Method loadPlugin

Source/Falcor/Core/Plugin.cpp:56–91

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bool PluginManager::loadPlugin(const std::filesystem::path& path)
{
    // Early exit if plugin is already loaded.
    {
        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mLibrariesMutex);
        if (mLibraries.find(path) != mLibraries.end())
            return false;
    }

    if (!std::filesystem::exists(path))
        FALCOR_THROW("Failed to load plugin library from {}. File not found.", path);

    SharedLibraryHandle library = loadSharedLibrary(path);
    if (library == nullptr)
        FALCOR_THROW("Failed to load plugin library from {}. Cannot load shared library.", path);

    using RegisterPluginProc = void (*)(PluginRegistry&);

    auto registerPluginProc = (RegisterPluginProc)getProcAddress(library, "registerPlugin");
    if (registerPluginProc == nullptr)
        FALCOR_THROW("Failed to load plugin library from {}. Symbol 'registerPlugin' not found.", path);

    // Register plugin library.
    {
        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mLibrariesMutex);
        mLibraries[path] = library;
    }

    // Call plugin library to register plugin classes.
    {
        PluginRegistry registry(*this, library);
        registerPluginProc(registry);
    }

    return true;
}

bool PluginManager::releasePlugin(const std::filesystem::path& path)
{