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  File:         YUIPlugin.h

  Author:       Stefan Hundhammer <sh@suse.de>

/-*/


#ifndef YUIPlugin_h
#define YUIPlugin_h

#define PLUGIN_PREFIX "libpy2"
#define PLUGIN_SUFFIX ".so.2"

#include <string>
using std::string;


class YUIPlugin
{
public:

    YUIPlugin( const char * pluginLibBaseName );

    virtual ~YUIPlugin();

    void unload();

    void * locateSymbol( const char * symbol );

    bool error() const;

    bool success() const;

    string errorMsg() const;

protected:

    void * pluginLibHandle() { return _pluginLibHandle; }

    string pluginLibBaseName() const { return _pluginLibBaseName; }

    string pluginLibFullPath() const;

    void loadPluginLib();

private:

    string      _pluginLibBaseName;
    void *      _pluginLibHandle;
    string      _errorMsg;
};


#endif // YUIPlugin_h