hydrodll Namespace Reference

Dynamically loads C++ classes. More...

Classes
class	DynamicallyLoadedLibrary
class	DynamicLoadException
	Dynamic load exception. More...
Functions
template<class LoadedClass , typename MakerFunc >
LoadedClass *	dynamicallyLoadClass (DynamicallyLoadedLibrary &lib, const char *makerFuncName)

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Detailed Description

Dynamically loads C++ classes.

This is a very small library for dynamically loading C++ classes.

See also:

hydro_library_orcadynamicload

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Function Documentation

template<class LoadedClass , typename MakerFunc >

LoadedClass* hydrodll::dynamicallyLoadClass	(	DynamicallyLoadedLibrary &	lib,
		const char *	makerFuncName
	)			[inline]

Uses a function in the lib to load an instance of 'LoadedClass'.

Assumes the library has a 'maker' function with the signature: extern "C" { LoadedClass *makerFunc(); }

The type of this function should be typedef'd to MakerFunc somewhere, as in: typedef LoadedClass *MakerFunc();

References hydrodll::DynamicallyLoadedLibrary::handle(), and hydrodll::DynamicallyLoadedLibrary::name().