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BoostBook element library-reference

library-reference — Declares the reference material for a library

Synopsis

library-reference ::= (title?, section*, (header| library-reference)*)

Description

Reference documentation for a library is contained with a <library-reference> element. The <library-reference> element has no attributes, and contains as children only <header> elements.

The <header> element defines a C++ header file. Within each C++ header file lie the definitions of C++ constructs to be documented. The name attribute of the <header> element gives the name of the header, as one would specify when including the header. For instance, the <library-reference> for the Any library may look like this:

<library-reference>
  <header name="boost/any.hpp">
    <!-- C++ constructs in this header -->
  </header>
</library-reference>

If the Any library contained multiple headers, we would list them all as children of the <library-reference> element.

library-reference elements can be nested, so that reference material can be divided into separate sections that each contain different headers.

Attributes

NameTypeValuePurpose
last-revision#IMPLIEDCDATASet to $Date: 2004/01/15 16:08:59 $ to keep "last revised" information in sync with CVS changes
id#IMPLIEDCDATAA global identifier for this element
xml:base#IMPLIEDCDATAImplementation detail used by XIncludes
Last revised: , at GMTCopyright © 2003 Douglas Gregor