glib (2.79.0)
1 /* GMODULE - GLIB wrapper code for dynamic module loading
2 * Copyright (C) 1998 Tim Janik
3 *
4 * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
5 *
6 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
7 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
8 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
9 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
10 *
11 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
14 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
15 *
16 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
17 * License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
18 */
19
20 /*
21 * Modified by the GLib Team and others 1997-2000. See the AUTHORS
22 * file for a list of people on the GLib Team. See the ChangeLog
23 * files for a list of changes. These files are distributed with
24 * GLib at ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/.
25 */
26
27 #ifndef __GMODULE_H__
28 #define __GMODULE_H__
29
30 #include <glib.h>
31 #include <gmodule/gmodule-visibility.h>
32
33 G_BEGIN_DECLS
34
35 /* exporting and importing functions, this is special cased
36 * to feature Windows dll stubs.
37 */
38 #if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
39 # define G_MODULE_EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
40 # define G_MODULE_IMPORT __declspec(dllimport) extern
41 #elif __GNUC__ >= 4
42 # define G_MODULE_EXPORT __attribute__((visibility("default")))
43 # define G_MODULE_IMPORT extern
44 #else /* !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__) && __GNUC__ < 4 */
45 # define G_MODULE_EXPORT
46 # define G_MODULE_IMPORT extern
47 #endif
48
49 /**
50 * GModuleFlags:
51 * @G_MODULE_BIND_LAZY: specifies that symbols are only resolved when
52 * needed. The default action is to bind all symbols when the module
53 * is loaded.
54 * @G_MODULE_BIND_LOCAL: specifies that symbols in the module should
55 * not be added to the global name space. The default action on most
56 * platforms is to place symbols in the module in the global name space,
57 * which may cause conflicts with existing symbols.
58 * @G_MODULE_BIND_MASK: mask for all flags.
59 *
60 * Flags passed to g_module_open().
61 * Note that these flags are not supported on all platforms.
62 */
63 typedef enum
64 {
65 G_MODULE_BIND_LAZY = 1 << 0,
66 G_MODULE_BIND_LOCAL = 1 << 1,
67 G_MODULE_BIND_MASK = 0x03
68 } GModuleFlags;
69
70 typedef struct _GModule GModule;
71 typedef const gchar* (*GModuleCheckInit) (GModule *module);
72 typedef void (*GModuleUnload) (GModule *module);
73
74 #define G_MODULE_ERROR g_module_error_quark () GMODULE_AVAILABLE_MACRO_IN_2_70
75 GMODULE_AVAILABLE_IN_2_70
76 GQuark g_module_error_quark (void);
77
78 /**
79 * GModuleError:
80 * @G_MODULE_ERROR_FAILED: there was an error loading or opening a module file
81 * @G_MODULE_ERROR_CHECK_FAILED: a module returned an error from its `g_module_check_init()` function
82 *
83 * Errors returned by g_module_open_full().
84 *
85 * Since: 2.70
86 */
87 typedef enum
88 {
89 G_MODULE_ERROR_FAILED,
90 G_MODULE_ERROR_CHECK_FAILED,
91 } GModuleError
92 GMODULE_AVAILABLE_ENUMERATOR_IN_2_70;
93
94 /* return TRUE if dynamic module loading is supported */
95 GMODULE_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
96 gboolean g_module_supported (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
97
98 /* open a module 'file_name' and return handle, which is NULL on error */
99 GMODULE_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
100 GModule* g_module_open (const gchar *file_name,
101 GModuleFlags flags);
102
103 GMODULE_AVAILABLE_IN_2_70
104 GModule *g_module_open_full (const gchar *file_name,
105 GModuleFlags flags,
106 GError **error);
107
108 /* close a previously opened module, returns TRUE on success */
109 GMODULE_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
110 gboolean g_module_close (GModule *module);
111
112 /* make a module resident so g_module_close on it will be ignored */
113 GMODULE_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
114 void g_module_make_resident (GModule *module);
115
116 /* query the last module error as a string */
117 GMODULE_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
118 const gchar * g_module_error (void);
119
120 /* retrieve a symbol pointer from 'module', returns TRUE on success */
121 GMODULE_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
122 gboolean g_module_symbol (GModule *module,
123 const gchar *symbol_name,
124 gpointer *symbol);
125
126 /* retrieve the file name from an existing module */
127 GMODULE_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
128 const gchar * g_module_name (GModule *module);
129
130 /* Build the actual file name containing a module. 'directory' is the
131 * directory where the module file is supposed to be, or NULL or empty
132 * in which case it should either be in the current directory or, on
133 * some operating systems, in some standard place, for instance on the
134 * PATH. Hence, to be absolutely sure to get the correct module,
135 * always pass in a directory. The file name consists of the directory,
136 * if supplied, and 'module_name' suitably decorated according to
137 * the operating system's conventions (for instance lib*.so or *.dll).
138 *
139 * No checks are made that the file exists, or is of correct type.
140 */
141 GMODULE_DEPRECATED_IN_2_76
142 gchar* g_module_build_path (const gchar *directory,
143 const gchar *module_name);
144
145 G_END_DECLS
146
147 #endif /* __GMODULE_H__ */
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