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[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 resolves a symbol in a loaded DLL, such as a
80 variable or function name.
81 @param dllHandle Handle of the DLL, as returned by LoadDll().
82 @param name Name of the symbol.
83 @return A pointer to the symbol.
84 */
85 static void * GetSymbol(wxDllType dllHandle, const wxString &name);
86 private:
87 /// forbid construction of objects
88 wxDllLoader();
89 };
90
91 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
92 // wxLibrary
93 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
94
95 class wxLibrary : public wxObject
96 {
97 public:
98 wxHashTable classTable;
99
100 public:
101 wxLibrary(wxDllType handle);
102 ~wxLibrary();
103
104 // Get a symbol from the dynamic library
105 void *GetSymbol(const wxString& symbname);
106
107 // Create the object whose classname is "name"
108 wxObject *CreateObject(const wxString& name);
109
110 protected:
111 void PrepareClasses(wxClassInfo *first);
112
113 wxDllType m_handle;
114 };
115
116
117
118 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
119 // wxLibraries
120 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
121
122 class wxLibraries
123 {
124 public:
125 wxLibraries();
126 ~wxLibraries();
127
128 // caller is responsible for deleting the returned pointer if !NULL
129 wxLibrary *LoadLibrary(const wxString& basename);
130
131 wxObject *CreateObject(const wxString& name);
132
133 protected:
134 wxList m_loaded;
135 };
136
137 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
138 // Global variables
139 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
140
141 extern wxLibraries wxTheLibraries;
142
143 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
144 // Interesting defines
145 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
146
147 #define WXDLL_ENTRY_FUNCTION() \
148 extern "C" wxClassInfo *wxGetClassFirst(); \
149 wxClassInfo *wxGetClassFirst() { \
150 return wxClassInfo::GetFirst(); \
151 }
152
153 #endif // wxUSE_DYNLIB_CLASS
154
155 #endif // _WX_DYNLIB_H__