-/** wxDllLoader is a class providing an interface similar to unix's
- dlopen(). It is used by the wxLibrary framework and manages the
- actual loading of DLLs and the resolving of symbols in them.
- There are no instances of this class, it simply serves as a
- namespace for its static member functions.
-*/
-class WXDLLEXPORT wxDllLoader
+enum wxDLFlags
+{
+ wxDL_LAZY = 0x00000001, // resolve undefined symbols at first use
+ // (only works on some Unix versions)
+ wxDL_NOW = 0x00000002, // resolve undefined symbols on load
+ // (default, always the case under Win32)
+ wxDL_GLOBAL = 0x00000004, // export extern symbols to subsequently
+ // loaded libs.
+ wxDL_VERBATIM = 0x00000008, // attempt to load the supplied library
+ // name without appending the usual dll
+ // filename extension.
+ wxDL_NOSHARE = 0x00000010, // load new DLL, don't reuse already loaded
+ // (only for wxPluginManager)
+
+ wxDL_DEFAULT = wxDL_NOW // default flags correspond to Win32
+};
+
+enum wxDynamicLibraryCategory
+{
+ wxDL_LIBRARY, // standard library
+ wxDL_MODULE // loadable module/plugin
+};
+
+enum wxPluginCategory
+{
+ wxDL_PLUGIN_GUI, // plugin that uses GUI classes
+ wxDL_PLUGIN_BASE // wxBase-only plugin
+};
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// macros
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// when loading a function from a DLL you always have to cast the returned
+// "void *" pointer to the correct type and, even more annoyingly, you have to
+// repeat this type twice if you want to declare and define a function pointer
+// all in one line
+//
+// this macro makes this slightly less painful by allowing you to specify the
+// type only once, as the first parameter, and creating a variable of this type
+// called "pfn<name>" initialized with the "name" from the "dynlib"
+#define wxDYNLIB_FUNCTION(type, name, dynlib) \
+ type pfn ## name = (type)(dynlib).GetSymbol(_T(#name))
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxDynamicLibraryDetails: contains details about a loaded wxDynamicLibrary
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxDynamicLibraryDetails