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1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: wx/dynlib.h
3 // Purpose: Dynamic library loading classes
4 // Author: Guilhem Lavaux, Vadim Zeitlin, Vaclav Slavik
5 // Modified by:
6 // Created: 20/07/98
7 // RCS-ID: $Id$
8 // Copyright: (c) 1998 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_DYNAMIC_LOADER
22
23 #include "wx/dynload.h" // Use the new (version of) wxDynamicLibrary instead
24
25 #elif wxUSE_DYNLIB_CLASS
26
27 #include "wx/string.h"
28 #include "wx/list.h"
29 #include "wx/hash.h"
30
31 // this is normally done by configure, but I leave it here for now...
32 #if defined(__UNIX__) && !(defined(HAVE_DLOPEN) || defined(HAVE_SHL_LOAD))
33 # if defined(__LINUX__) || defined(__SOLARIS__) || defined(__SUNOS__) || defined(__FREEBSD__)
34 # define HAVE_DLOPEN
35 # elif defined(__HPUX__)
36 # define HAVE_SHL_LOAD
37 # endif // Unix flavour
38 #endif // !Unix or already have some HAVE_xxx defined
39
40 // Note: WXPM/EMX has to be tested first, since we want to use
41 // native version, even if configure detected presence of DLOPEN.
42 #if defined(__WXPM__) || defined(__EMX__)
43 # define INCL_DOS
44 # include <os2.h>
45 typedef HMODULE wxDllType;
46 #elif defined(HAVE_DLOPEN)
47 # include <dlfcn.h>
48 typedef void *wxDllType;
49 #elif defined(HAVE_SHL_LOAD)
50 # include <dl.h>
51 typedef shl_t wxDllType;
52 #elif defined(__WINDOWS__)
53 # include <windows.h> // needed to get HMODULE
54 typedef HMODULE wxDllType;
55 #elif defined(__DARWIN__)
56 typedef void *wxDllType;
57 #elif defined(__WXMAC__)
58 typedef void *wxDllType;
59 #else
60 # error "wxLibrary can't be compiled on this platform, sorry."
61 #endif // OS
62
63 // LoadLibrary is defined in windows.h as LoadLibraryA, but wxDllLoader method
64 // should be called LoadLibrary, not LoadLibraryA or LoadLibraryW!
65 #if defined(__WIN32__) && defined(LoadLibrary)
66 # include "wx/msw/winundef.h"
67 #endif
68
69 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
70 // wxDllLoader: low level DLL functions, use wxDynamicLibrary in your code
71 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
72
73 /*
74 wxDllLoader is a class providing an interface similar to unix's dlopen().
75 It is used by wxDynamicLibrary wxLibrary and manages the actual loading of
76 DLLs and the resolving of symbols in them. There are no instances of this
77 class, it simply serves as a namespace for its static member functions.
78 */
79 class WXDLLEXPORT wxDllLoader
80 {
81 public:
82 /*
83 This function loads the shared library libname into memory.
84
85 libname may be either the full path to the file or just the filename in
86 which case the library is searched for in all standard locations
87 (use GetDllExt() to construct the filename)
88
89 if success pointer is not NULL, it will be filled with TRUE if everything
90 went ok and FALSE otherwise
91 */
92 static wxDllType LoadLibrary(const wxString& libname, bool *success = 0);
93
94 /*
95 This function unloads the shared library previously loaded with
96 LoadLibrary
97 */
98 static void UnloadLibrary(wxDllType dll);
99
100 /*
101 This function returns a valid handle for the main program
102 itself or NULL if back linking is not supported by the current platform
103 (e.g. Win32).
104 */
105 static wxDllType GetProgramHandle();
106
107 /*
108 This function resolves a symbol in a loaded DLL, such as a
109 variable or function name.
110
111 dllHandle Handle of the DLL, as returned by LoadDll().
112 name Name of the symbol.
113
114 Returns the pointer to the symbol or NULL on error.
115 */
116 static void *GetSymbol(wxDllType dllHandle,
117 const wxString &name,
118 bool *success = NULL);
119
120 // return the standard DLL extension (with leading dot) for this platform
121 static const wxString &GetDllExt() { return ms_dllext; }
122
123 private:
124 // forbid construction of objects
125 wxDllLoader();
126 static const wxString ms_dllext;
127 };
128
129 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
130 // wxDynamicLibrary - friendly interface to wxDllLoader
131 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
132
133 class WXDLLEXPORT wxDynamicLibrary
134 {
135 public:
136 // ctors
137 wxDynamicLibrary() { m_library = 0; }
138 wxDynamicLibrary(const wxString& name) { Load(name); }
139
140 // return TRUE if the library was loaded successfully
141 bool IsLoaded() const { return m_library != 0; }
142 operator bool() const { return IsLoaded(); }
143
144 // load the library with the given name (full or not), return TRUE on
145 // success
146 bool Load(const wxString& name)
147 {
148 m_library = wxDllLoader::LoadLibrary(name);
149
150 return IsLoaded();
151 }
152
153 // unload the library, also done automatically in dtor
154 void Unload()
155 {
156 if ( IsLoaded() )
157 wxDllLoader::UnloadLibrary(m_library);
158 }
159
160 // load a symbol from the library, return NULL if an error occured or
161 // symbol wasn't found
162 void *GetSymbol(const wxString& name) const
163 {
164 wxCHECK_MSG( IsLoaded(), NULL,
165 _T("can't load symbol from unloaded library") );
166
167 return wxDllLoader::GetSymbol(m_library, name);
168 }
169
170 // unload the library
171 //
172 // NB: dtor is not virtual, don't derive from this class
173 ~wxDynamicLibrary() { Unload(); }
174
175 private:
176 // the handle to DLL or NULL
177 wxDllType m_library;
178
179 // no copy ctor/assignment operators (or we'd try to unload the library
180 // twice)
181 DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxDynamicLibrary)
182 };
183
184 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
185 // wxLibrary
186 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
187
188 class WXDLLEXPORT wxLibrary : public wxObject
189 {
190 public:
191 wxLibrary(wxDllType handle);
192 virtual ~wxLibrary();
193
194 // Get a symbol from the dynamic library
195 void *GetSymbol(const wxString& symbname);
196
197 // Create the object whose classname is "name"
198 wxObject *CreateObject(const wxString& name);
199
200 protected:
201 void PrepareClasses(wxClassInfo *first);
202
203 wxDllType m_handle;
204
205 public:
206 wxHashTable classTable;
207 };
208
209 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
210 // wxLibraries
211 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
212
213 class WXDLLEXPORT wxLibraries
214 {
215 public:
216 wxLibraries();
217 ~wxLibraries();
218
219 // caller is responsible for deleting the returned pointer if !NULL
220 wxLibrary *LoadLibrary(const wxString& basename);
221
222 wxObject *CreateObject(const wxString& name);
223
224 protected:
225 wxList m_loaded;
226 };
227
228 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
229 // Global variables
230 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
231
232 extern WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(wxLibraries) wxTheLibraries;
233
234 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
235 // Interesting defines
236 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
237
238 #define WXDLL_ENTRY_FUNCTION() \
239 extern "C" WXEXPORT const wxClassInfo *wxGetClassFirst(); \
240 const wxClassInfo *wxGetClassFirst() { \
241 return wxClassInfo::GetFirst(); \
242 }
243
244 #endif // wxUSE_DYNLIB_CLASS
245
246 #endif // _WX_DYNLIB_H__