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<h1 id="generator-object-generator">Generator object (<code>generator</code>)</h1>
<p>This object is returned by <a href="Reference-manual_functions.html#generator"><ins><code>generator()</code></ins></a> and contains a
generator that is used to transform files from one type to another by
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<p>Generator object objects are returned by the following functions and methods:</p>
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<pre><code class="language-meson"># Takes a list of files, causes them to be processed and returns an object containing the result
<a href="Reference-manual_returned_generated_list.html"><ins>generated_list</ins></a> process(
<a href="Reference-manual_elementary_str.html"><ins>str</ins></a> | <a href="Reference-manual_returned_file.html"><ins>file</ins></a> | <a href="Reference-manual_returned_custom_tgt.html"><ins>custom_tgt</ins></a> | <a href="Reference-manual_returned_custom_idx.html"><ins>custom_idx</ins></a> | <a href="Reference-manual_returned_generated_list.html"><ins>generated_list</ins></a> <b>source</b>..., # List of sources to process
# Keyword arguments:
<a href="Reference-manual_returned_generator.html#process_env"><b>env</b></a> : <a href="Reference-manual_returned_env.html"><ins>env</ins></a> | <a href="Reference-manual_elementary_list.html"><ins>list</ins></a>[<a href="Reference-manual_elementary_str.html"><ins>str</ins></a>] | <a href="Reference-manual_elementary_dict.html"><ins>dict</ins></a>[<a href="Reference-manual_elementary_str.html"><ins>str</ins></a>] # environment variables to set, such as
<a href="Reference-manual_returned_generator.html#process_extra_args"><b>extra_args</b></a> : <a href="Reference-manual_elementary_list.html"><ins>list</ins></a>[<a href="Reference-manual_elementary_str.html"><ins>str</ins></a>] # If present, will be used to replace an entry `@EXTRA_ARGS@` in the argument list
<a href="Reference-manual_returned_generator.html#process_preserve_path_from"><b>preserve_path_from</b></a> : <a href="Reference-manual_elementary_str.html"><ins>str</ins></a> # If given, specifies that the output files need to maintain their directory structure
)</code></pre>
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arguments (<code>source...</code>) of type <code><a href="Reference-manual_elementary_str.html"><ins><code>str</code></ins></a> | <a href="Reference-manual_returned_file.html"><ins><code>file</code></ins></a> | <a href="Reference-manual_returned_custom_tgt.html"><ins><code>custom_tgt</code></ins></a> | <a href="Reference-manual_returned_custom_idx.html"><ins><code>custom_idx</code></ins></a> | <a href="Reference-manual_returned_generated_list.html"><ins><code>generated_list</code></ins></a></code>.</p>
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<p>The method <code>generator.process()</code>
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<a href="Reference-manual_returned_env.html"><ins><code>env</code></ins></a> | <a href="Reference-manual_elementary_list.html"><ins><code>list</code></ins></a>[<a href="Reference-manual_elementary_str.html"><ins><code>str</code></ins></a>] | <a href="Reference-manual_elementary_dict.html"><ins><code>dict</code></ins></a>[<a href="Reference-manual_elementary_str.html"><ins><code>str</code></ins></a>]</td>
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<p>environment variables to set, such as
<code>{'NAME1': 'value1', 'NAME2': 'value2'}</code> or <code>['NAME1=value1', 'NAME2=value2']</code>,
or an <a href="Reference-manual_returned_env.html"><ins><code>env</code></ins></a> object which allows more
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<a href="Reference-manual_elementary_list.html"><ins><code>list</code></ins></a>[<a href="Reference-manual_elementary_str.html"><ins><code>str</code></ins></a>]</td>
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<p>If present, will be used to replace an entry <code>@EXTRA_ARGS@</code> in the argument list.</p>
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<p>If given, specifies that the output files need to maintain their directory structure
inside the target temporary directory. The most common value for this is
<code>meson.current_source_dir()</code>. With this value when a file called
<code>subdir/one.input</code> is processed it generates a file <code>{target private directory}/subdir/one.out</code> as opposed to <code>{target private directory}/one.out</code>.</p>
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