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target(name:dependencies:path:exclude:sources:publicHeadersPath:)

Creates a library or executable target.

Declaration

static func target(name: String, dependencies: [Target.Dependency] = [], path: String? = nil, exclude: [String] = [], sources: [String]? = nil, publicHeadersPath: String? = nil) -> Target

Parameters

  • name:

    The name of the target.

  • dependencies:

    The dependencies of the target. A dependency can be another target in the package or a product from a package dependency.

  • path:

    The custom path for the target. By default, the Swift Package Manager requires a target’s sources to reside at predefined search paths; for example, [PackageRoot]/Sources/[TargetName]. Don’t escape the package root; for example, values like ../Foo or /Foo are invalid.

  • exclude:

    A list of paths to files or directories that the Swift Package Manager shouldn’t consider to be source or resource files. A path is relative to the target’s directory. This parameter has precedence over the Sources parameter.

  • sources:

    An explicit list of source files. If you provide a path to a directory, the Swift Package Manager searches for valid source files recursively.

  • publicHeadersPath:

    The directory containing public headers of a C-family library target.

Discussion

A target can contain either Swift or C-family source files, but not both. The Swift Package Manager considers a target to be an executable target if its directory contains a main.swift, main.m, main.c, or main.cpp file. The Swift Package Manager considers all other targets to be library targets.

See Also

Creating a Regular Target