Wrapper for shared object (dll) API. More...

Inheritance diagram for MDynamicLibrary:

Public Member Functions
	~MDynamicLibrary ()
	Destructor unloads the shared object from the process memory space (in fact, the behavior depends on OS: for instance Windows just decrements a reference counter for this DLL and unloads it only if the counter is equal to zero)

const MStdString &	GetName () const
	Returns name of the shared object.

MStdString	GetPath () const
	Returns system path to the shared object.

GlobalProcedureType	GetProcedureAddress (MConstChars procedureName)
	Get the address of the global procedure within the dynamic library. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static MDynamicLibrary *	Load (const MStdString &name)
	Loads the specified MeteringSDK library into the address space of the current process. More...

static MDynamicLibrary *	LoadExact (const MStdString &name, const MStdString &shortName)
	Loads the specified shared object into the address space of the current process.

static void	EnsureLibraryIsLoaded (const MStdString &name)
	Make sure the given library is loaded. More...

Detailed Description

Wrapper for shared object (dll) API.

Member Typedef Documentation

typedef void(* MDynamicLibrary::GlobalProcedureType) ()

Generic procedure type.

static void MDynamicLibrary::EnsureLibraryIsLoaded ( const MStdString & name )

static

Make sure the given library is loaded.

Parameters

name	If library with this name is not already loaded it will be loaded.

GlobalProcedureType MDynamicLibrary::GetProcedureAddress ( MConstChars procedureName )

Get the address of the global procedure within the dynamic library.

Precondition: Library shall be created, and procedure with such name shall exist, or an exception is thrown.

static MDynamicLibrary* MDynamicLibrary::Load ( const MStdString & name )

static

Loads the specified MeteringSDK library into the address space of the current process.

The Load function translates its parameter by appending the following information: underline vc[u][d]|cb .dll.