// Copyright 2014 Renato Tegon Forti, Antony Polukhin. // Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. // (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt // or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) // For more information, see http://www.boost.org // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // This example shows how to import_variable_alias function to load a plugin of a DSO. // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #include "../shared_lib_path.hpp" //[callplugcpp_tutorial8 #include #include #include "../tutorial_common/plugin_api.hpp" #include int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { { // argv[1] contains path to our plugin library BOOST_ASSERT(argc >= 2); typedef boost::shared_ptr(func_t)(); boost::shared_ptr plugin_instance; { boost::function f = boost::dll::import_function_alias( shared_lib_path(argv[1], L"refcounting_plugin"), "create_refc_plugin" ); std::cout << "location() " << boost::dll::shared_library(shared_lib_path(argv[1], L"refcounting_plugin")).location() << std::endl; plugin_instance = f(); // `f` goes out of scope here and will be destroyed. // `plugin_instance` holds a reference to shared_library and it is safe to // use it. } std::cout << "Plugin name: " << plugin_instance->name() << std::endl; plugin_instance.reset(); std::cout << "released" << std::endl; } boost::this_thread::sleep(boost::posix_time::milliseconds(2000)); std::cout << "after exit" << std::endl; }