docs/latex/wx/dynlib.tex

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   2 %% Name:        dynlib.tex
   3 %% Purpose:     wxDynamicLibrary and wxDynamicLibraryDetails documentation
   4 %% Author:      Vadim Zeitlin
   5 %% Modified by:
   6 %% Created:     14.01.02 (extracted from dllload.tex)
   7 %% RCS-ID:      $Id$
   8 %% Copyright:   (c) Vadim Zeitlin
   9 %% License:     wxWindows license
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  11
  12 \section{\class{wxDynamicLibrary}}\label{wxdynamiclibrary}
  13
  14 wxDynamicLibrary is a class representing dynamically loadable library
  15 (Windows DLL, shared library under Unix etc.). Just create an object of
  16 this class to load a library and don't worry about unloading it -- it will be
  17 done in the objects destructor automatically.
  18
  19 % deprecated now...
  20 %
  21 %\wxheading{See also}
  22 %
  23 %\helpref{wxDllLoader}{wxdllloader}
  24
  25 \wxheading{Derived from}
  26
  27 No base class.
  28
  29 \wxheading{Include files}
  30
  31 <wx/dynlib.h>
  32
  33 (only available if \texttt{wxUSE\_DYNLIB\_CLASS} is set to $1$)
  34
  35 \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
  36
  37 \membersection{wxDynamicLibrary::wxDynamicLibrary}\label{wxdynamiclibrarywxdynamiclibrary}
  38
  39 \func{}{wxDynamicLibrary}{\void}
  40
  41 \func{}{wxDynamicLibrary}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{int }{flags = wxDL\_DEFAULT}}
  42
  43 Constructor. Second form calls \helpref{Load}{wxdynamiclibraryload}.
  44
  45
  46 \membersection{wxDynamicLibrary::CanonicalizeName}\label{wxdynamiclibrarycanonicalizename}
  47
  48 \func{wxString}{CanonicalizeName}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{wxDynamicLibraryCategory}{ cat = wxDL\_LIBRARY}}
  49
  50 Returns the platform-specific full name for the library called \arg{name}. E.g.
  51 it adds a {\tt ".dll"} extension under Windows and {\tt "lib"} prefix and
  52 {\tt ".so"}, {\tt ".sl"} or maybe {\tt ".dylib"} extension under Unix.
  53
  54 The possible values for \arg{cat} are:
  55
  56 \begin{twocollist}
  57     \twocolitem{wxDL\_LIBRARY}{normal library}
  58     \twocolitem{wxDL\_MODULE}{a loadable module or plugin}
  59 \end{twocollist}
  60
  61 \wxheading{See also}
  62
  63 \helpref{CanonicalizePluginName}{wxdynamiclibrarycanonicalizepluginname}
  64
  65
  66
  67 \membersection{wxDynamicLibrary::CanonicalizePluginName}\label{wxdynamiclibrarycanonicalizepluginname}
  68
  69 \func{wxString}{CanonicalizePluginName}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{wxPluginCategory}{ cat = wxDL\_PLUGIN\_GUI}}
  70
  71 This function does the same thing as
  72 \helpref{CanonicalizeName}{wxdynamiclibrarycanonicalizename} but for wxWidgets
  73 plugins. The only difference is that compiler and version information are added
  74 to the name to ensure that the plugin which is going to be loaded will be
  75 compatible with the main program.
  76
  77 The possible values for \arg{cat} are:
  78
  79 \begin{twocollist}
  80     \twocolitem{wxDL\_PLUGIN\_GUI}{plugin which uses GUI classes (default)}
  81     \twocolitem{wxDL\_PLUGIN\_BASE}{plugin which only uses wxBase}
  82 \end{twocollist}
  83
  84
  85 \membersection{wxDynamicLibrary::Detach}\label{wxdynamiclibrarydetach}
  86
  87 \func{wxDllType}{Detach}{\void}
  88
  89 Detaches this object from its library handle, i.e. the object will not unload
  90 the library any longer in its destructor but it is now the callers
  91 responsability to do this using \helpref{Unload}{wxdynamiclibraryunload}.
  92
  93
  94 \membersection{wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol}\label{wxdynamiclibrarygetsymbol}
  95
  96 \constfunc{void *}{GetSymbol}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}}
  97
  98 Returns pointer to symbol {\it name} in the library or NULL if the library
  99 contains no such symbol.
 100
 101 \wxheading{See also}
 102
 103 \helpref{wxDYNLIB\_FUNCTION}{wxdynlibfunction}
 104
 105
 106 \membersection{wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol}\label{wxdynamiclibraryhassymbol}
 107
 108 \constfunc{bool}{HasSymbol}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}}
 109
 110 Returns \true if the symbol with the given \arg{name} is present in the dynamic
 111 library, \false otherwise. Unlike \helpref{GetSymbol}{wxdynamiclibrarygetsymbol},
 112 this function doesn't log an error message if the symbol is not found.
