source: trunk/src/corelib/plugin/qpluginloader.cpp@ 423

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#include "qplatformdefs.h"

#include "qplugin.h"
#include "qpluginloader.h"
#include <qfileinfo.h>
#include "qlibrary_p.h"
#include "qdebug.h"

#ifndef QT_NO_LIBRARY

QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE

/*!
    \class QPluginLoader
    \reentrant
    \brief The QPluginLoader class loads a plugin at run-time.

    \mainclass
    \ingroup plugins

    QPluginLoader provides access to a \l{How to Create Qt
    Plugins}{Qt plugin}. A Qt plugin is stored in a shared library (a
    DLL) and offers these benefits over shared libraries accessed
    using QLibrary:

    \list