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Ruby/DL
an interface to dynamic linking loader
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Ruby/DL
`Ruby/DL' provides an interface to the dynamic linking loader.
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Installing
$ ruby extconf.rb # to create the Makefile
$ make # to build the library 'dl.so'
$ make libtest.so # to build the C library 'libtest.so' for the test script
$ make test # to run the test script
$ make install # to install the library
$ make clean # to remove the created files without Makefile
$ make distclean # to remove the all created files
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Functions and Classes
after loading the `dl' library, we get access to the module called `DL'. the DL
module has the following constants, functions and classes.
Constants
VERSION
MAJOR_VERSION
MINOR_VERSION
PATCH_VERSION
RTLD_GLOBAL
RTLD_LAZY
RTLD_NOW
MAX_ARG
MAX_CBARG
MAX_CBENT
Functions
handle = dlopen(lib){|handle| ... }
is quite equal to `Handle.new(lib)'
sym = set_callback(cbtype, entry){|args| ... }
sym = set_callback(cbtype, entry, proc)
makes entry-th pre-defined function to call the proc or given block. the
entry-th pre-defined function is specified by cbtype and entry. cbtype is a
prototype of the callback. see also the section `Type specifiers' about
cbtype.
sym = get_callback(cbtype, entry)
returns the Proc object which is given by the above function
`set_callback'.
ptr = malloc(size, [free = nil])
allocates the size bytes, and returns the pointer as a PtrData object ptr.
ptr = strdup(str)
returns a PtrData object ptr which represents the pointer to a new string
which is a duplicate of the string str.
size = sizeof(type)
returns the size of type. `sizeof("C") + sizeof("L")' is not equal to
`sizeof("CL")'. the latter is assumed to returns the enough size of the
structure `struct foo { char c; long l; }', but the size may not equal to
`sizeof(foo)' of C.
class Handle
handle = Handle.new(lib){|handle| ... }
opens a library lib and returns a Handle object handle. if a block is
given, the handle is automatically closed as the block ends.
Handle#close
closes the handle opened by the above Handle.new(lib).
sym = Handle#sym(func, prototype = "0")
sym = Handle#[func, prototype = nil]
obtains the pointer to a function called func and returns a Symbol object
or a DataPtr object. prototype is a string which consists of type
specifiers, it indicates the function's prototype. see also the section
`Type specifiers'.
class Symbol
sym = Symbol.new(addr, type = nil, name = nil)
creates the Symbol object sym with the type type if type is not nil. addr
is the address where the function is allocated. If type is nil, it returns
a DataPtr object.
Symbol::char2type(char)
takes a character char that represents a type and returns the type
specifier of the C language.
str = Symbol#proto()
returns the function prototype.
str = Symbol#name()
Returns the function name.
str = Symbol#cproto()
str = Symbol#to_s()
returns the prototype of the C language.
str = Symbol#inspect()
returns the inspectable string.
r,rs = Symbol#call(arg1,arg2,...,argN)
r,rs = Symbol#[](arg1,arg2,...,argN)
calls the function with parameters arg1, arg2, ..., argN. and the result
consists of the return value r and parameters rs. rs is an array.
ptr = Symbol#to_ptr
returns the corresponding PtrData object ptr.
class PtrData
ptr = PtrData.new(addr, [free = nil])
returns the PtrData object representing the pointer which indicates the
address addr. GC frees the memory using the free function.
PtrData#free=(sym)
if you specify a symbol object sym, GC frees the memory using the function
represented by sym.
sym = PtrData#free
returns a symbol object sym which is used when GC frees the memory. it
usually configured by `PtrData#free=' or `PtrData.new'.
size = PtrData#size, PtrData#size=(size)
gets and sets allocated size of the memory.
ary = PtrData#to_a(type, [size])
returns an array of the type which specified with type. type must be one of
'S','P','I','L','D' and 'F'.
str = PtrData#to_s([len])
returns a string which length is len. if len is omitted, the end of the
string is '\0'.
ptr = PtrData#ptr,+@
returns the pointed value as a PtrData object ptr.
ptr = PtrData#ref,-@
returns the reference as a PtrData object ptr.
ptr = PtrData#+
returns the PtrData object
ptr = PtrData#-
returns the PtrData object
PtrData#struct!(type, *members)
defines the data type to get access to a structure member with a symbol.
(see also PtrData#[])
PtrData#union!(type, *members)
defines the data type to get access to a union member with a symbol. (see
also PtrData#[])
val = PtrData#[key], PtrData#[key, num = 0]
if the key is a string or symbol, this method returns the value of the
structure/union member which has the type defined by PtrData#
{struct!,union!}. if the key is a integer value and this object represents
the pointer ptr, it returns the value of `(ptr + key).to_s(num)'
PtrData#[key,num]=val, PtrData#[key]=val
if the key is a string or symbol, this method substitute the value of the
structure/union member with val. if the key is a integer value and val is a
string, this method copies num bytes of val to the memory area ptr using
memcpy(3).
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Type specifiers
the prototype consists of the following type specifiers, first element of
prototype represents the type of return value, and remaining elements represent
the type of each argument.
C : a character (char)
c : a pointer to a character (char *)
H : a short integer (short)
h : a pointer to a short integer (short *)
I : an integer (char, short, int)
i : a pointer to an integer (char *, short *, int *)
L : a long integer (long)
l : a pointer to a long integer (long *)
F : a real (float)
f : a pointer to a real (float *)
D : a real (double)
d : a pointer to a real (double *)
S : an immutable string (const char *)
s : a mutable string (char *)
A : an array (const type[])
a : a mutable array (type[])
P : a pointer (void *)
p : a mutable object (void *)
0 : void function (this must be a first character of the prototype)
the cbtype consists of type specifiers 0, I, L, D and P.
for example:
DL.set_callback('IPP',0){|ptr1,ptr2|
str1 = ptr1.ptr.to_s
str2 = ptr2.ptr.to_s
return str1 <=> str2
}
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