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+/*************************************************************************
+ *
+ *  OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
+ *
+ *  $RCSfile: loadmodule.cxx,v $
+ *
+ *  $Revision: 1.2 $
+ *
+ *  last change: $Author: vg $ $Date: 2007-10-15 12:19:51 $
+ *
+ *  The Contents of this file are made available subject to
+ *  the terms of GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1.
+ *
+ *
+ *    GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1
+ *    =============================================
+ *    Copyright 2007 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+ *    901 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA
+ *
+ *    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ *    License version 2.1, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ *    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ *    Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ *    License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ *    MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+// MARKER(update_precomp.py): autogen include statement, do not remove
+#include "precompiled_cppu.hxx"
+
+#include "sal/config.h"
+
+#include "osl/module.h"
+#include "rtl/string.h"
+#include "rtl/ustrbuf.hxx"
+#include "rtl/ustring.hxx"
+
+#include "loadmodule.hxx"
+
+namespace cppu { namespace detail {
+
+::oslModule loadModule(rtl::OUString const & name) {
+    rtl::OUStringBuffer b;
+#if defined SAL_DLLPREFIX
+    b.appendAscii(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(SAL_DLLPREFIX));
+#endif
+    b.append(name);
+    b.appendAscii(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(SAL_DLLEXTENSION));
+    return ::osl_loadModuleRelative(
+        reinterpret_cast< oslGenericFunction >(&loadModule),
+        b.makeStringAndClear().pData,
+        SAL_LOADMODULE_GLOBAL | SAL_LOADMODULE_LAZY);
+}
+
+} }