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//===-- llvm/Support/DynamicLibrary.h - Portable Dynamic Library -*- C++ -*-===//
//
// The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
//
// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
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// This file declares the sys::DynamicLibrary class.
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#ifndef LLVM_SYSTEM_DYNAMIC_LIBRARY_H
#define LLVM_SYSTEM_DYNAMIC_LIBRARY_H
#include <string>
namespace llvm {
namespace sys {
/// This class provides a portable interface to dynamic libraries which also
/// might be known as shared libraries, shared objects, dynamic shared
/// objects, or dynamic link libraries. Regardless of the terminology or the
/// operating system interface, this class provides a portable interface that
/// allows dynamic libraries to be loaded and searched for externally
/// defined symbols. This is typically used to provide "plug-in" support.
/// It also allows for symbols to be defined which don't live in any library,
/// but rather the main program itself, useful on Windows where the main
/// executable cannot be searched.
///
/// Note: there is currently no interface for temporarily loading a library,
/// or for unloading libraries when the LLVM library is unloaded.
class DynamicLibrary {
// Placeholder whose address represents an invalid library.
// We use this instead of NULL or a pointer-int pair because the OS library
// might define 0 or 1 to be "special" handles, such as "search all".
static char Invalid;
// Opaque data used to interface with OS-specific dynamic library handling.
void *Data;
explicit DynamicLibrary(void *data = &Invalid) : Data(data) {}
public:
/// Returns true if the object refers to a valid library.
bool isValid() { return Data != &Invalid; }
/// Searches through the library for the symbol \p symbolName. If it is
/// found, the address of that symbol is returned. If not, NULL is returned.
/// Note that NULL will also be returned if the library failed to load.
/// Use isValid() to distinguish these cases if it is important.
/// Note that this will \e not search symbols explicitly registered by
/// AddSymbol().
void *getAddressOfSymbol(const char *symbolName);
/// This function permanently loads the dynamic library at the given path.
/// The library will only be unloaded when the program terminates.
/// This returns a valid DynamicLibrary instance on success and an invalid
/// instance on failure (see isValid()). \p *errMsg will only be modified
/// if the library fails to load.
///
/// It is safe to call this function multiple times for the same library.
/// @brief Open a dynamic library permanently.
static DynamicLibrary getPermanentLibrary(const char *filename,
std::string *errMsg = 0);
/// This function permanently loads the dynamic library at the given path.
/// Use this instead of getPermanentLibrary() when you won't need to get
/// symbols from the library itself.
///
/// It is safe to call this function multiple times for the same library.
static bool LoadLibraryPermanently(const char *Filename,
std::string *ErrMsg = 0) {
return !getPermanentLibrary(Filename, ErrMsg).isValid();
}
/// This function will search through all previously loaded dynamic
/// libraries for the symbol \p symbolName. If it is found, the address of
/// that symbol is returned. If not, null is returned. Note that this will
/// search permanently loaded libraries (getPermanentLibrary()) as well
/// as explicitly registered symbols (AddSymbol()).
/// @throws std::string on error.
/// @brief Search through libraries for address of a symbol
static void *SearchForAddressOfSymbol(const char *symbolName);
/// @brief Convenience function for C++ophiles.
static void *SearchForAddressOfSymbol(const std::string &symbolName) {
return SearchForAddressOfSymbol(symbolName.c_str());
}
/// This functions permanently adds the symbol \p symbolName with the
/// value \p symbolValue. These symbols are searched before any
/// libraries.
/// @brief Add searchable symbol/value pair.
static void AddSymbol(StringRef symbolName, void *symbolValue);
};
} // End sys namespace
} // End llvm namespace
#endif // LLVM_SYSTEM_DYNAMIC_LIBRARY_H