FindIce

Added in version 3.1.

Finds the Internet Communication Engine (Ice) programs, libraries and datafiles:

find_package(Ice [<version>] COMPONENTS <components>... [...])

Ice is an open-source remote procedure call (RPC) framework developed by ZeroC and provides SDKs for various languages to develop network applications.

Added in version 3.4: Imported targets for components and many new *_EXECUTABLE variables.

Added in version 3.7: Debug and Release library variants are found separately.

Added in version 3.10: Ice 3.7 support, including new components, programs and the Nuget package.

Components

Ice consists of several libraries and programs (executables). This find module supports components, which can be specified using the find_package() command, to select specific Ice libraries for use in a CMake project. Executables provided by Ice installation are always searched automatically, regardless of the specified components.

The list of available components depends on the Ice version in use. To successfully find Ice, at least one component must be specified:

find_package(Ice COMPONENTS <components>...)

Supported components include:

Freeze
Glacier2
Ice
IceBox
IceDB
IceDiscovery
IceGrid

IceLocatorDiscovery
IcePatch
IceSSL
IceStorm
IceUtil
IceXML
Slice

Ice 3.7 and later also include C++11-specific components:

Glacier2++11
Ice++11
IceBox++11
IceDiscovery++11

IceGrid++11
IceLocatorDiscovery++11
IceSSL++11
IceStorm++11

Imported Targets

This module provides the following Imported Targets:

Ice::<component>: Added in version 3.4.

Target encapsulating the usage requirements for the specified Ice component (library), available if that component is found. The <component> should be written in the same case, as listed above. For example, use Ice::Glacier2 for the Ice Glacier2 library, or Ice::Ice++11 for the Ice++11 library, etc.

Result Variables

This module defines the following variables:

Ice_FOUND: Boolean indicating whether the (requested version of) main programs, libraries and all requested components for using Ice were found.
Ice_VERSION: The version of Ice release found.
Ice_INCLUDE_DIRS: The include directories containing headers needed to use Ice.
Ice_LIBRARIES: Component libraries needed to link against to use Ice.
Ice_SLICE_DIRS: The data directories containing interface definitions (*.ice files) for Slice (Specification Language for Ice).

Ice component libraries are stored in:

Ice_<COMPONENT>_FOUND: Boolean indicating whether the specified Ice component was found. The <COMPONENT> should be written in uppercase.
Ice_<COMPONENT>_LIBRARIES: Libraries provided by the specified Ice component. The <COMPONENT> should be written in uppercase.

Slice programs are stored in:

Ice_SLICE2CONFLUENCE_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.14.

The path to the slice2confluence executable.
Ice_SLICE2CPP_EXECUTABLE: The path to the slice2cpp executable.
Ice_SLICE2CS_EXECUTABLE: The path to the slice2cs executable.
Ice_SLICE2FREEZEJ_EXECUTABLE: The path to the slice2freezej executable.
Ice_SLICE2FREEZE_EXECUTABLE: The path to the slice2freeze executable.
Ice_SLICE2HTML_EXECUTABLE: The path to the slice2html executable.
Ice_SLICE2JAVA_EXECUTABLE: The path to the slice2java executable.
Ice_SLICE2JS_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the slice2js executable.
Ice_SLICE2MATLAB_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.14.

The path to the slice2matlab executable.
Ice_SLICE2OBJC_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.10.

The path to the slice2objc executable.
Ice_SLICE2PHP_EXECUTABLE: The path to the slice2php executable.
Ice_SLICE2PY_EXECUTABLE: The path to the slice2py executable.
Ice_SLICE2RB_EXECUTABLE: The path to the slice2rb executable.

Ice programs are stored in:

Ice_GLACIER2ROUTER_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the glacier2router executable.
Ice_ICEBOX_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the icebox executable.
Ice_ICEBOX++11_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.10.

The path to the icebox++11 executable.
Ice_ICEBOXADMIN_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the iceboxadmin executable.
Ice_ICEBOXD_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the iceboxd executable.
Ice_ICEBOXNET_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the iceboxnet executable.
Ice_ICEBRIDGE_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.10.

The path to the icebridge executable.
Ice_ICEGRIDADMIN_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the icegridadmin executable.
Ice_ICEGRIDDB_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.10.

