In the Bazel official documentation there is an example explaining how to create a Java library built from regular java files and files generated by a :gen_java_srcs rule. I rewrite this code here for ease of reading:
java_library(
name = "mylib",
srcs = glob(["*.java"]) + [":gen_java_srcs"],
deps = "...",
)
genrule(
name = "gen_java_srcs",
outs = [
"Foo.java",
"Bar.java",
],
...
)
Now in a C++ perspective, I am in a scenario where the genrule generates two kind of files: .hpp and .cpp:
genrule(
name = "gen_cpp_srcs",
outs = [
"myFile_1.hpp","myFile_2.hpp",...,"myFile_N.hpp",
"myFile.cpp","myFile_2.cpp",...,"myFile_N.cpp",
],
...
)
where N is some tens.
My problem/question is: how to write the cc_library rule, with an automatic dispatching of the hpp and cpp files into hdrs and srcs field?
I want something like:
cc_library(
name = "mylib",
srcs = glob(["*.cpp"]) + (howto: .cpp files of [":gen_cpp_srcs"]),
hdrs = glob(["*.hpp"]) + (howto: .hpp files of [":gen_cpp_srcs"]),
...
)
Some magic like:
output_filter(":gen_cpp_srcs","*.cpp")
would be perfect, but I do not know enough of Bazel to make it real.