Shared object linking problem

[izhar.wallach]

Hi,
I'm trying to write an application which have a component that I like
to modify without restarting it.
Thus, I was thinking of using a shared object for that component.
However, in the example below, I haven't figured out a way to modify
commonClass.cpp (for example, the print() method) and be able to see
the changes without rerunning the application. I can see changes made
directly in sharedClass.cpp, though. Is there a way to see changes in
commonClass.cpp without restarting the application?

Thanks,
Izhar.

// main.cpp
#include <iostream>
#include <dlfcn.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include "commonClass.h"
#include "sharedClass.h"

sharedClass* sharedClass_SO = NULL;
int main() {
while( true ) {
commonClass cc;
cc.print();
void *handle = dlopen ( "sharedClass.so", RTLD_NOW );
if( handle == NULL ) {
std::cerr << dlerror() << std::endl;
exit( -1 );
}
sharedClass_SO->print();
delete sharedClass_SO;
dlclose( handle );
int x;
std::cin >> x;
}
return 0;
}

// commonClass.h
#ifndef _COMMON_CLASS_H_
#define _COMMON_CLASS_H_
class commonClass {
public:
commonClass(){};
void print();
};
#endif

//commonClass.cpp
#include <iostream>
#include "commonClass.h"

void commonClass:rint() {
// I CAN'T see changes here without re-running the application
std::cout << "commonClass: XXXXXX" << std::endl;
}

// sharedClass.h
#ifndef _SHARED_CLASS_H_
#define _SHARED_CLASS_H_
class sharedClass {
public:
sharedClass(){};
virtual ~sharedClass() {};
virtual void print();
};

extern sharedClass* sharedClass_SO;
#endif

// sharedClass.cpp
#include <iostream>
#include "sharedClass.h"
#include "commonClass.h"

void sharedClass:rint() {
commonClass cc;
// I CAN see changes here without re-running the application
std::cout << "sharedClass: ";
cc.print();
}

extern "C" {
sharedClass* maker() {
return new sharedClass();
}
class proxy {
public:
proxy() {
sharedClass_SO = maker();
}
};
proxy p;
}

// Makefile
all: main sharedClass.so

commonClass.o: commonClass.cpp
g++ -Wall -c commonClass.cpp
sharedClass.o: sharedClass.cpp commonClass.o
g++ -Wall -c sharedClass.cpp
sharedClass.so: sharedClass.o
g++ sharedClass.o -shared -o sharedClass.so
main.o: main.cpp
g++ -rdynamic -Wall -c main.cpp

main: main.o commonClass.o
g++ -rdynamic main.o commonClass.o -ldl -o main

clean:
/bin/rm -f main *.o *.so

 

[red floyd]

[redacted]

You're OT here, I'm afraid.

You might try:

comp.unix.programmer
gnu.g++.help

Good luck.