comparison graal/com.oracle.nfi/src/com/oracle/nfi/api/NativeLibraryHandle.java @ 16691:dd8449afc086

GNFI: move GNFI interfaces to oracle.nfi - interface does not depend on graal
author Matthias Grimmer <grimmer@ssw.jku.at>
date Tue, 05 Aug 2014 15:58:11 +0200
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1 /*
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23 package com.oracle.nfi.api;
24
25 /**
26 * An opaque representation of a native library handle. A handle is obtained via
27 * {@link NativeFunctionInterface#getLibraryHandle(String)}. A handle is used to resolve a string to
28 * a {@linkplain NativeFunctionInterface#getFunctionHandle(String, Class, Class...) handle} or
29 * {@linkplain NativeFunctionInterface#getFunctionPointer(NativeLibraryHandle[], String) pointer}.
30 */
31 public interface NativeLibraryHandle {
32 /**
33 * Gets a name for this library. This may be the path for the file from which the library was
34 * loaded.
35 */
36 String getName();
37 }