dox/Common/Core/vtkDynamicLoader.h

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/*=========================================================================

  Program:   Visualization Toolkit
  Module:    vtkDynamicLoader.h

  Copyright (c) Ken Martin, Will Schroeder, Bill Lorensen
  All rights reserved.
  See Copyright.txt or http://www.kitware.com/Copyright.htm for details.

     This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
     the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
     PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notice for more information.

=========================================================================*/
#ifndef __vtkDynamicLoader_h
#define __vtkDynamicLoader_h

#include "vtkCommonCoreModule.h" // For export macro
#include "vtkObject.h"
#include <vtksys/DynamicLoader.hxx>

//BTX
typedef vtksys::DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle vtkLibHandle;
// Cannot use this as this is a void (*)() but VTK old API used to be void*
typedef vtksys::DynamicLoader::SymbolPointer vtkSymbolPointer;
//ETX

class VTKCOMMONCORE_EXPORT vtkDynamicLoader : public vtkObject
{
public:
  static vtkDynamicLoader* New();
  vtkTypeMacro(vtkDynamicLoader,vtkObject);

  //BTX
  static vtkLibHandle OpenLibrary(const char*);

  static int CloseLibrary(vtkLibHandle);


  static void* GetSymbolAddress(vtkLibHandle, const char*);
  //ETX

  static const char* LibPrefix();

  static const char* LibExtension();

  static const char* LastError();

protected:
  vtkDynamicLoader() {};
  ~vtkDynamicLoader() {};

private:
  vtkDynamicLoader(const vtkDynamicLoader&);  // Not implemented.
  void operator=(const vtkDynamicLoader&);  // Not implemented.
};

#endif
// VTK-HeaderTest-Exclude: vtkDynamicLoader.h