1// Copyright 2014 Renato Tegon Forti, Antony Polukhin.
2// Copyright Antony Polukhin, 2015-2024.
3//
4// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
5// (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt
6// or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
7
8// MinGW related workaround
9#define BOOST_DLL_FORCE_ALIAS_INSTANTIATION
10
11//[plugcpp_my_plugin_load_self
12#include <boost/dll/shared_library.hpp> // for shared_library
13#include <boost/dll/runtime_symbol_info.hpp> // for program_location()
14#include "static_plugin.hpp" // without this headers some compilers may optimize out the `create_plugin` symbol
15#include <boost/function.hpp>
16#include <iostream>
17
18namespace dll = boost::dll;
19
20int main() {
21 dll::shared_library self(dll::program_location());
22
23 std::cout << "Call function" << std::endl;
24 boost::function<boost::shared_ptr<my_plugin_api>()> creator
25 = self.get_alias<boost::shared_ptr<my_plugin_api>()>(alias_name: "create_plugin");
26
27 std::cout << "Computed Value: " << creator()->calculate(x: 2, y: 2) << std::endl;
28 //<-
29 {
30 // This block is invisible for Quickbook documentation
31 float res = creator()->calculate(x: 10, y: 10);
32 if (!(res > -0.0001 && res < 0.00001)) {
33 throw std::runtime_error("Failed check: res > -0.0001 && res < 0.00001");
34 }
35 }
36 //->
37}
38
39//]
40

source code of boost/libs/dll/example/tutorial4/load_self.cpp