Added toString() method.

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
-project(GenericCore LANGUAGES CXX)
+set(TARGET_APP "GenericCore")
+project(${TARGET_APP} VERSION 0.0.1 LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC ON)
 set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
@@ -8,20 +9,20 @@ set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 
-find_package(QT NAMES Qt6 Qt5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core LinguistTools)
+find_package(QT NAMES Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core LinguistTools)
 find_package(Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR} REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core LinguistTools)
 
-set(TS_FILES GenericCore_en_US.ts)
+set(TS_FILES ${TARGET_APP}_en_US.ts)
 
-add_library(GenericCore STATIC
+add_library(${TARGET_APP} STATIC
   genericcore.cpp
   genericcore.h
   ${TS_FILES}
 )
 
-target_link_libraries(GenericCore PRIVATE Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Core)
+target_link_libraries(${TARGET_APP} PRIVATE Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Core)
 
-target_compile_definitions(GenericCore PRIVATE GENERICCORE_LIBRARY)
+target_compile_definitions(${TARGET_APP} PRIVATE ${TARGET_APP}_LIBRARY)
 
 if(COMMAND qt_create_translation)
     qt_create_translation(QM_FILES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} ${TS_FILES})

genericcore.cpp

@@ -1,19 +1,14 @@
 #include "genericcore.h"
 
-#include <iostream>
+#include <QDebug>
+#include <QString>
+
 using namespace std;
 
-GenericCore::GenericCore()
-{
-    cout << "Creating core..." << endl;
-}
+GenericCore::GenericCore() { qDebug() << "Creating core..."; }
 
-GenericCore::~GenericCore()
-{
-    cout << "Destroying core..." << endl;
-}
+GenericCore::~GenericCore() { qDebug() << "Destroying core..."; }
 
-void GenericCore::sayHello() const
-{
-    cout << "Hello from the core!" << endl;
-}
+QString GenericCore::toString() const { return QString("GenericCore (Version x.y.z)"); }
+
+void GenericCore::sayHello() const { qDebug() << "Hello from the core!"; }

genericcore.h

@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 #ifndef GENERICCORE_H
 #define GENERICCORE_H
 
-class GenericCore
-{
-public:
-    GenericCore();
-    ~GenericCore();
+class QString;
 
-    void sayHello() const;
+class GenericCore {
+ public:
+  GenericCore();
+  ~GenericCore();
+
+  QString toString() const;
+  void sayHello() const;
 };
 
-#endif // GENERICCORE_H
+#endif  // GENERICCORE_H