// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// <copyright file="NativeMethods.cs" company="James South">
//   Copyright (c) James South.
//   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
// </copyright>
// <summary>
//   Provides access to unmanaged native methods.
// </summary>
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

namespace ImageProcessor.Web.Helpers
{
    using System;
    using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

    /// <summary>
    /// Provides access to unmanaged native methods.
    /// </summary>
    internal class NativeMethods
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Loads the specified module into the address space of the calling process. 
        /// The specified module may cause other modules to be loaded.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="libname">
        /// The name of the module. This can be either a library module or 
        /// an executable module. 
        /// </param>
        /// <returns>If the function succeeds, the return value is a handle to the module; otherwise null.</returns>
        [DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)]
        public static extern IntPtr LoadLibrary(string libname);

        /// <summary>
        /// Frees the loaded dynamic-link library (DLL) module and, if necessary, decrements its reference count. 
        /// When the reference count reaches zero, the module is unloaded from the address space of the calling 
        /// process and the handle is no longer valid.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="hModule">A handle to the loaded library module. 
        /// The LoadLibrary, LoadLibraryEx, GetModuleHandle, or GetModuleHandleEx function returns this handle.</param>
        /// <returns>If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero; otherwise zero.</returns>
        [DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
        public static extern bool FreeLibrary(IntPtr hModule);
    }
}