//===-- driver/linker.h - Linker invocation ---------------------*- C++ -*-===//
//
//                         LDC – the LLVM D compiler
//
// This file is distributed under the BSD-style LDC license. See the LICENSE
// file for details.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
//
// Handles locating and executing the system linker for generating
// libraries/executables.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//

#ifndef LDC_DRIVER_LINKER_H
#define LDC_DRIVER_LINKER_H

namespace llvm {
class Module;
class LLVMContext;
}

template <typename TYPE> struct Array;

/**
 * Inserts bitcode files passed on the commandline into a module.
 */
void insertBitcodeFiles(llvm::Module &M, llvm::LLVMContext &Ctx,
                        Array<const char *> &bitcodeFiles);

/**
 * Link an executable only from object files.
 * @return 0 on success.
 */
int linkObjToBinary(bool sharedLib, bool fullyStatic);

/**
 * Create a static library from object files.
 * @return 0 on success.
 */
int createStaticLibrary();

/**
 * Delete the executable that was previously linked with linkObjToBinary.
 */
void deleteExecutable();

/**
 * Runs the executable that was previously linked with linkObjToBinary.
 * @return the return status of the executable.
 */
int runExecutable();

#endif // LDC_DRIVER_LINKER_H