cc/gapic/dl_loader.h

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2015 The Android Open Source Project
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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#ifndef GAPIC_DL_LOADER_H
#define GAPIC_DL_LOADER_H

namespace gapic {

// Utility class for retrieving function pointers from dynamic libraries.
class DlLoader {
public:
    // Loads the specified dynamic library.
    // If the library cannot be loaded then this is a fatal error.
    // For *nix systems, a nullptr can be used to search the application's functions.
    DlLoader(const char* name);

    // Unloads the library loaded in the constructor.
    ~DlLoader();

    // Looks up the function with the specified name from the library.
    // Returns nullptr if the function is not found.
    void* lookup(const char* name);

private:
    DlLoader() =default;
    DlLoader(const DlLoader&) =delete;
    DlLoader& operator=(const DlLoader&) =delete;

    void* mLibrary;
};

}  // namespace gapic

#endif  // GAPIC_DL_LOADER_H