[XERCESC-2132] cmake: Add the ability to force the specific XMLCh type to use

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.2.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.2.1
• Component/s: Build
• Assignee: Roger Leigh
• Reporter: Roger Leigh
• Created: 23/Jan/18 14:32
• Updated: 01/Mar/18 01:17
• Resolved: 30/Jan/18 20:07

Description

Currently the CMake build default to a 16-bit integer type.  It will use char16_t where available, and fall back to wchar_t on Windows when available.  This means that old Visual Studio versions will use wchar_t while newer ones use char16_t, but there are cases where selection of a specific XMLCh type is desirable, to force the use of wchar_t e.g. for compatibility reasons.

 

Add an option to select a specific XMLCh type, overriding the default checks and fallbacks.

 

Also, check that the autotools build behaves the same way.