gdl.h

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#pragma once
 
// geomc
#include "glogger.h"
#include "gutilities.h"
 
// c++ plugin loading functions
// documentation: http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/C++-dlopen.html
#include <dlfcn.h>
 
// c++
#include <sys/stat.h> // to check if file exists
#include <string>
 
typedef void* dlhandle;
 
static dlhandle load_lib(const std::string& path);
 
static void close_lib(dlhandle handle);
 
// exit codes: 1000s
#define ERR_DLNOTFOUND       1001
#define ERR_FACTORYNOTFOUND  1002
#define ERR_DLHANDLENOTFOUND 1003
 
 
struct DynamicLib {
 
private:
    std::string dlFileName; // dynamic library file
 
    bool doesFileExists(const std::string& name) {
        struct stat buffer{};
        return (stat(name.c_str(), &buffer) == 0);
    }
 
    std::shared_ptr<GLogger> log;
 
public:
    // default constructor
    DynamicLib() = default;
 
    // path here is the filename
    DynamicLib(std::shared_ptr<GLogger> logger, std::string path) : dlFileName(path), log(logger), handle(nullptr) {
        log->debug(CONSTRUCTOR, "Instantiating ", path);
        log->debug(NORMAL, "Trying ", dlFileName);
 
        // trying installation path + lib if not found
        if (!doesFileExists(dlFileName)) {
            log->debug(NORMAL, dlFileName, " not found...");
 
            std::filesystem::path gemcRoot = gutilities::gemc_root();
            dlFileName = gemcRoot.string() + "/lib/" + path;
 
            log->debug(NORMAL, "Trying ", dlFileName);
        }
 
        if (doesFileExists(dlFileName)) {
            handle = load_lib(dlFileName);
            if (handle == nullptr) {
                char const* const dlopen_error = dlerror();
                log->error(ERR_DLHANDLENOTFOUND, "File ", dlFileName, " found, but handle is null. Error: ",
                           dlopen_error);
            }
            else { log->info(0, "Loaded ", dlFileName); }
        }
        else { log->error(ERR_DLNOTFOUND, "could not find ", dlFileName); }
    }
 
    dlhandle handle = nullptr; // posix handle of the dynamic library
 
    ~DynamicLib() {
        if (handle != nullptr) {
            close_lib(handle);
            log->debug(DESTRUCTOR, "Destroying ", dlFileName);
        }
    }
 
 
};
 
 
dlhandle load_lib(const std::string& lib) // never throws
{
    dlhandle h = nullptr;
 
    // If the caller already supplied a path (has a slash) just try it.
    if (lib.find('/') != std::string::npos) { h = dlopen(lib.c_str(), RTLD_NOW); }
    else {
        // 1. Try the file in the current working directory
        std::string cwdPath = "./" + lib;
        h                   = dlopen(cwdPath.c_str(), RTLD_NOW);
 
        // 2. Fallback to the normal search path so LD_LIBRARY_PATH,
        //    RPATH/RUNPATH, system dirs, etc. are still honoured.
        if (!h) { h = dlopen(lib.c_str(), RTLD_NOW); }
    }
    return h; // may be nullptr – caller should check and use dlerror()
}
 
static void close_lib(dlhandle handle) { dlclose(handle); }