1 // 2 // Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project 3 // 4 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 // You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 // 8 // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 // 10 // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 // limitations under the License. 15 // 16 17 #ifndef SHILL_NET_SHILL_EXPORT_H_ 18 #define SHILL_NET_SHILL_EXPORT_H_ 19 20 // Use SHILL_EXPORT attribute to decorate your classes, methods and variables 21 // that need to be exported out of libshill By default, any symbol not 22 // explicitly marked with SHILL_EXPORT attribute is not exported. 23 24 // Put SHILL_EXPORT in front of methods or variables and in between the 25 // class and the tag name: 26 /* 27 28 SHILL_EXPORT void foo(); 29 30 class SHILL_EXPORT Bar { 31 public: 32 void baz(); // Exported since it is a member of an exported class. 33 }; 34 35 */ 36 37 // Exporting a class automatically exports all of its members. However there are 38 // no export entries for non-static member variables since they are not accessed 39 // directly, but rather through "this" pointer. Class methods, type information, 40 // virtual table (if any), and static member variables are exported. 41 42 // Finally, template functions and template members of a class may not be 43 // inlined by the compiler automatically and the out-of-line version will not 44 // be exported and fail to link. Marking those inline explicitly might help. 45 // Alternatively, exporting specific instantiation of the template could be 46 // used with "extern template" and combining this with SHILL_EXPORT. 47 #define SHILL_EXPORT __attribute__((__visibility__("default"))) 48 49 // On occasion you might need to disable exporting a particular symbol if 50 // you don't want the clients to see it. For example, you can explicitly 51 // hide a member of an exported class: 52 /* 53 54 class SHILL_EXPORT Foo { 55 public: 56 void bar(); // Exported since it is a member of an exported class. 57 58 private: 59 SHILL_PRIVATE void baz(); // Explicitly removed from export table. 60 }; 61 62 */ 63 64 // Note that even though a class may have a private member it doesn't mean 65 // that it must not be exported, since the compiler might still need it. 66 // For example, an inline public method calling a private method will not link 67 // if that private method is not exported. 68 // So be careful with hiding members if you don't want to deal with obscure 69 // linker errors. 70 #define SHILL_PRIVATE __attribute__((__visibility__("hidden"))) 71 72 #endif // SHILL_NET_SHILL_EXPORT_H_ 73
