contains the ability to load symbols from shared Libraries on *NIX and OSX or dynamic link Libraries on windows. More...

Public Member Functions
void *	loadSymbol (const char symbolname, std::string pError)
	load an (exported) symbol from the shared Library. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static SharedLibrary *	load (const char filename, std::string pError)
	tries to load a shared library from a file with filename. More...

Detailed Description

contains the ability to load symbols from shared Libraries on *NIX and OSX or dynamic link Libraries on windows.

The loaded symbols can be used to call functions or access data of the loaded libraries. @TODO implement windows dynamic linking functionality

Member Function Documentation

SharedLibrary * SharedLibrary::load	(	const char *	filename,
		std::string *	pError
	)

static

tries to load a shared library from a file with filename.

if successful, the sharedLibrary is returned, on error a nullptr Pointer is returned The error reason can be retrieved by method getError().

Parameters

filename name of the file to load

void * SharedLibrary::loadSymbol	(	const char *	symbolname,
		std::string *	pError
	)

load an (exported) symbol from the shared Library.

if successful, the Symbol is returned, on error a nullptr Pointer is returned. The error reason can be retrieved by method getError().

For using the symbol call its getHandle() Method and use the retrieved handle together with a cast into a function pointer or variable adress.

Parameters

symbolname name of the symbol to load

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