Add support for providing imported target "rapidcsv::rapidcsv" and config files for CMake find_package

[hwhsu1231]

Feature Request

This library is "header-only". Therefore, we can just copy the rapidcsv.h to our project to use it. However, I highly recommend that it provide (after installation):

• Config File: rapidcsv-config.cmake
• Version File: rapidcsv-config-version.cmake
• Imported Target: rapidcsv::rapidcsv

So that users can use find_package(rapidcsv) command to acquire an imported target rapidcsv::rapidcsv, which would be linked to their executable or library targets:

find_package(rapidcsv)
add_executable(main "main.cpp")
target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE rapidcsv::rapidcsv)

[d99kris]

Hi @hwhsu1231 - thanks for suggesting this feature. I'll need to do some read up to know what's needed, but it seems like a reasonable functionality. If you know some other (ideally header-only) project providing this functionality, please let me know, so I can check how they've implemented it. Thanks!

[hwhsu1231]

@d99kris - I suggest that it take CLI11 library for reference. This project is header-only as well, and will provide Config Files and Imported Target after running cmake --install command.

• cli11: CMakeLists.txt#L145-L177

[d99kris]

Great, thanks! Will check it out.

[d99kris]

Will proceed to move unaddressed feature requests into Discussions section, for a clearer separation of bugs and feature requests.

[hwhsu1231]

@d99kris

I think rapidcsv can take the following Header-Only libraries for reference as well:

• tabulate: CMakeLists.txt#L55-L74
• indicators: CMakeLists.txt#L50-L73
• utf8cpp: CMakeLists.txt#L30-L51

[d99kris]

Thanks for providing more references. I haven't had the chance to look at this feature yet, but hopefully I (or someone else) will eventually.