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#ifndef cmLinkLibrariesCommand_h
#define cmLinkLibrariesCommand_h

#include "cmCommand.h"

/** \class cmLinkLibrariesCommand
 * \brief Specify a list of libraries to link into executables.
 *
 * cmLinkLibrariesCommand is used to specify a list of libraries to link
 * into executable(s) or shared objects. The names of the libraries
 * should be those defined by the LIBRARY(library) command(s).  
 */
class cmLinkLibrariesCommand : public cmCommand
{
public:
  /**
   * This is a virtual constructor for the command.
   */
  virtual cmCommand* Clone() 
    {
    return new cmLinkLibrariesCommand;
    }

  /**
   * This is called when the command is first encountered in
   * the CMakeLists.txt file.
   */
  virtual bool InitialPass(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
                           cmExecutionStatus &status);

  /**
   * The name of the command as specified in CMakeList.txt.
   */
  virtual const char* GetName() const { return "link_libraries";}

  /**
   * Succinct documentation.
   */
  virtual const char* GetTerseDocumentation() const
    {
    return "Deprecated. Use the target_link_libraries() command instead.";
    }
  
  /**
   * More documentation.
   */
  virtual const char* GetFullDocumentation() const
    {
    return
      "Link libraries to all targets added later.\n"
      "  link_libraries(library1 <debug | optimized> library2 ...)\n"
      "Specify a list of libraries to be linked into "
      "any following targets (typically added with the add_executable "
      "or add_library calls).  This command is passed "
      "down to all subdirectories.  "
      "The debug and optimized strings may be used to indicate that "
      "the next library listed is to be used only for that specific "
      "type of build.";
    }
  
  /** This command is kept for compatibility with older CMake versions. */
  virtual bool IsDiscouraged() const
    {
    return true;
    }

  cmTypeMacro(cmLinkLibrariesCommand, cmCommand);
};


#endif