base/native_library.h

   1 // Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
   2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
   3 // found in the LICENSE file.
   4
   5 #ifndef BASE_NATIVE_LIBRARY_H_
   6 #define BASE_NATIVE_LIBRARY_H_
   7
   8 // This file defines a cross-platform "NativeLibrary" type which represents
   9 // a loadable module.
  10
  11 #include "base/base_export.h"
  12 #include "build/build_config.h"
  13
  14 #if defined(OS_WIN)
  15 #include <windows.h>
  16 #elif defined(OS_MACOSX)
  17 #import <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h>
  18 #endif  // OS_*
  19
  20 #include "base/strings/string16.h"
  21
  22 // Macro useful for writing cross-platform function pointers.
  23 #if defined(OS_WIN) && !defined(CDECL)
  24 #define CDECL __cdecl
  25 #else
  26 #define CDECL
  27 #endif
  28
  29 namespace base {
  30
  31 class FilePath;
  32
  33 #if defined(OS_WIN)
  34 typedef HMODULE NativeLibrary;
  35 #elif defined(OS_MACOSX)
  36 enum NativeLibraryType {
  37   BUNDLE,
  38   DYNAMIC_LIB
  39 };
  40 enum NativeLibraryObjCStatus {
  41   OBJC_UNKNOWN,
  42   OBJC_PRESENT,
  43   OBJC_NOT_PRESENT,
  44 };
  45 struct NativeLibraryStruct {
  46   NativeLibraryType type;
  47   CFBundleRefNum bundle_resource_ref;
  48   NativeLibraryObjCStatus objc_status;
  49   union {
  50     CFBundleRef bundle;
  51     void* dylib;
  52   };
  53 };
  54 typedef NativeLibraryStruct* NativeLibrary;
  55 #elif defined(OS_POSIX)
  56 typedef void* NativeLibrary;
  57 #endif  // OS_*
  58
  59 // Loads a native library from disk.  Release it with UnloadNativeLibrary when
  60 // you're done.  Returns NULL on failure.
  61 // If |err| is not NULL, it may be filled in with an error message on
  62 // error.
  63 BASE_EXPORT NativeLibrary LoadNativeLibrary(const FilePath& library_path,
  64                                             std::string* error);
  65
  66 #if defined(OS_WIN)
  67 // Loads a native library from disk.  Release it with UnloadNativeLibrary when
  68 // you're done.
  69 // This function retrieves the LoadLibrary function exported from kernel32.dll
  70 // and calls it instead of directly calling the LoadLibrary function via the
  71 // import table.
  72 BASE_EXPORT NativeLibrary LoadNativeLibraryDynamically(
  73     const FilePath& library_path);
  74 #endif  // OS_WIN
  75
  76 // Unloads a native library.
  77 BASE_EXPORT void UnloadNativeLibrary(NativeLibrary library);
  78
  79 // Gets a function pointer from a native library.
  80 BASE_EXPORT void* GetFunctionPointerFromNativeLibrary(NativeLibrary library,
  81                                                       const char* name);
  82
  83 // Returns the full platform specific name for a native library.
  84 // For example:
  85 // "mylib" returns "mylib.dll" on Windows, "libmylib.so" on Linux,
  86 // "mylib.dylib" on Mac.
  87 BASE_EXPORT string16 GetNativeLibraryName(const string16& name);
  88
  89 }  // namespace base
  90
  91 #endif  // BASE_NATIVE_LIBRARY_H_