1 //===-- llvm/Support/DynamicLibrary.h - Portable Dynamic Library -*- C++ -*-===//
3 // The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
5 // This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
6 // License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
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10 // This file declares the sys::DynamicLibrary class.
12 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
14 #ifndef LLVM_SYSTEM_DYNAMIC_LIBRARY_H
15 #define LLVM_SYSTEM_DYNAMIC_LIBRARY_H
25 /// This class provides a portable interface to dynamic libraries which also
26 /// might be known as shared libraries, shared objects, dynamic shared
27 /// objects, or dynamic link libraries. Regardless of the terminology or the
28 /// operating system interface, this class provides a portable interface that
29 /// allows dynamic libraries to be loaded and searched for externally
30 /// defined symbols. This is typically used to provide "plug-in" support.
31 /// It also allows for symbols to be defined which don't live in any library,
32 /// but rather the main program itself, useful on Windows where the main
33 /// executable cannot be searched.
35 /// Note: there is currently no interface for temporarily loading a library,
36 /// or for unloading libraries when the LLVM library is unloaded.
37 class DynamicLibrary {
38 // Placeholder whose address represents an invalid library.
39 // We use this instead of NULL or a pointer-int pair because the OS library
40 // might define 0 or 1 to be "special" handles, such as "search all".
43 // Opaque data used to interface with OS-specific dynamic library handling.
46 explicit DynamicLibrary(void *data = &Invalid) : Data(data) {}
48 /// Returns true if the object refers to a valid library.
49 bool isValid() { return Data != &Invalid; }
51 /// Searches through the library for the symbol \p symbolName. If it is
52 /// found, the address of that symbol is returned. If not, NULL is returned.
53 /// Note that NULL will also be returned if the library failed to load.
54 /// Use isValid() to distinguish these cases if it is important.
55 /// Note that this will \e not search symbols explicitly registered by
57 void *getAddressOfSymbol(const char *symbolName);
59 /// This function permanently loads the dynamic library at the given path.
60 /// The library will only be unloaded when the program terminates.
61 /// This returns a valid DynamicLibrary instance on success and an invalid
62 /// instance on failure (see isValid()). \p *errMsg will only be modified
63 /// if the library fails to load.
65 /// It is safe to call this function multiple times for the same library.
66 /// @brief Open a dynamic library permanently.
67 static DynamicLibrary getPermanentLibrary(const char *filename,
68 std::string *errMsg = 0);
70 /// This function permanently loads the dynamic library at the given path.
71 /// Use this instead of getPermanentLibrary() when you won't need to get
72 /// symbols from the library itself.
74 /// It is safe to call this function multiple times for the same library.
75 static bool LoadLibraryPermanently(const char *Filename,
76 std::string *ErrMsg = 0) {
77 return !getPermanentLibrary(Filename, ErrMsg).isValid();
80 /// This function will search through all previously loaded dynamic
81 /// libraries for the symbol \p symbolName. If it is found, the address of
82 /// that symbol is returned. If not, null is returned. Note that this will
83 /// search permanently loaded libraries (getPermanentLibrary()) as well
84 /// as explicitly registered symbols (AddSymbol()).
85 /// @throws std::string on error.
86 /// @brief Search through libraries for address of a symbol
87 static void *SearchForAddressOfSymbol(const char *symbolName);
89 /// @brief Convenience function for C++ophiles.
90 static void *SearchForAddressOfSymbol(const std::string &symbolName) {
91 return SearchForAddressOfSymbol(symbolName.c_str());
94 /// This functions permanently adds the symbol \p symbolName with the
95 /// value \p symbolValue. These symbols are searched before any
97 /// @brief Add searchable symbol/value pair.
98 static void AddSymbol(StringRef symbolName, void *symbolValue);
101 } // End sys namespace
102 } // End llvm namespace
104 #endif // LLVM_SYSTEM_DYNAMIC_LIBRARY_H