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\section{\product{Dynload} C library API}

The \product{dynload} library encapsulates dynamic loading mechanisms and
gives access to functions in foreign dynamic libraries and code modules.

\subsection{Loading code}

\begin{lstlisting}[language=c,label=dl-load]
DLLib* dlLoadLibrary(const char* libpath);
void  dlFreeLibrary(void* libhandle);
\end{lstlisting}

\lstinline{dlLoadLibrary} loads a dynamic library at \lstinline{libpath}
and returns a handle to it for use in \lstinline{dlFreeLibrary} and
\lstinline{dlFindSymbol} calls. Passing a null pointer for the \lstinline{libpath}
argument is valid, and returns a handle to the main executable of the calling code.
Also, searching libraries in library paths (e.g. by just passing the library's leaf
name) should work, however, they are OS specific. Returns a null pointer on error.

\lstinline{dlFreeLibrary} frees the loaded library with handle \lstinline{pLib}.

\subsection{Retrieving functions}

\begin{lstlisting}[language=c]
void* dlFindSymbol(void* libhandle, const char* symbol);
\end{lstlisting}

This function returns a pointer to a symbol with name \lstinline{pSymbolName} in the
library with handle \lstinline{pLib}, or returns a null pointer if the symbol cannot
be found. The name is specified as it would appear in C source code (mangled if C++, etc.).

\subsection{Misc functions}
\begin{lstlisting}[language=c]
int dlGetLibraryPath(DLLib* pLib, char* sOut, int bufSize);
\end{lstlisting}

This function can be used to get a copy of the path to the library loaded with handle
\lstinline{pLib}. The parameter \lstinline{sOut} is a pointer to a buffer of size
\lstinline{bufSize} (in bytes), to hold the output string. The return value is the size
of the buffer (in bytes) needed to hold the null-terminated string, or 0 if it can't be
looked up. If \lstinline{bufSize} \textgreater= return value \textgreater 1, a null-terminted string with the
path to the library should be in \lstinline{sOut}.  If it returns 0, the library name wasn't
able to be found. Please note that this might happen in some rare cases, so make sure to always check.

\subsection{Symbol iteration}

\begin{lstlisting}[language=c]
DLSyms*     dlSymsInit(const char* libPath);
void        dlSymsCleanup(DLSyms* pSyms);
int         dlSymsCount(DLSyms* pSyms);
const char* dlSymsName(DLSyms* pSyms, int index);
const char* dlSymsNameFromValue(DLSyms* pSyms, void* value); /* symbol must be loaded */
\end{lstlisting}


These functions can be used to iterate over symbols. Since they can be used on libraries that are not linked, they are made
for symbol name lookups, not to get a symbol's address. For that refer to
\lstinline{dlFindSymbol}. \lstinline{dlSymsInit} will return a handle (or a null pointer
on error) to the shared object specified by \lstinline{libPath}, to be used with the other dlSyms* functions. Note that contrary
to loading and linking libraries, no (OS-specific) rules for searching libraries in library paths, etc. apply. The handle must be freed with
\lstinline{dlSymsCleanup}. \lstinline{dlSymsCount} returns the number of
symbols in the shared object, \lstinline{dlSymsName} and \lstinline{dlSymsNameFromValue}
are used to lookup symbol names using an index or symbol's address, respectively,
returning a null pointer on error. The names are returned as they would appear
in C source code (mangled if C++, etc.). The address passed to \lstinline{dlSymsNameFromValue}
must point to a loaded symbol.

