CMake target_link_libraries Interface Dependencies
CMake的链接选项：PRIVATE，INTERFACE，PUBLIC

If you are creating a shared library and your source cpp files #include the headers of another library (Say, QtNetwork for example), but your header files don't include QtNetwork headers, then QtNetwork is a PRIVATE dependency.

If your source files and your headers include the headers of another library, then it is a PUBLIC dependency.

If your header files other than your source files include the headers of another library, then it is an INTERFACE dependency.

Other build properties of PUBLIC and INTERFACE dependencies are propagated to consuming libraries.

测试PUBLIC

// foo.h
int foo();

struct A {
	int num1;
	double num2;
};

// foo.cpp
#include "foo.h"

int foo()
{
	return sizeof(A);
}

// bar.h
#include "foo.h"

int bar();

// bar.cpp
#include "bar.h"

int bar()
{
	return foo() * 10;
}

// main.cpp
#include <iostream>
#include "bar.h"

int main()
{
	std::cout << foo() << std::endl;
	std::cout << bar() << std::endl;
	return 0;
}

// CMakeLists.txt
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)

project(foobar)
set(CMAKE_SKIP_RPATH TRUE)

include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR})

add_library(foo SHARED foo.cpp)

add_library(bar SHARED bar.cpp)
target_link_libraries(bar PUBLIC foo)

add_executable(main main.cpp)
target_link_libraries(main bar)

$ ldd *.so
libbar.so:
	linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffddc3ed000)
	libfoo.so => /usr1/tmp/cmake1/build/libfoo.so (0x00007f8657389000)
libfoo.so:
	statically linked

$ nm -C main | grep "foo\|bar"
                 U bar()
                 U foo()

测试PRIVATE

// foo.h
struct A {
	int num1;
	double num2;
};

int foo();

// foo.cpp
#include "foo.h"

int foo()
{
	return sizeof(A);
}

// bar.h
int bar();

// bar.cpp
#include "foo.h"

int bar()
{
	return foo() * 10;
}

// main.cpp
#include <iostream>
#include "bar.h"

int main()
{
	std::cout << bar() << std::endl;
	return 0;
}

// CMakeLists.txt
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)

project(foobar)
set(CMAKE_SKIP_RPATH TRUE)

include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR})

add_library(foo SHARED foo.cpp)

add_library(bar SHARED bar.cpp)
target_link_libraries(bar PRIVATE foo)

add_executable(main main.cpp)
target_link_libraries(main bar)

$ ldd *.so
libbar.so:
	linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffd6aad7000)
	libfoo.so => /usr1/tmp/cmake1/build/libfoo.so (0x00007fc5f2ffe000)
libfoo.so:
	statically linked

$ nm -C main | grep "foo\|bar"
                 U bar()

测试INTERFACE

// foo.h
struct A {
	int num1;
	double num2;
};

int foo();

// foo.cpp
#include "foo.h"

int foo()
{
	return sizeof(A);
}

// bar.h
#include "foo.h"

int bar();

// bar.cpp
int bar()
{
	return 123 * 10;
}

// main.cpp
#include <iostream>
#include "bar.h"

int main()
{
	std::cout << foo() << std::endl;
	std::cout << bar() << std::endl;
	return 0;
}

// CMakeLists.txt
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)

project(foobar)
set(CMAKE_SKIP_RPATH TRUE)

include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR})

add_library(foo SHARED foo.cpp)

add_library(bar SHARED bar.cpp)
target_link_libraries(bar INTERFACE foo)

add_executable(main main.cpp)
target_link_libraries(main bar)

$ ldd *.so
libbar.so:
	statically linked
libfoo.so:
	statically linked

$ nm -C main | grep "foo\|bar"
                 U bar()
                 U foo()