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+/* 
+ * Copyright © 2012 Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library 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
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Author: Benjamin Segovia <benjamin.segovia@intel.com>
+ */
+
+#include "sys/library.hpp"
+#include "sys/sysinfo.hpp"
+#include "sys/filename.hpp"
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// Windows Platform
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#if defined(__WIN32__)
+
+#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#include <windows.h>
+
+namespace pf
+{
+  /* opens a shared library */
+  lib_t openLibrary(const std::string& file)
+  {
+    std::string fullName = file+".dll";
+    HMODULE handle = LoadLibraryA(fullName.c_str());
+    if (handle) return lib_t(handle);
+    handle = LoadLibrary((getExecutableFileName() + fullName).c_str());
+    return lib_t(handle);
+  }
+
+  /* returns address of a symbol from the library */
+  void* getSymbol(lib_t lib, const std::string& sym) {
+    return (void*) GetProcAddress(HMODULE(lib),sym.c_str());
+  }
+
+  /* closes the shared library */
+  void closeLibrary(lib_t lib) {
+    FreeLibrary(HMODULE(lib));
+  }
+}
+#endif
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// Unix Platform
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#if defined(__UNIX__)
+
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+
+namespace pf
+{
+  /* opens a shared library */
+  lib_t openLibrary(const std::string& file)
+  {
+#if defined(__MACOSX__)
+    std::string fullName = "lib"+file+".dylib";
+#else
+    std::string fullName = "lib"+file+".so";
+#endif
+    void* lib = dlopen(fullName.c_str(),RTLD_NOW);
+    if (lib) return lib_t(lib);
+    lib = dlopen((getExecutableFileName() + fullName).c_str(),RTLD_NOW);
+    return lib_t(lib);
+  }
+
+  /* returns address of a symbol from the library */
+  void* getSymbol(lib_t lib, const std::string& sym) {
+    return dlsym(lib,sym.c_str());
+  }
+
+  /* closes the shared library */
+  void closeLibrary(lib_t lib) {
+    dlclose(lib);
+  }
+}
+#endif