diff --git a/Source/kwsys/DynamicLoader.cxx b/Source/kwsys/DynamicLoader.cxx
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+/*=========================================================================
+
+ Program: KWSys - Kitware System Library
+ Module: $RCSfile$
+
+ Copyright (c) Kitware, Inc., Insight Consortium. All rights reserved.
+ See Copyright.txt or http://www.kitware.com/Copyright.htm for details.
+
+ This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
+ the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+ PURPOSE. See the above copyright notices for more information.
+
+=========================================================================*/
+#include "kwsysPrivate.h"
+#include KWSYS_HEADER(DynamicLoader.hxx)
+
+#include KWSYS_HEADER(Configure.hxx)
+
+// Work-around CMake dependency scanning limitation. This must
+// duplicate the above list of headers.
+#if 0
+# include "DynamicLoader.hxx.in"
+# include "Configure.hxx.in"
+#endif
+
+// This file is actually 3 different implementations.
+// 1. HP machines which uses shl_load
+// 2. Power PC MAC which uses GetSharedLibrary
+// 3. Windows which uses LoadLibrary
+// 4. Most unix systems which use dlopen (default )
+// Each part of the ifdef contains a complete implementation for
+// the static methods of DynamicLoader.
+
+namespace KWSYS_NAMESPACE
+{
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+DynamicLoader::DynamicLoader()
+{
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+DynamicLoader::~DynamicLoader()
+{
+}
+
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------
+// 1. Implementation for HPUX machines
+#ifdef __hpux
+#include
+#define DYNAMICLOADER_DEFINED 1
+
+namespace KWSYS_NAMESPACE
+{
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+LibHandle DynamicLoader::OpenLibrary(const char* libname )
+{
+ return shl_load(libname, BIND_DEFERRED | DYNAMIC_PATH, 0L);
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+int DynamicLoader::CloseLibrary(LibHandle lib)
+{
+ return !shl_unload(lib);
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+DynamicLoaderFunction
+DynamicLoader::GetSymbolAddress(LibHandle lib, const char* sym)
+{
+ void* addr;
+ int status;
+
+ status = shl_findsym (&lib, sym, TYPE_PROCEDURE, &addr);
+ void* result = (status < 0) ? (void*)0 : addr;
+
+ // Hack to cast pointer-to-data to pointer-to-function.
+ return *reinterpret_cast(&result);
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+const char* DynamicLoader::LibPrefix()
+{
+ return "lib";
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+const char* DynamicLoader::LibExtension()
+{
+ return ".sl";
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+const char* DynamicLoader::LastError()
+{
+ // TODO: Need implementation with errno/strerror
+ /* If successful, shl_findsym returns an integer (int) value zero. If
+ * shl_findsym cannot find sym, it returns -1 and sets errno to zero.
+ * If any other errors occur, shl_findsym returns -1 and sets errno to one
+ * of these values (defined in ):
+ * ENOEXEC
+ * A format error was detected in the specified library.
+ * ENOSYM
+ * A symbol on which sym depends could not be found.
+ * EINVAL
+ * The specified handle is invalid.
+ */
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+} // namespace KWSYS_NAMESPACE
+
+#endif //__hpux
+
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------
+// 2. Implementation for Mac OS X 10.2.x and earlier
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+#if MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED < 1030
+#include
+#define DYNAMICLOADER_DEFINED 1
+
+namespace KWSYS_NAMESPACE
+{
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+LibHandle DynamicLoader::OpenLibrary(const char* libname )
+{
+ NSObjectFileImageReturnCode rc;
+ NSObjectFileImage image = 0;
+
+ rc = NSCreateObjectFileImageFromFile(libname, &image);
+ if(!image)
+ {
+ return 0;
+ }
+ return NSLinkModule(image, libname, NSLINKMODULE_OPTION_BINDNOW);
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+int DynamicLoader::CloseLibrary( LibHandle lib)
+{
+ DYLD_BOOL success = NSUnLinkModule(lib, NSUNLINKMODULE_OPTION_NONE);
+ return success;
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+DynamicLoaderFunction DynamicLoader::GetSymbolAddress(LibHandle /* lib */, const char* sym)
+{
+ void *result=0;
+ if(NSIsSymbolNameDefined(sym))
+ {
+ NSSymbol symbol= NSLookupAndBindSymbol(sym);
+ if(symbol)
+ {
+ result = NSAddressOfSymbol(symbol);
+ }
+ }
+ // Hack to cast pointer-to-data to pointer-to-function.
+ return *reinterpret_cast(&result);
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+const char* DynamicLoader::LibPrefix()
+{
+ return "";
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+const char* DynamicLoader::LibExtension()
+{
+ return ".dylib";
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+const char* DynamicLoader::LastError()
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
+} // namespace KWSYS_NAMESPACE
+
+#endif //MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED < 1030
+#endif // __APPLE__
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------
+// 3. Implementation for Windows win32 code
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include
+#define DYNAMICLOADER_DEFINED 1
+
+namespace KWSYS_NAMESPACE
+{
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+LibHandle DynamicLoader::OpenLibrary(const char* libname)
+{
+ LibHandle lh;
+#ifdef UNICODE
+ wchar_t libn[MB_CUR_MAX];
+ mbstowcs(libn, libname, MB_CUR_MAX);
+ lh = LoadLibrary(libn);
+#else
+ lh = LoadLibrary(libname);
+#endif
+ return lh;
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+int DynamicLoader::CloseLibrary(LibHandle lib)
+{
+ return (int)FreeLibrary(lib);
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+DynamicLoaderFunction DynamicLoader::GetSymbolAddress(LibHandle lib, const char* sym)
+{
+ void *result;
+#ifdef UNICODE
+ wchar_t wsym[MB_CUR_MAX];
+ mbstowcs(wsym, sym, MB_CUR_MAX);
+ result = GetProcAddress(lib, wsym);
+#else
+ result = (void*)GetProcAddress(lib, sym);
+#endif
+ // Hack to cast pointer-to-data to pointer-to-function.
