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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) 2003-2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
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22 -- GNAT was originally developed by the GNAT team at New York University. --
23 -- Extensive contributions were provided by Ada Core Technologies Inc. --
24 -- --
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27 -- This package allows the creation of symbol files to be used for linking
28 -- libraries. The format of symbol files depends on the platform, so there is
29 -- several implementations of the body.
31 with GNAT.Dynamic_Tables;
32 with GNAT.OS_Lib; use GNAT.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 type Symbol_Kind is (Data, Proc);
55 -- To distinguish between the different kinds of symbols
57 type Symbol_Data is record
58 Name : String_Access;
59 Kind : Symbol_Kind := Data;
60 Present : Boolean := True;
61 end record;
62 -- Data (name and kind) for each of the symbols
64 package Symbol_Table is new GNAT.Dynamic_Tables
65 (Table_Component_Type => Symbol_Data,
66 Table_Index_Type => Natural,
67 Table_Low_Bound => 0,
68 Table_Initial => 100,
69 Table_Increment => 100);
70 -- The symbol tables
72 Original_Symbols : Symbol_Table.Instance;
73 -- The symbols, if any, found in the reference symbol table
75 Complete_Symbols : Symbol_Table.Instance;
76 -- The symbols, if any, found in the objects files
78 procedure Initialize
79 (Symbol_File : String;
80 Reference : String;
81 Symbol_Policy : Policy;
82 Quiet : Boolean;
83 Version : String;
84 Success : out Boolean);
85 -- Initialize a symbol file. This procedure must be called before
86 -- Processing any object file. Depending on the platforms and the
87 -- circumstances, additional messages may be issued if Quiet is False.
89 procedure Process
90 (Object_File : String;
91 Success : out Boolean);
92 -- Get the symbols from an object file. Success is set to True if the
93 -- object file exists and has the expected format.
95 procedure Finalize
96 (Quiet : Boolean;
97 Success : out Boolean);
98 -- Finalize the symbol file. This procedure should be called after
99 -- Initialize (once) and Process (one or more times). If Success is
100 -- True, the symbol file is written and closed, ready to be used for
101 -- linking the library. Depending on the platforms and the circumstances,
102 -- additional messages may be issued if Quiet is False.
104 end Symbols;