SharedLibrary Class Reference

The SharedLibrary class dynamically loads shared libraries at run-time. More...

Public Types
typedef std::mutex	MutexRW
typedef std::unique_lock< std::mutex >	WriteMutex

Public Member Functions
	SharedLibrary (const std::string &path)
	Creates a SharedLibrary object.
virtual	~SharedLibrary ()
	Creates a SharedLibrary object and loads a library from the given path.
bool	load (const std::string &path, int flags=0)
	Destroys the SharedLibrary. The actual library remains loaded.
void	unload ()
	Loads a shared library from the given path. Throws a LibraryAlreadyLoadedException if a library has already been loaded. Throws a LibraryLoadException if the library cannot be loaded.
bool	isLoaded () const
	Unloads a shared library.
bool	hasSymbol (const std::string &name)
	Returns true iff a library has been loaded.
void *	getSymbol (const std::string &name)
	Returns true iff the loaded library contains a symbol with the given name.
const std::string &	getPath () const
	Returns the address of the symbol with the given name. For functions, this is the entry point of the function. Throws a NotFoundException if the symbol does not exist.

Static Public Member Functions
static std::string	suffix ()
	Returns the path of the library, as specified in a call to load() or the constructor.

Detailed Description

The SharedLibrary class dynamically loads shared libraries at run-time.