JUCE/modules/juce_core/threads/juce_DynamicLibrary.h

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namespace juce
{

/**
    Handles the opening and closing of DLLs.

    This class can be used to open a DLL and get some function pointers from it.
    Since the DLL is freed when this object is deleted, it's handy for managing
    library lifetimes using RAII.

    @tags{Core}
*/
class JUCE_API  DynamicLibrary
{
public:
    /** Creates an unopened DynamicLibrary object.
        Call open() to actually open one.
    */
    DynamicLibrary() = default;

    /**
    */
    DynamicLibrary (const String& name)  { open (name); }

    /** Move constructor */
    DynamicLibrary (DynamicLibrary&& other) noexcept
    {
        std::swap (handle, other.handle);
    }

    /** Destructor.
        If a library is currently open, it will be closed when this object is destroyed.
    */
    ~DynamicLibrary()   { close(); }

    /** Opens a DLL.
        The name and the method by which it gets found is of course platform-specific, and
        may or may not include a path, depending on the OS.
        If a library is already open when this method is called, it will first close the library
        before attempting to load the new one.
        @returns true if the library was successfully found and opened.
    */
    bool open (const String& name);

    /** Releases the currently-open DLL, or has no effect if none was open. */
    void close();

    /** Tries to find a named function in the currently-open DLL, and returns a pointer to it.
        If no library is open, or if the function isn't found, this will return a null pointer.
    */
    void* getFunction (const String& functionName) noexcept;

    /** Returns the platform-specific native library handle.
        You'll need to cast this to whatever is appropriate for the OS that's in use.
    */
    void* getNativeHandle() const noexcept     { return handle; }

private:
    void* handle = nullptr;

    JUCE_DECLARE_NON_COPYABLE_WITH_LEAK_DETECTOR (DynamicLibrary)
};

} // namespace juce