 113
 114 \newsince{2.5.4}
 115
 116
 117 \membersection{wxDynamicLibrary::IsLoaded}\label{wxdynamiclibraryisloaded}
 118
 119 \constfunc{bool}{IsLoaded}{\void}
 120
 121 Returns \true if the library was successfully loaded, \false otherwise.
 122
 123
 124 \membersection{wxDynamicLibrary::ListLoaded}\label{wxdynamiclibrarylistloaded}
 125
 126 \func{static wxDynamicLibraryDetailsArray}{ListLoaded}{\void}
 127
 128 This static method returns an \helpref{array}{wxarray} containing the details
 129 of all modules loaded into the address space of the current project, the array
 130 elements are object of \texttt{wxDynamicLibraryDetails} class. The array will
 131 be empty if an error occured.
 132
 133 This method is currently implemented only under Win32 and Linux and is useful
 134 mostly for diagnostics purposes.
 135
 136
 137 \membersection{wxDynamicLibrary::Load}\label{wxdynamiclibraryload}
 138
 139 \func{bool}{Load}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{int }{flags = wxDL\_DEFAULT}}
 140
 141 Loads DLL with the given \arg{name} into memory. The \arg{flags} argument can
 142 be a combination of the following bits:
 143
 144 \begin{twocollist}
 145 \twocolitem{wxDL\_LAZY}{equivalent of RTLD\_LAZY under Unix, ignored elsewhere}
 146 \twocolitem{wxDL\_NOW}{equivalent of RTLD\_NOW under Unix, ignored elsewhere}
 147 \twocolitem{wxDL\_GLOBAL}{equivalent of RTLD\_GLOBAL under Unix, ignored elsewhere}
 148 \twocolitem{wxDL\_VERBATIM}{don't try to append the appropriate extension to
 149 the library name (this is done by default).}
 150 \end{twocollist}
 151
 152 Returns \true if the library was successfully loaded, \false otherwise.
 153
 154
 155 \membersection{wxDynamicLibrary::Unload}\label{wxdynamiclibraryunload}
 156
 157 \func{void}{Unload}{\void}
 158
 159 \func{static void}{Unload}{\param{wxDllType }{handle}}
 160
 161 Unloads the library from memory. wxDynamicLibrary object automatically calls
 162 this method from its destructor if it had been successfully loaded.
 163
 164 The second version is only used if you need to keep the library in memory
 165 during a longer period of time than the scope of the wxDynamicLibrary object.
 166 In this case you may call \helpref{Detach}{wxdynamiclibrarydetach} and store
 167 the handle somewhere and call this static method later to unload it.
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 170
 171 \section{\class{wxDynamicLibraryDetails}}\label{wxdynamiclibrarydetails}
 172
 173 This class is used for the objects returned by
 174 \helpref{wxDynamicLibrary::ListLoaded}{wxdynamiclibrarylistloaded} method and
 175 contains the information about a single module loaded into the address space of
 176 the current process. A module in this context may be either a dynamic library
 177 or the main program itself.
 178
 179 \wxheading{Derived from}
 180
 181 No base class.
 182
 183 \wxheading{Include files}
 184
 185 <wx/dynlib.h>
 186
 187 (only available if \texttt{wxUSE\_DYNLIB\_CLASS} is set to $1$)
 188
 189 \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
 190
 191 \membersection{wxDynamicLibraryDetails::GetName}\label{wxdynamiclibrarygetname}
 192
 193 \constfunc{wxString}{GetName}{\void}
 194
 195 Returns the base name of this module, e.g. \texttt{kernel32.dll} or
 196 \texttt{libc-2.3.2.so}.
 197
 198
 199 \membersection{wxDynamicLibraryDetails::GetPath}\label{wxdynamiclibrarygetpath}
 200
 201 \constfunc{wxString}{GetPath}{\void}
 202
 203 Returns the full path of this module if available, e.g.
 204 \texttt{c:$\backslash$windows$\backslash$system32$\backslash$kernel32.dll} or
 205 \texttt{/lib/libc-2.3.2.so}.
 206
 207
 208 \membersection{wxDynamicLibraryDetails::GetAddress}\label{wxdynamiclibrarygetaddress}
 209
 210 \constfunc{bool}{GetAddress}{\param{void **}{addr}, \param{size\_t }{*len}}
 211
 212 Retrieves the load address and the size of this module.
 213
 214 \wxheading{Parameters}
 215
 216 \docparam{addr}{the pointer to the location to return load address in, may be
 217 \texttt{NULL}}
 218
 219 \docparam{len}{pointer to the location to return the size of this module in
 220 memory in, may be \texttt{NULL}}
 221
 222 \wxheading{Return value}
 223
 224 \true if the load address and module size were retrieved, \false if this
 225 information is not available.
 226
 227
 228 \membersection{wxDynamicLibraryDetails::GetVersion}\label{wxdynamiclibrarygetversion}
 229
 230 \constfunc{wxString}{GetVersion}{\void}
 231
 232 Returns the version of this module, e.g. \texttt{5.2.3790.0} or
 233 \texttt{2.3.2}. The returned string is empty if the version information is not
 234 available.
 235