BDE Libraries

This repository contains the BDE libraries, currently BSL (Basic Standard
Library), BDL (Basic Development Library), BAL (Basic Application Library), and
BBL (Basic Business Library).

Documentation and Build Links

For more information about BDE libraries follow the links below.

Open Source

• Online Library Documentation
• BDE Build Tools
• BDE Build Instructions

Bloomberg LP (internal)

• Online Library Documentation
• BDE Build Tools
• BDE Build Instructions

Build Instructions

BDE uses a build system based on cmake. The build system is located in the
BDE tools repository (see Documentation Links).

• Build instructions for open source users
• Build instructions for Bloomberg LP users

Prerequisites

The BDE CMake build system requires the following software to be preinstalled and configured on the system:

• CMake version 3.12 or later
• Ninja (recommended) or GNU Make
• Python

Note that python is used by the build helpers bde_build_env.py and cmake_build.py, but is not strictly needed
to build BDE. See the more complete build instructions linked below for more detail.

Build Instructions (Open Source)

Please see the more complete build instructions for open source users.

The following commands can be used to configure and build the BDE repository:

1. Clone the bde-tools and bde repositories and add bde-tools to your PATH:

   $ git clone https://github.com/bloomberg/bde-tools.git
   $ export PATH=$PWD/bde-tools/bin:$PATH      # add bde-tools to the 'PATH'
   $ git clone https://github.com/bloomberg/bde.git
   $ cd bde
   

2. From the root of this source repository, run:

   $ export BDE_CMAKE_BUILD_DIR=$PWD/_build   # configure the build directory
   $ cmake_build.py configure -u dbg_exc_mt_64_cpp14
   

3. To build the libraries, but not the test drivers, run:

   $ cmake_build.py build
   

   To also build the test drivers, run:

   $ cmake_build.py build --test build
   

   To build and run the test drivers, run:

   $ cmake_build.py build --test run
   

Build Instructions (Bloomberg LP)

Please see the more complete build instructions for Bloomberg LP users.

The following commands can be used to configure and build the BDE repository:

1. Clone the bde-tools and bde repositories and add bde-tools to your PATH:

   $ git clone bbgithub:bde/bde-tools
   $ export PATH=$PWD/bde-tools/bin:$PATH      # add bde-tools to the 'PATH'
   $ git clone bbgithub:bde/bde
   $ cd bde
   

2. From the root of this source repository, run:

   $ export BDE_CMAKE_BUILD_DIR=$PWD/_build   # configure the build directory
   $ cmake_build.py configure -u dbg_exc_mt_64_cpp14
   

3. To build the libraries, but not the test drivers, run:

   $ cmake_build.py build
   

   To also build the test drivers, run:

   $ cmake_build.py build --test build
   

   To build and run the test drivers, run:

   $ cmake_build.py build --test run
   

License

The BDE libraries are distributed under the Apache License (version 2.0); see
the LICENSE file at the top of the source tree for more information.