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2 -- --
3 -- GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS --
4 -- --
5 -- S Y M B O L S --
6 -- --
7 -- S p e c --
8 -- --
9 -- Copyright (C) 2003-2007, Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
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22 -- Extensive contributions were provided by Ada Core Technologies Inc. --
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26 -- This package allows the creation of symbol files to be used for linking
27 -- libraries. The format of symbol files depends on the platform, so there is
28 -- several implementations of the body.
30 with GNAT.Dynamic_Tables;
32 with System.OS_Lib; use System.OS_Lib;
34 package Symbols is
36 type Policy is
37 -- Symbol policy
39 (Autonomous,
40 -- Create a symbol file without considering any reference
42 Compliant,
43 -- Either create a symbol file with the same major and minor IDs if
44 -- all symbols are already found in the reference file or with an
45 -- incremented minor ID, if not.
47 Controlled,
48 -- Fail if symbols are not the same as those in the reference file
50 Restricted,
51 -- Restrict the symbols to those in the symbol file. Fail if some
52 -- symbols in the symbol file are not exported from the object files.
54 Direct);
55 -- The reference symbol file is copied to the symbol file
57 type Symbol_Kind is (Data, Proc);
58 -- To distinguish between the different kinds of symbols
60 type Symbol_Data is record
61 Name : String_Access;
62 Kind : Symbol_Kind := Data;
63 Present : Boolean := True;
64 end record;
65 -- Data (name and kind) for each of the symbols
67 package Symbol_Table is new GNAT.Dynamic_Tables
68 (Table_Component_Type => Symbol_Data,
69 Table_Index_Type => Natural,
70 Table_Low_Bound => 0,
71 Table_Initial => 100,
72 Table_Increment => 100);
73 -- The symbol tables
75 Original_Symbols : Symbol_Table.Instance;
76 -- The symbols, if any, found in the reference symbol table
78 Complete_Symbols : Symbol_Table.Instance;
79 -- The symbols, if any, found in the objects files
81 procedure Initialize
82 (Symbol_File : String;
83 Reference : String;
84 Symbol_Policy : Policy;
85 Quiet : Boolean;
86 Version : String;
87 Success : out Boolean);
88 -- Initialize a symbol file. This procedure must be called before
89 -- Processing any object file. Depending on the platforms and the
90 -- circumstances, additional messages may be issued if Quiet is False.
92 package Processing is
94 -- This package, containing a single visible procedure Process, exists so
95 -- that it can be a subunits, for some platforms (such as VMS Alpha and
96 -- IA64), the body of package Symbols is common, while the subunit
97 -- Processing is not.
99 procedure Process
100 (Object_File : String;
101 Success : out Boolean);
102 -- Get the symbols from an object file. Success is set to True if the
103 -- object file exists and has the expected format.
105 end Processing;
107 procedure Finalize
108 (Quiet : Boolean;
109 Success : out Boolean);
110 -- Finalize the symbol file. This procedure should be called after
111 -- Initialize (once) and Process (one or more times). If Success is
112 -- True, the symbol file is written and closed, ready to be used for
113 -- linking the library. Depending on the platforms and the circumstances,
114 -- additional messages may be issued if Quiet is False.
116 end Symbols;