Added wxDllLoader::UnloadLibrary()
[wxWidgets.git] / include / wx / dynlib.h
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(__WXMAC__)
46 typedef CFragConnectionID wxDllType;
47 #else
48 # error "wxLibrary can't be compiled on this platform, sorry."
49 #endif // OS
50
51 // defined in windows.h
52 // This breaks app.cpp if RICHEDIT is included.
53 #if 0
54 #ifdef LoadLibrary
55 # undef LoadLibrary
56 #endif
57 #endif
58
59 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
60 // wxDllLoader
61 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
62 /** wxDllLoader is a class providing an interface similar to unix's
63 dlopen(). It is used by the wxLibrary framework and manages the
64 actual loading of DLLs and the resolving of symbols in them.
65 There are no instances of this class, it simply serves as a
66 namespace for its static member functions.
67 */
68 class wxDllLoader
69 {
70 public:
71 /** This function loads a shared library into memory, with libname
72 being the basename of the library, without the filename
73 extension. No initialisation of the library will be done.
74 @param libname Name of the shared object to load.
75 @param success Must point to a bool variable which will be set to TRUE or FALSE.
76 @return A handle to the loaded DLL. Use success parameter to test if it is valid.
77 */
78 static wxDllType LoadLibrary(const wxString & libname, bool *success);
79 /** This function unloads the shared library. */
80 static void UnloadLibrary(wxDllType dll);
81 /** This function returns a valid handle for the main program
82 itself. */
83 static wxDllType GetProgramHandle(void);
84 /** This function resolves a symbol in a loaded DLL, such as a
85 variable or function name.
86 @param dllHandle Handle of the DLL, as returned by LoadDll().
87 @param name Name of the symbol.
88 @return A pointer to the symbol.
89 */
90 static void * GetSymbol(wxDllType dllHandle, const wxString &name);
91 private:
92 /// forbid construction of objects
93 wxDllLoader();
94 };
95
96 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
97 // wxLibrary
98 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
99
100 class wxLibrary : public wxObject
101 {
102 public:
103 wxHashTable classTable;
104
105 public:
106 wxLibrary(wxDllType handle);
107 ~wxLibrary();
108
109 // Get a symbol from the dynamic library
110 void *GetSymbol(const wxString& symbname);
111
112 // Create the object whose classname is "name"
113 wxObject *CreateObject(const wxString& name);
114
115 protected:
116 void PrepareClasses(wxClassInfo *first);
117
118 wxDllType m_handle;
119 };
120
121
122
123 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
124 // wxLibraries
125 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
126
127 class wxLibraries
128 {
129 public:
130 wxLibraries();
131 ~wxLibraries();
132
133 // caller is responsible for deleting the returned pointer if !NULL
134 wxLibrary *LoadLibrary(const wxString& basename);
135
136 wxObject *CreateObject(const wxString& name);
137
138 protected:
139 wxList m_loaded;
140 };
141
142 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
143 // Global variables
144 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
145
146 extern wxLibraries wxTheLibraries;
147
148 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
149 // Interesting defines
150 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
151
152 #define WXDLL_ENTRY_FUNCTION() \
153 extern "C" wxClassInfo *wxGetClassFirst(); \
154 wxClassInfo *wxGetClassFirst() { \
155 return wxClassInfo::GetFirst(); \
156 }
157
158 #endif // wxUSE_DYNLIB_CLASS
159
160 #endif // _WX_DYNLIB_H__