+ return *reinterpret_cast(&result);
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+const char* DynamicLoader::LibPrefix()
+{
+ return "";
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+const char* DynamicLoader::LibExtension()
+{
+ return ".dll";
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+const char* DynamicLoader::LastError()
+{
+ LPVOID lpMsgBuf;
+
+ FormatMessage(
+ FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM,
+ NULL,
+ GetLastError(),
+ MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), // Default language
+ (LPTSTR) &lpMsgBuf,
+ 0,
+ NULL
+ );
+
+ static char* str = 0;
+ delete [] str;
+ str = strcpy(new char[strlen((char*)lpMsgBuf)+1], (char*)lpMsgBuf);
+ // Free the buffer.
+ LocalFree( lpMsgBuf );
+ return str;
+}
+
+} // namespace KWSYS_NAMESPACE
+
+#endif //_WIN32
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------
+// 4. Implementation for default UNIX machines.
+// if nothing has been defined then use this
+#ifndef DYNAMICLOADER_DEFINED
+#define DYNAMICLOADER_DEFINED 1
+// Setup for most unix machines
+#include
+
+namespace KWSYS_NAMESPACE
+{
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+LibHandle DynamicLoader::OpenLibrary(const char* libname )
+{
+ return dlopen(libname, RTLD_LAZY);
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+int DynamicLoader::CloseLibrary(LibHandle lib)
+{
+ if (lib)
+ {
+ // The function dlclose() returns 0 on success, and non-zero on error.
+ return !(int)dlclose(lib);
+ }
+ // else
+ return 0;
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+DynamicLoaderFunction DynamicLoader::GetSymbolAddress(LibHandle lib, const char* sym)
+{
+ void* result = dlsym(lib, sym);
+
+ // Hack to cast pointer-to-data to pointer-to-function.
+ return *reinterpret_cast(&result);
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+const char* DynamicLoader::LibPrefix()
+{
+ return "lib";
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+const char* DynamicLoader::LibExtension()
+{
+ return ".so";
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+const char* DynamicLoader::LastError()
+{
+ return dlerror();
+}
+
+} // namespace KWSYS_NAMESPACE
+
+#endif
diff --git a/Source/kwsys/DynamicLoader.hxx.in b/Source/kwsys/DynamicLoader.hxx.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc5a1d3c3
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+/*=========================================================================
+
+ Program: KWSys - Kitware System Library
+ Module: $RCSfile$
+
+ Copyright (c) Kitware, Inc., Insight Consortium. All rights reserved.
+ See Copyright.txt or http://www.kitware.com/Copyright.htm for details.
+
+ This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
+ the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+ PURPOSE. See the above copyright notices for more information.
+
+=========================================================================*/
+#ifndef @KWSYS_NAMESPACE@_DynamicLoader_hxx
+#define @KWSYS_NAMESPACE@_DynamicLoader_hxx
+
+#include <@KWSYS_NAMESPACE@/Configure.h>
+
+namespace @KWSYS_NAMESPACE@
+{
+// Ugly stuff for library handles
+// They are different on several different OS's
+#if defined(__hpux)
+ #include
+ typedef shl_t LibHandle;
+#elif defined(_WIN32)
+ #include
+ typedef HMODULE LibHandle;
+#elif defined(__APPLE__)
+ #include
+ #if MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED < 1030
+ #include
+ typedef NSModule LibHandle;
+ #else
+ typedef void* LibHandle;
+ #endif
+#else
+ typedef void* LibHandle;
+#endif
+} // namespace @KWSYS_NAMESPACE@
+
+namespace @KWSYS_NAMESPACE@
+{
+// Return type from DynamicLoader::GetSymbolAddress.
+typedef void (*DynamicLoaderFunction)();
+
+/** \class DynamicLoader
+ * \brief Portable loading of dynamic libraries or dll's.
+ *
+ * DynamicLoader provides a portable interface to loading dynamic
+ * libraries or dll's into a process.
+ *
+ * Directory currently works with Windows, Apple, HP-UX and Unix (POSIX)
+ * operating systems
+ */
+
+class @KWSYS_NAMESPACE@_EXPORT DynamicLoader
+{
+public:
+ DynamicLoader();
+ ~DynamicLoader();
+
+ /** Load a dynamic library into the current process.
+ * The returned LibHandle can be used to access the symbols in the
+ * library. */
+ static LibHandle OpenLibrary(const char*);
+
+ /** Attempt to detach a dynamic library from the
+ * process. A value of true is returned if it is sucessful. */
+ static int CloseLibrary(LibHandle);
+
+ /** Find the address of the symbol in the given library. */
+ static DynamicLoaderFunction GetSymbolAddress(LibHandle, const char*);
+
+ /** Return the library prefix for the given architecture */
+ static const char* LibPrefix();
+
+ /** Return the library extension for the given architecture. */
+ static const char* LibExtension();
+
+ /** Return the last error produced from a calls made on this class. */
+ static const char* LastError();
+}; // End Class: DynamicLoader
+
+} // namespace @KWSYS_NAMESPACE@
+
+#endif