Removed stdc directory. This was moved to core/stdc.

[software/druntime.git] / src / common / core / runtime.d

diff --git a/src/common/core/runtime.d b/src/common/core/runtime.d
index 76a9438cd5a2e069764c498c63c6c858ab550db7..36607bec0129b093b2348cea43cb742fda492112 100644 (file)
--- a/src/common/core/runtime.d
+++ b/src/common/core/runtime.d
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ private
     alias void delegate( Exception ) ExceptionHandler;
     extern (C) bool rt_init( ExceptionHandler dg = null );
     extern (C) bool rt_term( ExceptionHandler dg = null );
+
+    extern (C) void* rt_loadLibrary( in char[] name );
+    extern (C) void  rt_unloadLibrary( void* ptr );
 }
 
 
@@ -88,6 +91,37 @@ struct Runtime
     }
 
 
+    /**
+     * Locates a dynamic library with the supplied library name and dynamically
+     * loads it into the caller's address space.  If the library contains a D
+     * runtime it will be integrated with the current runtime.
+     *
+     * Params:
+     *  name = The name of the dynamic library to load.
+     *
+     * Returns:
+     *  A reference to the library or null on error.
+     */
+    static void* loadLibrary( in char[] name )
+    {
+        return rt_loadLibrary( name );
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Unloads the dynamic library referenced by p.  If this library contains a
+     * D runtime then any necessary finalization or cleanup of that runtime
+     * will be performed.
+     *
+     * Params:
+     *  p = A reference to the library to unload.
+     */
+    static void unloadLibrary( void* p )
+    {
+        rt_unloadLibrary( p );
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Overrides the default trace mechanism with s user-supplied version.  A
      * trace represents the context from which an exception was thrown, and the