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0.9.1 | Nov 18, 2023 |
0.8.0 | Oct 30, 2023 |
0.7.0 | Jul 12, 2023 |
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Dylink
Dylink provides a run-time dynamic linking framework for loading dynamic libraries.
This crate may be useful if the dynamic library you are loading is not always guarenteed to exist, which may enable you to provide fallbacks in your code.
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Features
- Thread-safe library loading.
- Macro attribute
Supported platforms
Implemented for all major platforms.
Windows | Linux | MacOS |
---|---|---|
YES | YES | YES |
Usage
Add this to your Cargo.toml
[dependencies]
dylink = "0.9"
Examples
Below is an example of opening a library manually through Library
on Windows.
use dylink::*;
use std::mem;
// Open the Kernel32.dll library.
let lib = Library::open("Kernel32.dll").expect("Failed to open library");
// Get the symbol for the GetLastError function.
let sym = lib.symbol("GetLastError").unwrap();
// Cast the symbol to the appropriate function signature.
let get_last_error: unsafe extern "system" fn() -> u32 = unsafe {mem::transmute(sym)};
let result = unsafe {get_last_error()};
// Call the function and assert its return value.
assert_eq!(result, 0);
Below is an example on how to use the dylink
attribute on Windows. This example demonstrates the
lazy loading capability of the dylink
crate by interacting with functions from the Kernel32.dll library.
use dylink::*;
// Define a static LibLock for the Kernel32.dll library.
static KERNEL32: sync::LibLock = sync::LibLock::new(&["Kernel32.dll"]);
// Use the `dylink` attribute to declare functions from the Kernel32.dll.
#[dylink(library=KERNEL32)]
extern "system-unwind" {
fn GetLastError() -> u32;
fn SetLastError(_: u32);
}
// Use the declared functions, which will be loaded lazily when called.
unsafe {
SetLastError(52);
assert_eq!(52, GetLastError());
}
License
Licensed under either of
- Apache License, Version 2.0 (LICENSE-APACHE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
- MIT license (LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
at your option.
Contribution
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.
Dependencies
~250–700KB
~17K SLoC