ost::DSO Class Reference

The DSO dynamic loader class is used to load object files. More...

#include <file.h>

Public Member Functions
	DSO (const char *filename)
	Construct and load a DSO object file.
	DSO (const char *filename, bool resolve)
const char *	getError (void) const
	Retrieve error indicator associated with DSO failure.
bool	isValid (void)
	See if DSO object is valid.
addr_t	operator[] (const char *sym)
	Lookup a symbol in the loaded file.
virtual	~DSO ()
	Detach a DSO object from running memory.

Static Public Member Functions
static void	dynunload (void)
static DSO *	getObject (const char *name)
	Find a specific DSO object by filename.
static void	setDebug (void)
	Install debug handler...

Protected Member Functions
void	loader (const char *filename, bool resolve)

Detailed Description

The DSO dynamic loader class is used to load object files.

On elf based systems this is typically done with dlopen. A dummy stub class is generated for non-dl capable systems.

Author

David Sugar dyfet.nosp@m.@ost.nosp@m.el.co.nosp@m.m

Dynamic class file loader.

Definition at line 808 of file file.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

DSO() [1/2]

ost::DSO::DSO ( const char * filename )

inline

Construct and load a DSO object file.

Parameters

filename

pathname of object file to load.

Definition at line 832 of file file.h.

DSO() [2/2]

ost::DSO::DSO ( const char * filename, bool resolve )

inline

Definition at line 836 of file file.h.

Member Function Documentation

getError()

const char * ost::DSO::getError ( void ) const

inline

Retrieve error indicator associated with DSO failure.

This is often used in catch handlers.

Definition at line 844 of file file.h.

getObject()

static DSO * ost::DSO::getObject ( const char * name )

static

Find a specific DSO object by filename.

Parameters

name	of DSO object file (partial).

isValid()

bool ost::DSO::isValid

(

void

)

See if DSO object is valid.

Returns

true if valid.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• /builddir/build/BUILD/commoncpp-7.0.1/inc/commoncpp/file.h