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Add Bazel build instructions.
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# Use as a Bazel Dependency

To use libcbor in your
[Baze](https://bazel.build/)
project, first add the following section to your project's `WORKSPACE` file.
Note the location of the `third_party/libcbor.BUILD` file - you may use a
different location if you wish, but you the file must be make available to
`WORKSPACE`.

## WORKSPACE

Note, this imports version `0.8.0` - you may need to update the version and
the sha256 hash.

```python
# libcbor
http_archive(
name = "libcbor",
build_file = "//third_party:libcbor.BUILD",
sha256 = "dd04ea1a7df484217058d389e027e7a0143a4f245aa18a9f89a5dd3e1a4fcc9a",
strip_prefix = "libcbor-0.8.0",
urls = ["https://github.com/PJK/libcbor/archive/refs/tags/v0.8.0.zip"],
)
```

## third_party/libcbor.BUILD

Bazel will unzip the libcbor zip file, then copy this file in as `BUILD`.
Bazel will then use this file to compile libcbor.
[Cmake](https://cmake.org/)
is used in two passes: to create the Makefiles, and then to invoke Make to build
the `libcbor.a` static library. `libcbor.a` and the `.h` files are then made
available for other packages to use.

```python
genrule(
name = "cbor_cmake",
srcs = glob(["**"]),
outs = ["libcbor.a", "cbor.h", "cbor/arrays.h", "cbor/bytestrings.h",
"cbor/callbacks.h", "cbor/cbor_export.h", "cbor/common.h", "cbor/configuration.h", "cbor/data.h",
"cbor/encoding.h", "cbor/floats_ctrls.h", "cbor/ints.h", "cbor/maps.h",
"cbor/serialization.h", "cbor/streaming.h", "cbor/strings.h", "cbor/tags.h"],
cmd = " && ".join([
# Remember where output should go.
"INITIAL_WD=`pwd`",
# Build libcbor library.
"cd `dirname $(location CMakeLists.txt)`",
"cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCBOR_CUSTOM_ALLOC=ON .",
"cmake --build .",
# Export the .a and .h files for cbor rule, below.
"cp src/libcbor.a src/cbor.h $$INITIAL_WD/$(RULEDIR)",
"cp src/cbor/*h cbor/configuration.h $$INITIAL_WD/$(RULEDIR)/cbor"]),
visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
)

cc_import(
name = "cbor",
hdrs = ["cbor.h", "cbor/arrays.h", "cbor/bytestrings.h",
"cbor/callbacks.h", "cbor/cbor_export.h", "cbor/common.h", "cbor/configuration.h", "cbor/data.h",
"cbor/encoding.h", "cbor/floats_ctrls.h", "cbor/ints.h", "cbor/maps.h",
"cbor/serialization.h", "cbor/streaming.h", "cbor/strings.h", "cbor/tags.h"],
static_library = "libcbor.a",
visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
)
```

## third_party/BUILD

The `libcbor.BUILD` file must be make available to the top-level `WORKSPACE`
file:

```python
exports_files(["libcbor.BUILD"]))
```

## Your BUILD File

Add libcbor dependency to your package's `BUILD` file like so:

```python
cc_library(
name = "...",
srcs = [ ... ],
hdrs = [ ... ],
deps = [
...
"@libcbor//:cbor",
],
)
```

## Your C File

Now you may simply include `cbor.h`:

```c
#include "cbor.h"

static const uint8_t version = cbor_major_version;
```

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