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/*! \file
  \brief  A cross-platform class for loading dynamic link libraries and shared objects.
 
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#ifndef _DYNAMIC_LIBRARY_H
#define _DYNAMIC_LIBRARY_H
 
#include "disti_include.h"
#include <string>
 
#if defined( _WIN32 )
#    include <windows.h>
#endif
 
namespace disti
{
typedef void* ( *FunctionPointer )( ... ); ///< Typedef for a function pointer taking variadic arguments.
 
/** The DynamicLibrary class. A cross-platform class for loading dynamic link libraries 
* and shared objects
*/
class DynamicLibrary
{
public:
    /** Error Enum */
    typedef enum
    {
        ERROR_NONE,
        ERROR_VERSION_MISMATCH, ///< Load failed due to incompatible GL Studio or compiler versions
        ERROR_UNKNOWN           ///< Load failed for unknown reason (see DynamicLibrary::ErrorString())
    } ErrorEnum;
 
#if defined( _WIN32 )
    typedef HMODULE LibHandle_t; ///< Windows uses a handle to the opened dynamic library.
#else
    typedef void* LibHandle_t; ///< Linux, macOS, and others use a pointer to the opened dynamic library.
#endif
 
    /** 
    * Constructor for dynamic library object.  Causes the dynamic library
    * which is passed in by filename to be opened.
    * \param lib_name_arg A pointer to a string which is a library name to be opened, may include the path, can not be NULL
    * \param quiet Whether this class emits error messages or fails silently.
    * \param searchLibPath UNUSED
    * \param tryStandardExtensions If this is true, the file extension, if any, will be stripped off and the appropriate
    *                      standard extension for the current OS will be appended. If the changed filename cannot be
    *                      found, then the original filename will be used as a last resort.
    * \param matchVersion
    */
    DISTI_EXPORT DynamicLibrary(
        const char* lib_name_arg,
        bool        quiet                 = false,
        bool        searchLibPath         = false,
        bool        tryStandardExtensions = false,
        bool        matchVersion          = false );
 
    /** Destructor for dynamic library object.  Closes the library so the OS can cleanup. */
    virtual DISTI_EXPORT ~DynamicLibrary();
 
    /** 
    * Dynamically resolves a function from the library.  The name of the 
    *  function is passed in.  
    *  \param function_name A pointer to a string, which represents the Name of a Function to find.
    *  \return Returns a pointer to the function if it is found or NULL otherwise
    */
    virtual DISTI_EXPORT FunctionPointer DynamicFunction( const char* function_name );
 
    /// \param libName The name of the library to load.
    /// \param tryStandardExtensions If true, will try the standard extensions (i.e. .dll, .so, .dylib).
    /// \return True if the library can be found somewhere on the system, false otherwise.
    static DISTI_EXPORT bool Exists( const char* libName, bool tryStandardExtensions = true );
 
    /// \param name The name of the file to locate.
    /// \return The full path to the given file name.
    static DISTI_EXPORT std::string Find( const std::string& name );
 
    /// \return True if the library successfully loaded, false otherwise.
    virtual DISTI_EXPORT bool Loaded() const;
 
    /// Call LastError() when Loaded() is false to determine to determine
    /// if load failure occured due to a version mismatch.
    /// \return The error type, or ERROR_NONE if no failure.
    DISTI_EXPORT ErrorEnum LastError() const;
 
    /// \return The last error string or NULL if no error has occurred.
    /// \note When tryStandardExtensions == true, this may be very long since it contains the error information for each attempted filename.
    DISTI_EXPORT const char* ErrorString() const;
 
    /// Removes the extension, if any, from the specified path.
    /// \param libpath The path to be stripped of extensions.
    static DISTI_EXPORT void RemoveExtension( std::string& libpath );
 
private:
    bool        _quiet;
    bool        _tryStandardExtensions;
    LibHandle_t _dlHandle;
    ErrorEnum   _lastError;
 
    char* _errorString;
 
    DISTI_EXPORT void SetErrorString( const char* );
 
    /** 
    * Attempts to find the specified library file on the system.
    * If the file doesn't exist as named, any path will be stripped off and 
    * this will try to open the library file, which uses the standard OS search 
    * algorithm to find the file.  If the open is successful, the file was 
    * found.
    *
    * \returns true if the library is found.
    */
    static bool FoundOnSystem( const std::string& libname );
 
    /** 
    * Opens the specified library searching the library paths if specified.
    */
    static LibHandle_t Open( const std::string& libpath, ErrorEnum& errorCode /*returned*/, bool searchLibPath = true, bool matchVersion = false, bool quiet = false );
};
 
} // namespace disti
 
#endif