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PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Concept//EN" "concept.dtd"> |
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<concept id="GUID-260C7ACD-0024-59DE-B1C6-0C852E44C457" xml:lang="en"><title>Dynamically Loading Link Libraries Overview</title><shortdesc>Description of Polymorphic DLLs.</shortdesc><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody> |
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<section id="GUID-25D3E357-BE6E-40BD-897D-DA5EB92029C5"><title>Purpose</title> <p>Dynamically load libraries during program execution.</p> <p>These |
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interfaces are used by programs that need to load libraries at run-time, |
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that have a common interface, but different concrete behavior. Because |
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of this relationship between interface and behaviour, such libraries |
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are called <i>polymorphic DLLs</i>. </p> </section> |
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<section id="GUID-5444CFD3-5FC2-4160-BD8A-8BD7154402B3"><title>Architectural |
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relationships</title> <p>Many parts of the system use polymorphic |
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DLLs. Communications components, such as Sockets and Messaging, use |
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architectures in which particular communications protocols are provided |
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as polymorphic DLLs, and are loaded as needed. UI application programs |
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are also polymorphic DLLs that are loaded when the user starts the |
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program.</p> </section> |
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<section id="GUID-2A379537-7B05-445F-83FC-C4396794A3CD"><title>Description</title> <p>The API has three key concepts: polymorphic DLL, polymorphic |
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DLL handle, and polymorphic DLL function pointer. </p> </section> |
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<section id="GUID-0A0DF81E-94C0-4D91-8F2A-1DFBE542E019"><title>Polymorphic |
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DLL</title> <p>A program that uses a type of polymorphic DLLs defines |
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their interface in terms of a single abstract class whose functions |
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are declared as pure virtual. Each type of polymorphic DLL is given |
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a unique identifier (UID). </p> <p>A particular concrete DLL:</p> <ul> |
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<li id="GUID-E073605D-1AC4-55B9-94AA-FD1A761B5448"><p>implements the |
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interface by defining and implementing a concrete class derived from |
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the abstract class.</p> </li> |
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<li id="GUID-AF95C27B-841D-53B5-836B-A55B4ED3E5F3"><p>exports a function |
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that creates an object of the derived class type. All other functions |
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in the DLL are virtual and called through the base class interface.</p> </li> |
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</ul></section> |
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<section id="GUID-825B7916-7E13-42B5-BAE4-A7009679E4F2"><title>Polymorphic |
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DLL handle</title><p>The polymorphic DLL handle allows a program to |
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load and close a particular polymorphic DLL. It also allows the caller |
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to obtain pointers to functions exported by the DLL. The system can |
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check that a polymorphic DLL is of the correct type by checking the |
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type UID value.</p> <p>The polymorphic DLL handle interface is provided |
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by <xref href="GUID-25327159-83D6-3507-B187-09EA4BB3727F.dita"><apiname>RLibrary</apiname></xref>.</p> <p>A wildcard file system search |
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for polymorphic DLLs can be done through <xref href="GUID-1B05E2E3-B64E-36A8-BFFF-430028113BA4.dita"><apiname>TFindLibrary</apiname></xref>.</p> </section> |
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<section id="GUID-C16BECEC-B59A-4FFE-94F0-548DB602A0BA"><title>Polymorphic |
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DLL function pointer</title> <p>An exported function is called through |
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a pointer to function obtained through a polymorphic DLL handle.</p> <p>The polymorphic DLL function pointer type is provided by the <xref href="GUID-7E0A7BA7-0EF8-3832-A1EA-B85FFADD1A9B.dita"><apiname>TLibraryFunction</apiname></xref> typedef. The caller casts the pointer |
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to the real type of the exported function before using it.</p> </section> |
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</conbody><related-links> |
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<link href="GUID-AB705D21-87A3-5F32-A4B9-17B7593DD5C3.dita"><linktext>UID |
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