The path to the icegriddb executable.
Ice_ICEGRIDNODE_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the icegridnode executable.
Ice_ICEGRIDNODED_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the icegridnoded executable.
Ice_ICEGRIDREGISTRY_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the icegridregistry executable.
Ice_ICEGRIDREGISTRYD_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the icegridregistryd executable.
Ice_ICEPATCH2CALC_EXECUTABLE: The path to the icepatch2calc executable.
Ice_ICEPATCH2CLIENT_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the icepatch2client executable.
Ice_ICEPATCH2SERVER_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the icepatch2server executable.
Ice_ICESERVICEINSTALL_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the iceserviceinstall executable.
Ice_ICESTORMADMIN_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the icestormadmin executable.
Ice_ICESTORMDB_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.10.

The path to the icestormdb executable.
Ice_ICESTORMMIGRATE_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the icestormmigrate executable.

Ice database programs are stored in the following variables (on Windows, they are included with the Ice installation; on other platforms, they are usually available through standard Berkeley DB packages):

Ice_DB_ARCHIVE_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the db_archive executable.
Ice_DB_CHECKPOINT_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the db_checkpoint executable.
Ice_DB_DEADLOCK_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the db_deadlock executable.
Ice_DB_DUMP_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the db_dump executable.
Ice_DB_HOTBACKUP_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the db_hotbackup executable.
Ice_DB_LOAD_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the db_load executable.
Ice_DB_LOG_VERIFY_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the db_log_verify executable.
Ice_DB_PRINTLOG_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the db_printlog executable.
Ice_DB_RECOVER_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the db_recover executable.
Ice_DB_STAT_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the db_stat executable.
Ice_DB_TUNER_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the db_tuner executable.
Ice_DB_UPGRADE_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the db_upgrade executable.
Ice_DB_VERIFY_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the db_verify executable.
Ice_DUMPDB_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the dumpdb executable.
Ice_TRANSFORMDB_EXECUTABLE: Added in version 3.4.

The path to the transformdb executable.

Cache Variables

The following cache variables may also be set:

Ice_<PROGRAM>_EXECUTABLE: The path to the specified <PROGRAM> executable; The <PROGRAM> is the uppercase name of the Ice program as listed in above result variables of executables.
Ice_INCLUDE_DIR: The directory containing Ice headers.
Ice_SLICE_DIR: The data directory containing interface definitions for Slice.
Ice_<COMPONENT>_LIBRARY: The path to the library for the specified component. The <COMPONENT> should be written in uppercase.

Hints

This module accepts the following variables:

Ice_HOME: Set this CMake variable to the root of the Ice installation in order to search for Ice in a custom location.

Note

On Windows, Ice 3.7.0 and later provide libraries via the NuGet package manager. Appropriate NuGet packages will be searched for using CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH, or alternatively Ice_HOME may be set to the location of a specific NuGet package to restrict the search.
ICE_HOME: Environment variable (uppercased) may also be set to the root of the Ice installation; The Ice_HOME CMake variable takes precedence.
Ice_DEBUG: Set this variable to boolean true to enable debug output from this module.

Note

In most cases, none of the above variables need to be set unless multiple Ice versions are installed and a specific one is required. On Windows, the most recent version is typically found using the registry. On Unix-like systems, programs, headers, and libraries are usually found in standard locations, although Ice_SLICE_DIRS might not be detected automatically (commonly known locations are searched). All other variables default based on the value of Ice_HOME, if set.

It's also possible to set Ice_HOME while selectively overriding specific locations for individual components; This might be required, for example, in newer versions of Visual Studio if the heuristics are not sufficient to identify the correct programs and libraries for the specific Visual Studio version.

Examples

Finding the Ice core library and linking it to a project target:

find_package(Ice COMPONENTS Ice)
target_link_libraries(project_target PRIVATE Ice::Ice)

Finding Ice core library and IceSSL library, and linking them to a project target:

find_package(Ice COMPONENTS Ice IceSSL)
target_link_libraries(project_target PRIVATE Ice::Ice Ice::IceSSL)

Finding Ice core library as required component and Ice Freeze library as optional:

find_package(Ice COMPONENTS Ice OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS Freeze)

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