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+#
+# Copyright OpenEmbedded Contributors
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+
+# Inherit this class in recipes to enable building their introspection files
+
+# python3native is inherited to prevent introspection tools being run with
+# host's python 3 (they need to be run with native python 3)
+#
+# This also sets up autoconf-based recipes to build introspection data (or not),
+# depending on distro and machine features (see gobject-introspection-data class).
+inherit python3native gobject-introspection-data
+
+# meson: default option name to enable/disable introspection. This matches most
+# project's configuration. In doubts - check meson_options.txt in project's
+# source path.
+GIR_MESON_OPTION ?= 'introspection'
+GIR_MESON_ENABLE_FLAG ?= 'true'
+GIR_MESON_DISABLE_FLAG ?= 'false'
+
+# Define g-i options such that they can be disabled completely when GIR_MESON_OPTION is empty
+GIRMESONTARGET = "-D${GIR_MESON_OPTION}=${@bb.utils.contains('GI_DATA_ENABLED', 'True', '${GIR_MESON_ENABLE_FLAG}', '${GIR_MESON_DISABLE_FLAG}', d)} "
+GIRMESONBUILD = "-D${GIR_MESON_OPTION}=${GIR_MESON_DISABLE_FLAG} "
+# Auto enable/disable based on GI_DATA_ENABLED
+EXTRA_OECONF:prepend:class-target = "${@bb.utils.contains('GI_DATA_ENABLED', 'True', '--enable-introspection', '--disable-introspection', d)} "
+EXTRA_OEMESON:prepend:class-target = "${@['', '${GIRMESONTARGET}'][d.getVar('GIR_MESON_OPTION') != '']}"
+# When building native recipes, disable introspection, as it is not necessary,
+# pulls in additional dependencies, and makes build times longer
+EXTRA_OECONF:prepend:class-native = "--disable-introspection "
+EXTRA_OECONF:prepend:class-nativesdk = "--disable-introspection "
+EXTRA_OEMESON:prepend:class-native = "${@['', '${GIRMESONBUILD}'][d.getVar('GIR_MESON_OPTION') != '']}"
+EXTRA_OEMESON:prepend:class-nativesdk = "${@['', '${GIRMESONBUILD}'][d.getVar('GIR_MESON_OPTION') != '']}"
+
+# Generating introspection data depends on a combination of native and target
+# introspection tools, and qemu to run the target tools.
+DEPENDS:append:class-target = " gobject-introspection gobject-introspection-native qemu-native"
+
+# Even though introspection is disabled on -native, gobject-introspection package is still
+# needed for m4 macros.
+DEPENDS:append:class-native = " gobject-introspection-native"
+DEPENDS:append:class-nativesdk = " gobject-introspection-native"
+
+# This is used by introspection tools to find .gir includes
+export XDG_DATA_DIRS = "${STAGING_DATADIR}:${STAGING_LIBDIR}"
+
+do_configure:prepend:class-target () {
+    # introspection.m4 pre-packaged with upstream tarballs does not yet
+    # have our fixes
+    mkdir -p ${S}/m4
+    cp ${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}/${datadir}/aclocal/introspection.m4 ${S}/m4
+}
+
+# .typelib files are needed at runtime and so they go to the main package (so
+# they'll be together with libraries they support).
+FILES:${PN}:append = " ${libdir}/girepository-*/*.typelib" 
+    
+# .gir files go to dev package, as they're needed for developing (but not for
+# running) things that depends on introspection.
+FILES:${PN}-dev:append = " ${datadir}/gir-*/*.gir ${libdir}/gir-*/*.gir"