SDL/include/SDL_loadso.h

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/**
 *  \file SDL_loadso.h
 *
 *  System dependent library loading routines
 *
 *  Some things to keep in mind:
 *  \li These functions only work on C function names.  Other languages may
 *      have name mangling and intrinsic language support that varies from
 *      compiler to compiler.
 *  \li Make sure you declare your function pointers with the same calling
 *      convention as the actual library function.  Your code will crash
 *      mysteriously if you do not do this.
 *  \li Avoid namespace collisions.  If you load a symbol from the library,
 *      it is not defined whether or not it goes into the global symbol
 *      namespace for the application.  If it does and it conflicts with
 *      symbols in your code or other shared libraries, you will not get
 *      the results you expect. :)
 */

#ifndef _SDL_loadso_h
#define _SDL_loadso_h

#include "SDL_stdinc.h"
#include "SDL_error.h"

#include "begin_code.h"
/* Set up for C function definitions, even when using C++ */
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/**
 *  This function dynamically loads a shared object and returns a pointer
 *  to the object handle (or NULL if there was an error).
 *  The 'sofile' parameter is a system dependent name of the object file.
 */
extern DECLSPEC void *SDLCALL SDL_LoadObject(const char *sofile);

/**
 *  This function returns a handle to an already-loaded shared object and 
 *  returns a pointer to the object handle. If the object file was not loaded
 *  the function returns NULL. This function adds a reference to the shared
 *  object, so the caller should call SDL_UnloadObject when they are finished
 *  with this reference to ensure that the object can be unloaded.
 *  The 'sofile' parameter is a system dependent name of the object file.
 */
extern DECLSPEC void *SDLCALL SDL_GetLoadedObject(const char *sofile);

/**
 *  Given an object handle, this function looks up the address of the
 *  named function in the shared object and returns it.  This address
 *  is no longer valid after calling SDL_UnloadObject().
 */
extern DECLSPEC void *SDLCALL SDL_LoadFunction(void *handle,
                                               const char *name);

/**
 *  Unload a shared object from memory.
 */
extern DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_UnloadObject(void *handle);

/* Ends C function definitions when using C++ */
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#include "close_code.h"

#endif /* _SDL_loadso_h */

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