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   2 --                                                                          --
   3 --                         GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS                         --
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  25
  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.
  29
  30 with GNAT.Dynamic_Tables;
  31
  32 with System.OS_Lib; use System.OS_Lib;
  33
  34 package Symbols is
  35
  36    type Policy is
  37    --  Symbol policy
  38
  39      (Autonomous,
  40       --  Create a symbol file without considering any reference
  41
  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.
  46
  47       Controlled,
  48       --  Fail if symbols are not the same as those in the reference file
  49
  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.
  53
  54       Direct);
  55       --  The reference symbol file is copied to the symbol file
  56
  57    type Symbol_Kind is (Data, Proc);
  58    --  To distinguish between the different kinds of symbols
  59
  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
  66
  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
  74
  75    Original_Symbols : Symbol_Table.Instance;
  76    --  The symbols, if any, found in the reference symbol table
  77
  78    Complete_Symbols : Symbol_Table.Instance;
  79    --  The symbols, if any, found in the objects files
  80
  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.
  91
  92    package Processing is
  93
  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.
  98
  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.
 104
 105    end Processing;
 106
 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.
 115
 116 end Symbols;