
    DOCSET_FEEDNAME
    DOCSET_PUBLISHER_NAME
    DOT_FONTNAME
    DOT_PATH
    EXTERNAL_SEARCH_ID
    FILE_VERSION_FILTER
    GENERATE_TAGFILE
    HHC_LOCATION
    HTML_FOOTER
    HTML_HEADER
    HTML_OUTPUT
    HTML_STYLESHEET
    INPUT_FILTER
    LATEX_FOOTER
    LATEX_HEADER
    LATEX_OUTPUT
    LAYOUT_FILE
    MAN_OUTPUT
    MAN_SUBDIR
    MATHJAX_CODEFILE
    MSCGEN_PATH
    OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
    PERL_PATH
    PLANTUML_JAR_PATH
    PROJECT_BRIEF
    PROJECT_LOGO
    PROJECT_NAME
    QCH_FILE
    QHG_LOCATION
    QHP_CUST_FILTER_NAME
    QHP_VIRTUAL_FOLDER
    RTF_EXTENSIONS_FILE
    RTF_OUTPUT
    RTF_STYLESHEET_FILE
    SEARCHDATA_FILE
    USE_MDFILE_AS_MAINPAGE
    WARN_FORMAT
    WARN_LOGFILE
    XML_OUTPUT

Added in version 3.11: There are situations where it may be undesirable for a particular config option to be automatically quoted by `doxygen_add_docs()`, such as `ALIASES` which may need to include its own embedded quoting. The `DOXYGEN_VERBATIM_VARS` variable can be used to specify a list of Doxygen variables (including the leading `DOXYGEN_` prefix) which should not be quoted. The project is then responsible for ensuring that those variables' values make sense when placed directly in the Doxygen input file. In the case of list variables, list items are still separated by spaces, it is only the automatic quoting that is skipped. For example, the following allows `doxygen_add_docs()` to apply quoting to `DOXYGEN_PROJECT_BRIEF`, but not each item in the `DOXYGEN_ALIASES` list (bracket syntax can also be used to make working with embedded quotes easier):

    set(DOXYGEN_PROJECT_BRIEF "String with spaces")
    set(DOXYGEN_ALIASES
        [[somealias="@some_command param"]]
        "anotherAlias=@foobar"
    )
    set(DOXYGEN_VERBATIM_VARS DOXYGEN_ALIASES)

The resultant `Doxyfile` will contain the following lines:

    PROJECT_BRIEF = "String with spaces"
    ALIASES       = somealias="@some_command param" anotherAlias=@foobar

## Deprecated Result Variables

Deprecated since version 3.9.

For compatibility with previous versions of CMake, the following variables are also defined but they are deprecated and should no longer be used:

DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE

  The path to the `doxygen` command. If projects need to refer to the `doxygen` executable directly, they should use the `Doxygen::doxygen` import target instead.

DOXYGEN_DOT_FOUND

  True if the `dot` executable was found.

DOXYGEN_DOT_EXECUTABLE

  The path to the `dot` command. If projects need to refer to the `dot` executable directly, they should use the `Doxygen::dot` import target instead.

DOXYGEN_DOT_PATH

  The path to the directory containing the `dot` executable as reported in `DOXYGEN_DOT_EXECUTABLE`. The path may have forward slashes even on Windows and is not suitable for direct substitution into a `Doxyfile.in` template. If you need this value, get the `IMPORTED_LOCATION` property of the `Doxygen::dot` target and use `get_filename_component()` to extract the directory part of that path. You may also want to consider using `file(TO_NATIVE_PATH)` to prepare the path for a Doxygen configuration file.

## Deprecated Hint Variables

Deprecated since version 3.9.

DOXYGEN_SKIP_DOT

  This variable has no effect for the component form of `find_package`. In backward compatibility mode (i.e. without components list) it prevents the finder module from searching for Graphviz's `dot` utility.