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     34 
     35 #ifndef prlink_h___
     36 #define prlink_h___
     37 
     38 /*
     39 ** API to static and dynamic linking.
     40 */
     41 #include "prtypes.h"
     42 
     43 PR_BEGIN_EXTERN_C
     44 
     45 typedef struct PRLibrary PRLibrary;
     46 
     47 typedef struct PRStaticLinkTable {
     48     const char *name;
     49     void (*fp)();
     50 } PRStaticLinkTable;
     51 
     52 /*
     53 ** Change the default library path to the given string. The string is
     54 ** copied. This call will fail if it runs out of memory.
     55 **
     56 ** The string provided as 'path' is copied. The caller can do whatever is
     57 ** convenient with the argument when the function is complete.
     58 */
     59 NSPR_API(PRStatus) PR_SetLibraryPath(const char *path);
     60 
     61 /*
     62 ** Return a character string which contains the path used to search for
     63 ** dynamically loadable libraries.
     64 **
     65 ** The returned value is basically a copy of a PR_SetLibraryPath().
     66 ** The storage is allocated by the runtime and becomes the responsibilty
     67 ** of the caller.
     68 */
     69 NSPR_API(char*) PR_GetLibraryPath(void);
     70 
     71 /*
     72 ** Given a directory name "dir" and a library name "lib" construct a full
     73 ** path name that will refer to the actual dynamically loaded
     74 ** library. This does not test for existance of said file, it just
     75 ** constructs the full filename. The name constructed is system dependent
     76 ** and prepared for PR_LoadLibrary. The result must be free'd when the
     77 ** caller is done with it.
     78 **
     79 ** The storage for the result is allocated by the runtime and becomes the
     80 ** responsibility of the caller.
     81 */
     82 NSPR_API(char*) PR_GetLibraryName(const char *dir, const char *lib);
     83 
     84 /*
     85 **
     86 ** Free the memory allocated, for the caller, by PR_GetLibraryName
     87 */
     88 NSPR_API(void) PR_FreeLibraryName(char *mem);
     89 
     90 /*
     91 ** Given a library "name" try to load the library. The argument "name"
     92 ** is a machine-dependent name for the library, such as the full pathname
     93 ** returned by PR_GetLibraryName.  If the library is already loaded,
     94 ** this function will avoid loading the library twice.
     95 **
     96 ** If the library is loaded successfully, then a pointer to the PRLibrary
     97 ** structure representing the library is returned.  Otherwise, NULL is
     98 ** returned.
     99 **
    100 ** This increments the reference count of the library.
    101 */
    102 NSPR_API(PRLibrary*) PR_LoadLibrary(const char *name);
    103 
    104 /*
    105 ** Each operating system has its preferred way of specifying
    106 ** a file in the file system.  Most operating systems use
    107 ** a pathname.  Mac OS, on the other hand, uses the FSSpec
    108 ** structure to specify a file. PRLibSpec allows NSPR clients
    109 ** to use the type of file specification that is most efficient
    110 ** for a particular platform.
    111 **
    112 ** On some operating systems such as Mac OS, a shared library may
    113 ** contain code fragments that can be individually loaded.
    114 ** PRLibSpec also allows NSPR clients to identify a code fragment
    115 ** in a library, if code fragments are supported by the OS.
    116 ** A code fragment can be specified by name or by an integer index.
    117 **
    118 ** Right now PRLibSpec supports three types of library specification:
    119 ** a pathname, a Mac code fragment by name, and a Mac code fragment
    120 ** by index.
    121 */
    122 
    123 typedef enum PRLibSpecType {
    124     PR_LibSpec_Pathname,
    125     PR_LibSpec_MacNamedFragment,
    126     PR_LibSpec_MacIndexedFragment
    127 } PRLibSpecType;
    128 
    129 struct FSSpec; /* Mac OS FSSpec */
    130 
    131 typedef struct PRLibSpec {
    132     PRLibSpecType type;
    133     union {
    134         /* if type is PR_LibSpec_Pathname */
    135         const char *pathname;
    136 
    137         /* if type is PR_LibSpec_MacNamedFragment */
    138         struct {
    139             const struct FSSpec *fsspec;
    140             const char *name;
    141         } mac_named_fragment;
    142 
    143         /* if type is PR_LibSpec_MacIndexedFragment */
    144         struct {
    145             const struct FSSpec *fsspec;
    146             PRUint32 index;
    147         } mac_indexed_fragment;
    148     } value;
    149 } PRLibSpec;
    150 
    151 /*
    152 ** The following bit flags may be or'd together and passed
    153 ** as the 'flags' argument to PR_LoadLibraryWithFlags.
