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+/*
+    Copyright (C) 2010 Andreas Baumann <abaumann@yahoo.com>
+
+    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#ifndef WOLF_LOADER_H
+#define WOLF_LOADER_H
+
+/**
+ * @addtogroup wolf_library Loadable library support
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @file loader.h
+ * @brief Portable library loading functions
+ * @author Andreas Baumann <abaumann@yahoo.com>
+ */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#include "port/sys.h"
+
+#include "errors.h"
+
+/* @brief handle representing a shared library
+ */
+typedef struct wolf_library_t *wolf_library_p;
+
+/**
+ * Loads a shared library.
+ *
+ * @param error     indicates errors while loading the library
+ *
+ * @return          the libary object
+ */
+wolf_library_p wolf_library_load( const char *name, wolf_error_t *error );
+
+/**
+ * Free up resources used by the library object.
+ *
+ * @param demon     the library object to free
+ */
+void wolf_library_unload( wolf_library_p library );
+
+#if 0
+
+#if !defined _WIN32
+
+#include <dlfcn.h>			/* for dlxxx functions */
+
+
+#else
+
+#define WIN32_MEAN_AND_LEAN
+#include <windows.h>
+
+#endif /* !defined _WIN32 */
+
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+/** @} */ /* @addtogroup wolf_library */
+
+#endif /* ifndef WOLF_LOADER_H */