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1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: dynlib.cpp
3 // Purpose: Dynamic library management
4 // Author: Guilhem Lavaux
5 // Modified by:
6 // Created: 20/07/98
7 // RCS-ID: $Id$
8 // Copyright: (c) Guilhem Lavaux
9 // Licence: wxWindows license
10 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11
12 #ifndef _WX_DYNLIB_H__
13 #define _WX_DYNLIB_H__
14
15 #ifdef __GNUG__
16 # pragma interface
17 #endif
18
19 #include "wx/setup.h"
20
21 #if wxUSE_DYNLIB_CLASS
22
23 #include "wx/string.h"
24 #include "wx/list.h"
25 #include "wx/hash.h"
26
27 // this is normally done by configure, but I leave it here for now...
28 #if defined(__UNIX__) && !(defined(HAVE_DLOPEN) || defined(HAVE_SHL_LOAD))
29 # if defined(__LINUX__) || defined(__SOLARIS__) || defined(__SUNOS__) || defined(__FREEBSD__)
30 # define HAVE_DLOPEN
31 # elif defined(__HPUX__)
32 # define HAVE_SHL_LOAD
33 # endif // Unix flavour
34 #endif // !Unix or already have some HAVE_xxx defined
35
36 #if defined(HAVE_DLOPEN)
37 # include <dlfcn.h>
38 typedef void *wxDllType;
39 #elif defined(HAVE_SHL_LOAD)
40 # include <dl.h>
41 typedef shl_t wxDllType;
42 #elif defined(__WINDOWS__)
43 # include <windows.h>
44 typedef HMODULE wxDllType;
45 #elif defined(__OS2__)
46 # define INCL_DOS
47 # include <os2.h>
48 typedef HMODULE wxDllType;
49 #elif defined(__WXMAC__)
50 typedef CFragConnectionID wxDllType;
51 #else
52 # error "wxLibrary can't be compiled on this platform, sorry."
53 #endif // OS
54
55 // LoadLibrary is defined in windows.h as LoadLibraryA, but wxDllLoader method
56 // should be called LoadLibrary, not LoadLibraryA or LoadLibraryW!
57 #if defined(__WIN32__) && defined(LoadLibrary)
58 # include "wx/msw/winundef.h"
59 #endif
60
61 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
62 // wxDllLoader
63 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
64 /** wxDllLoader is a class providing an interface similar to unix's
65 dlopen(). It is used by the wxLibrary framework and manages the
66 actual loading of DLLs and the resolving of symbols in them.
67 There are no instances of this class, it simply serves as a
68 namespace for its static member functions.
69 */
70 class wxDllLoader
71 {
72 public:
73 /** This function loads a shared library into memory, with libname
74 being the basename of the library, without the filename
75 extension. No initialisation of the library will be done.
76 @param libname Name of the shared object to load.
77 @param success Must point to a bool variable which will be set to TRUE or FALSE.
78 @return A handle to the loaded DLL. Use success parameter to test if it is valid.
79 */
80 static wxDllType LoadLibrary(const wxString & libname, bool *success = NULL);
81 /** This function unloads the shared library. */
82 static void UnloadLibrary(wxDllType dll);
83 /** This function returns a valid handle for the main program
84 itself. */
85 static wxDllType GetProgramHandle(void);
86 /** This function resolves a symbol in a loaded DLL, such as a
87 variable or function name.
88 @param dllHandle Handle of the DLL, as returned by LoadDll().
89 @param name Name of the symbol.
90 @return A pointer to the symbol.
91 */
92 static void * GetSymbol(wxDllType dllHandle, const wxString &name);
93 private:
94 /// forbid construction of objects
95 wxDllLoader();
96 };
97
98 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
99 // wxLibrary
100 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
101
102 class wxLibrary : public wxObject
103 {
104 public:
105 wxHashTable classTable;
106
107 public:
108 wxLibrary(wxDllType handle);
109 ~wxLibrary();
110
111 // Get a symbol from the dynamic library
112 void *GetSymbol(const wxString& symbname);
113
114 // Create the object whose classname is "name"
115 wxObject *CreateObject(const wxString& name);
116
117 protected:
118 void PrepareClasses(wxClassInfo *first);
119
120 wxDllType m_handle;
121 };
122
123
124
125 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
126 // wxLibraries
127 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
128
129 class wxLibraries
130 {
131 public:
132 wxLibraries();
133 ~wxLibraries();
134
135 // caller is responsible for deleting the returned pointer if !NULL
136 wxLibrary *LoadLibrary(const wxString& basename);
137
138 wxObject *CreateObject(const wxString& name);
139
140 protected:
141 wxList m_loaded;
142 };
143
144 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
145 // Global variables
146 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
147
148 extern wxLibraries wxTheLibraries;
149
150 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
151 // Interesting defines
152 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
153
154 #define WXDLL_ENTRY_FUNCTION() \
155 extern "C" wxClassInfo *wxGetClassFirst(); \
156 wxClassInfo *wxGetClassFirst() { \
157 return wxClassInfo::GetFirst(); \
158 }
159
160 #endif // wxUSE_DYNLIB_CLASS
161
162 #endif // _WX_DYNLIB_H__