improved build when compiling shared libraries

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)
+include(GenerateExportHeader)
 
 project(VerteronDisassemblerEngine)
 
-option(BUILD_SHARED "Build shared libraries rather than static ones" FALSE)
+option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build shared libraries rather than static ones" FALSE)
 option(BUILD_EXAMPLES "Build examples" TRUE)
 option(BUILD_CPP_BINDINGS "Build C++ bindings" TRUE)
 
@@ -38,12 +39,12 @@ set(vde_sources
     "VerteronDisassemblerEngine/VXOpcodeTable.c"
     "VerteronDisassemblerEngine/VXInstructionDecoder.c")
 
-#if (BUILD_SHARED)
-#    add_definitions("-DVX_BUILD_SHARED")
-#    add_library("VerteronDisassemblerEngine" SHARED ${vde_headers} ${vde_sources})
-#else ()
-    add_library("VerteronDisassemblerEngine" STATIC ${vde_headers} ${vde_sources})
-#endif ()
+add_library("VerteronDisassemblerEngine" ${vde_headers} ${vde_sources})
+generate_export_header(
+    "VerteronDisassemblerEngine" 
+    BASE_NAME "VX"
+    EXPORT_FILE_NAME "VXExportConfig.h")
+include_directories(${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR})
 
 # C++ bindings
 if (BUILD_CPP_BINDINGS)

VerteronDisassemblerEngine/VXInternalConfig.h

@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@
 
 **************************************************************************************************/
 
+/*
+ * Include CMake generated header defining macros im-/exporting functions statically or 
+ * dynamically depending what the user requested from CMake.
+ */
+#include "VXExportConfig.h"
+
 #ifndef _VDE_VXINTERNALCONFIG_H_
 #define _VDE_VXINTERNALCONFIG_H_
 
@@ -39,14 +45,4 @@
 #   define VX_INLINE extern inline
 #endif
 
-#ifdef VX_BUILD_SHARED /* set by CMake */
-#   if defined(_MSC_VER)
-#       define VX_EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
-#   elif defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__) 
-#       define VX_EXPORT __attribute__((dllexport))
-#   endif
-#else
-#   define VX_EXPORT
-#endif
-
 #endif /* _VDE_VXINTERNALCONFIG_H_ */