itkDynamicLoader.h

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#ifndef __itkDynamicLoader_h
#define __itkDynamicLoader_h

#include "itkObject.h"
#include "itkObjectFactory.h"
#include "itksys/DynamicLoader.hxx"

namespace itk
{
//BTX
typedef itksys::DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle LibHandle;
// Cannot use this as this is a void (*)() but ITK old API used to be void*
typedef itksys::DynamicLoader::SymbolPointer SymbolPointer;
//ETX

class ITKCommon_EXPORT DynamicLoader:public Object
{
public:
  typedef DynamicLoader              Self;
  typedef Object                     Superclass;
  typedef SmartPointer< Self >       Pointer;
  typedef SmartPointer< const Self > ConstPointer;

  itkNewMacro(Self);

  itkTypeMacro(DynamicLoader, Object);

  static LibHandle OpenLibrary(const char *);

  static int CloseLibrary(LibHandle);

  static void *GetSymbolAddress(LibHandle, const char *);

  static const char * LibPrefix();

  static const char * LibExtension();

  static const char * LastError();

protected:
  DynamicLoader();
  ~DynamicLoader();

private:
  DynamicLoader(const Self &);  //purposely not implemented
  void operator=(const Self &); //purposely not implemented
};
} // end namespace itk

#endif