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+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 John W. Eaton
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+later version.
+
+Octave 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 General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#if !defined (octave_dld_function_h)
+#define octave_dld_function_h 1
+
+#if defined (__GNUG__)
+#pragma interface
+#endif
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include "oct-shlib.h"
+
+#include "ov-fcn.h"
+#include "ov-builtin.h"
+#include "ov-typeinfo.h"
+
+class octave_shlib;
+
+class octave_value;
+class octave_value_list;
+
+// Dynamically-linked functions.
+
+class
+octave_dld_function : public octave_builtin
+{
+public:
+
+  octave_dld_function (octave_builtin::fcn ff, const octave_shlib& shl,
+		       const string& nm = string (),
+		       const string& ds = string ());
+
+  ~octave_dld_function (void);
+
+  void mark_fcn_file_up_to_date (const octave_time& t) { t_checked = t; }
+
+  string fcn_file_name (void) const;
+
+  octave_time time_parsed (void) const;
+
+  octave_time time_checked (void) const { return t_checked; }
+
+  bool is_system_fcn_file (void) const { return system_fcn_file; }
+
+  bool is_builtin_function (void) const { return false; }
+
+  bool is_dld_function (void) const { return true; }
+
+private:
+
+  octave_dld_function (void);
+
+  octave_dld_function (const octave_dld_function& m);
+
+  octave_shlib sh_lib;
+
+  // The time the file was last checked to see if it needs to be
+  // parsed again.
+  mutable octave_time t_checked;
+
+  // True if this function came from a file that is considered to be a
+  // system function.  This affects whether we check the time stamp
+  // on the file to see if it has changed.
+  bool system_fcn_file;
+
+  DECLARE_OV_TYPEID_FUNCTIONS_AND_DATA
+
+  DECLARE_OCTAVE_ALLOCATOR
+};
+
+#endif
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/