    154 ** Flags not supported by the underlying OS are ignored.
    155 */
    156 
    157 #define PR_LD_LAZY   0x1  /* equivalent to RTLD_LAZY on Unix */
    158 #define PR_LD_NOW    0x2  /* equivalent to RTLD_NOW on Unix */
    159 #define PR_LD_GLOBAL 0x4  /* equivalent to RTLD_GLOBAL on Unix */
    160 #define PR_LD_LOCAL  0x8  /* equivalent to RTLD_LOCAL on Unix */
    161 
    162 /*
    163 ** Load the specified library, in the manner specified by 'flags'.
    164 */
    165 
    166 NSPR_API(PRLibrary *)
    167 PR_LoadLibraryWithFlags(
    168     PRLibSpec libSpec,    /* the shared library */
    169     PRIntn flags          /* flags that affect the loading */
    170 );
    171 
    172 /*
    173 ** Unload a previously loaded library. If the library was a static
    174 ** library then the static link table will no longer be referenced. The
    175 ** associated PRLibrary object is freed.
    176 **
    177 ** PR_FAILURE is returned if the library cannot be unloaded.
    178 **
    179 ** This function decrements the reference count of the library.
    180 */
    181 NSPR_API(PRStatus) PR_UnloadLibrary(PRLibrary *lib);
    182 
    183 /*
    184 ** Given the name of a procedure, return the address of the function that
    185 ** implements the procedure, or NULL if no such function can be
    186 ** found. This does not find symbols in the main program (the ".exe");
    187 ** use PR_LoadStaticLibrary to register symbols in the main program.
    188 **
    189 ** This function does not modify the reference count of the library.
    190 */
    191 NSPR_API(void*) PR_FindSymbol(PRLibrary *lib, const char *name);
    192 
    193 /*
    194 ** Similar to PR_FindSymbol, except that the return value is a pointer to
    195 ** a function, and not a pointer to void. Casting between a data pointer
    196 ** and a function pointer is not portable according to the C standard.
    197 ** Any function pointer can be cast to any other function pointer.
    198 **
    199 ** This function does not modify the reference count of the library.
    200 */
    201 typedef void (*PRFuncPtr)();
    202 NSPR_API(PRFuncPtr) PR_FindFunctionSymbol(PRLibrary *lib, const char *name);
    203 
    204 /*
    205 ** Finds a symbol in one of the currently loaded libraries. Given the
    206 ** name of a procedure, return the address of the function that
    207 ** implements the procedure, and return the library that contains that
    208 ** symbol, or NULL if no such function can be found. This does not find
    209 ** symbols in the main program (the ".exe"); use PR_AddStaticLibrary to
    210 ** register symbols in the main program.
    211 **
    212 ** This increments the reference count of the library.
    213 */
    214 NSPR_API(void*) PR_FindSymbolAndLibrary(const char *name,
    215 						      PRLibrary* *lib);
    216 
    217 /*
    218 ** Similar to PR_FindSymbolAndLibrary, except that the return value is
    219 ** a pointer to a function, and not a pointer to void. Casting between a
    220 ** data pointer and a function pointer is not portable according to the C
    221 ** standard. Any function pointer can be cast to any other function pointer.
    222 **
    223 ** This increments the reference count of the library.
    224 */
    225 NSPR_API(PRFuncPtr) PR_FindFunctionSymbolAndLibrary(const char *name,
    226 						      PRLibrary* *lib);
    227 
    228 /*
    229 ** Register a static link table with the runtime under the name
    230 ** "name". The symbols present in the static link table will be made
    231 ** available to PR_FindSymbol. If "name" is null then the symbols will be
    232 ** made available to the library which represents the executable. The
    233 ** tables are not copied.
    234 **
    235 ** Returns the library object if successful, null otherwise.
    236 **
    237 ** This increments the reference count of the library.
    238 */
    239 NSPR_API(PRLibrary*) PR_LoadStaticLibrary(
    240     const char *name, const PRStaticLinkTable *table);
    241 
    242 /*
    243 ** Return the pathname of the file that the library "name" was loaded
    244 ** from. "addr" is the address of a function defined in the library.
    245 **
    246 ** The caller is responsible for freeing the result with PR_Free.
    247 */
    248 NSPR_API(char *) PR_GetLibraryFilePathname(const char *name, PRFuncPtr addr);
    249 
    250 PR_END_EXTERN_C
    251 
    252 #endif /* prlink_h___ */
    253