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Qbs 1.12.1

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# Scanner

Creates custom dependency scanners in modules. More...

- List of all members, including inherited members

## Properties

- condition : bool
- inputs : stringList
- recursive : bool
- scan : script
- searchPaths : script

## Detailed Description

A Scanner item can appear inside a Module item, and allows to extract dependencies for artifacts from the artifacts' file contents. For example, this is what a scanner for "qrc" files might look like:

      import qbs.Xml

      Module {
        Scanner {
          inputs: 'qrc'
          scan: {
            var xml = new Xml.DomDocument(input.filePath);
            dependencies = [];
            // retrieve <file> entries from the XML document
            return dependencies;
          }
        }
      }

## Property Documentation

condition : bool

If `true`, the scanner is enabled, otherwise it does nothing.

Default: `true`

inputs : stringList

A list of file tags the input artifacts must match.

Default: Undefined

recursive : bool

Determines whether to scan the returned dependencies using the same scanner.

Default: `false`

scan : script

A script that reads the input artifact and returns a string list with dependencies.

The code in this script is treated as a function with the signature `function(project, product, input)`.

Default: Undefined

searchPaths : script

A script that returns the paths where to look for dependencies.

The code in this script is treated as a function with the signature `function(project, product, input)`.

Default: Undefined

Rule ◦ SubProject