Add explicit target types (with 'auto' being the default)

1 files changed, 32 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/libcppbuild.cc b/libcppbuild.cc
index 441ba00..c18d725 100644
--- a/libcppbuild.cc
+++ b/libcppbuild.cc
@@ -33,6 +33,29 @@ std::list<std::shared_ptr<Task>> taskFactory(const BuildConfiguration& config,
 {
 	std::filesystem::path targetFile(config.target);
 
+	TargetType target_type{config.type};
+	if(target_type == TargetType::Auto)
+	{
+		if(targetFile.extension() == ".a")
+		{
+			target_type = TargetType::StaticLibrary;
+		}
+		else if(targetFile.extension() == ".so")
+		{
+			target_type = TargetType::DynamicLibrary;
+		}
+		else if(targetFile.extension() == "")
+		{
+			target_type = TargetType::Executable;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			std::cerr << "Could not deduce target type from target " <<
+				targetFile.string() << " please specify.\n";
+			exit(1);
+		}
+	}
+
 	std::vector<std::string> objects;
 	std::list<std::shared_ptr<Task>> tasks;
 	for(const auto& file : config.sources)
@@ -42,28 +65,27 @@ std::list<std::shared_ptr<Task>> taskFactory(const BuildConfiguration& config,
 		objects.push_back(tasks.back()->target());
 	}
 
-	if(targetFile.extension() == ".a")
+	switch(target_type)
 	{
-		// static lib
+	case TargetType::StaticLibrary:
 		tasks.emplace_back(std::make_shared<TaskAR>(config, settings, config.target,
 		                                            objects));
-	}
-	else if(targetFile.extension() == ".so")
-	{
+		break;
+
+	case TargetType::DynamicLibrary:
 		if(targetFile.stem().string().substr(0, 3) != "lib")
 		{
 			std::cerr << "Dynamic library target must have 'lib' prefix\n";
 			exit(1);
 		}
-		// dynamic lib
 		tasks.emplace_back(std::make_shared<TaskSO>(config, settings, config.target,
 		                                            objects));
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		// executable
+		break;
+
+	case TargetType::Executable:
 		tasks.emplace_back(std::make_shared<TaskLD>(config, settings, config.target,
 		                                            objects));
+		break;
 	}
 
 	return tasks;