com.facebook.buck.cxx.toolchain.linker

Interface HasImportLibrary

All Known Implementing Classes:

WindowsLinker

public interface HasImportLibrary

A windows shared library consists of two files: (1) a dll to be used at runtime and (2) an import library (static library) to be used to link against a given shared library. Wnen creating a dll, link.exe produces a dll file and a corresponding import library file. This interface represents those concepts.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Iterable<Arg>	importLibrary(Path output)
Path	importLibraryPath(Path output)

Method Detail

importLibrary

Iterable<Arg> importLibrary(Path output)

Parameters:

output - the path of the output binary

Returns:

the platform-specific way to generate an implib file.

importLibraryPath

Path importLibraryPath(Path output)

Parameters:

output - the path of the output binary

Returns:

the path of the output binary's link-map file generated by the linker.