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#ifndef SOFA_HELPER_SYSTEM_DYNAMICLIBRARY_H
#define SOFA_HELPER_SYSTEM_DYNAMICLIBRARY_H

#include <sofa/helper/helper.h>
#include <memory>
#include <iostream>


namespace sofa
{
namespace helper
{
namespace system
{


/**
   @brief Wrapper around the dynamic library facilities of the operating system.
*/
class SOFA_HELPER_API DynamicLibrary
{
public:

    /// A handle to a dynamic library.
    class SOFA_HELPER_API Handle {
        friend class DynamicLibrary;
    public:
        /// Default constructor: invalid handle.
        Handle();
        /// Copy constructor.
        Handle(const Handle& that);
        /// Check if the handle is valid, i.e. if load() was successful.
        bool isValid() const;
        /// Get the filename of the library.
        const std::string& filename() const;
    private:
        void * m_realHandle;
        std::shared_ptr<std::string> m_filename;
        Handle(const std::string& filename, void *handle);
    };

    /// @brief Load a dynamic library.
    ///
    /// @param filename The library to load.
    /// @return A handle, that must be unloaded with unload().
    /// Use Handle::isValid() to know if the loading was successful.
    static Handle load(const std::string& filename);

    /// @brief Unload a dynamic library loaded with load().
    ///
    /// @param handle The handle of a library.
    /// @return 0 on success, and nonzero on error.
    static int unload(Handle handle);

    /// @brief Get the address of a symbol.
    ///
    /// @param handle The handle of a library.
    /// @param symbol The symbol to look for.
    /// @return A pointer to the symbol if it was found, or NULL on error.
    static void * getSymbolAddress(Handle handle, const std::string& symbol);

    /// @brief Get the message for the most recent error that occurred from load(), unload() or getSymbolAddress().
    ///
    /// @return The error message, or an empty string if no errors have occurred
    /// since initialization or since it was last called.
    static std::string getLastError();

    /// System-specific file extension for a dynamic library (e.g. "so").
    static const std::string extension;

    /// System-specific file prefix for a dynamic library (e.g. "lib").
    static const std::string prefix;

private:
    static std::string m_lastError;
    static void fetchLastError();
};


}

}

}

#endif // SOFA_HELPER_SYSTEM_DYNAMICLIBRARY_H
