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## Reference

### Shared Library Reference

#### Header <boost/dll/alias.hpp>

Includes alias methods and macro. You can include this header or boost/dll/shared_library.hpp to reduce dependencies in case you do not use the refcountable functions.

    BOOST_DLL_FORCE_ALIAS_INSTANTIATION
    BOOST_DLL_FORCE_NO_WEAK_EXPORTS
    BOOST_DLL_SELECTANY
    BOOST_DLL_SECTION(SectionName, Permissions)
    BOOST_DLL_ALIAS(FunctionOrVar, AliasName)
    BOOST_DLL_ALIAS_SECTIONED(FunctionOrVar, AliasName, SectionName)
    BOOST_DLL_AUTO_ALIAS(FunctionOrVar)

#### Header <boost/dll/library_info.hpp>

Contains only the boost::dll::library_info class that is capable of extracting different information from binaries.

    namespace boost {
      namespace dll {
        class library_info;
      }
    }

#### Header <boost/dll/runtime_symbol_info.hpp>

Provides methods for getting acceptable by boost::dll::shared_library location of symbol, source line or program.

    namespace boost {
      namespace dll {
        template<typename T>
          boost::filesystem::path
          symbol_location(const T &, boost::system::error_code &);
        template<typename T> boost::filesystem::path symbol_location(const T &);
        boost::filesystem::path this_line_location(boost::system::error_code &);
        boost::filesystem::path this_line_location();
        boost::filesystem::path program_location(boost::system::error_code &);
        boost::filesystem::path program_location();
      }
    }

#### Header <boost/dll/shared_library.hpp>

Contains the boost::dll::shared_library class, core class for all the DLL/DSO operations.

    namespace boost {
      namespace dll {
        class shared_library;

        // Very fast equality check that compares the actual DLL/DSO objects. Throws nothing.
        bool operator==(const shared_library & lhs, const shared_library & rhs);

        // Very fast inequality check that compares the actual DLL/DSO objects. Throws nothing.
        bool operator!=(const shared_library & lhs, const shared_library & rhs);

        // Compare the actual DLL/DSO objects without any guarantee to be stable between runs. Throws nothing.
        bool operator<(const shared_library & lhs, const shared_library & rhs);

        // Swaps two shared libraries. Does not invalidate symbols and functions loaded from libraries. Throws nothing.
        void swap(shared_library & lhs, shared_library & rhs);
      }
    }

#### Header <boost/dll/shared_library_load_mode.hpp>

Contains only the boost::dll::load_mode::type enum and operators related to it.

    namespace boost {
      namespace dll {
        namespace load_mode {
          enum type;

          // Free operators for load_mode::type flag manipulation.
          BOOST_CONSTEXPR type operator|(type left, type right);
          BOOST_CXX14_CONSTEXPR type & operator|=(type & left, type right);
          BOOST_CONSTEXPR type operator&(type left, type right);
          BOOST_CXX14_CONSTEXPR type & operator&=(type & left, type right);
          BOOST_CONSTEXPR type operator^(type left, type right);
          BOOST_CXX14_CONSTEXPR type & operator^=(type & left, type right);
          BOOST_CONSTEXPR type operator~(type left);
        }
      }
    }

#### Header <boost/dll/smart_library.hpp>

Contains the boost::dll::experimental::smart_library class for loading mangled symbols.

| Warning
Extremely experimental! Requires C++14! Will change in next version of Boost! boost/dll/smart_library.hpp is not included in boost/dll.hpp

    namespace boost {
      namespace dll {
        namespace experimental {
          class smart_library;

          // Very fast equality check that compares the actual DLL/DSO objects. Throws nothing.
          bool operator==(const smart_library & lhs, const smart_library & rhs);

          // Very fast inequality check that compares the actual DLL/DSO objects. Throws nothing.
          bool operator!=(const smart_library & lhs, const smart_library & rhs);

          // Compare the actual DLL/DSO objects without any guarantee to be stable between runs. Throws nothing.
          bool operator<(const smart_library & lhs, const smart_library & rhs);

          // Swaps two shared libraries. Does not invalidate symbols and functions loaded from libraries. Throws nothing.
          void swap(smart_library & lhs, smart_library & rhs);
        }
      }
    }

### Shared Library Refcountable Reference

#### Header <boost/dll/import.hpp>

Contains all the boost::dll::import* reference counting functions that hold a shared pointer to the instance of boost::dll::shared_library.

    namespace boost {
      namespace dll {
        template<typename T>
          result_type import(const boost::filesystem::path &, const char *,
                             load_mode::type = load_mode::default_mode);
        template<typename T>
          result_type import(const boost::filesystem::path &, const std::string &,
                             load_mode::type = load_mode::default_mode);
        template<typename T>
          result_type import(const shared_library &, const char *);
        template<typename T>
          result_type import(const shared_library &, const std::string &);
        template<typename T> result_type import(shared_library &&, const char *);
        template<typename T>
          result_type import(shared_library &&, const std::string &);
        template<typename T>
          result_type import_alias(const boost::filesystem::path &, const char *,
                                   load_mode::type = load_mode::default_mode);
        template<typename T>
          result_type import_alias(const boost::filesystem::path &,
                                   const std::string &,
                                   load_mode::type = load_mode::default_mode);
        template<typename T>
          result_type import_alias(const shared_library &, const char *);
        template<typename T>
          result_type import_alias(const shared_library &, const std::string &);
        template<typename T>
          result_type import_alias(shared_library &&, const char *);
        template<typename T>
          result_type import_alias(shared_library &&, const std::string &);
      }
    }