LIBRARIES.md

Kotlin/Native library format

WARNING: the format is very preliminary. It is subject to change right under your fingers.

Kotlin/Native libraries are zip files containing predefined directory structure, with the following layout:

foo.klib when unpacked as foo/ gives us:

• foo/

  • targets/
    • $platform/
      • kotlin/
        • Kotlin compiled to LLVM bitcode.
      • native/
        • Bitcode files of additional native objects.
    • $another_platform/
      • There can be several platform specific kotlin and native pairs.
  • linkdata/
    • A set of ProtoBuf files with serialized linkage metadata.
  • resources/
    • General resources such as images. (Not used yet).
  • manifest - A file in java property format describing the library.

  An exemplar layout can be found in klib directory of your installation.

Library search sequence

When given -library foo flag, the compiler searches the libraries in the following order:

* Current compilation directory or an absolute path.

* All repositories specified with *-repo* flag.

* Libraries installed in .konan directory.

* Libraries installed in $installation/klib directory.

*cinterop tool specifics

The cinterop tool produces klib wrappers for native libraries.

klib utility

The klib library management utility allows one to inspect and install the libraries.

The following commands are available.

To list library contents:

    $ klib contents foo

To ask the details of the library

    $ klib info foo

To install the library to the default location use

    $ klib install foo

To install the library to another location run

    $ klib install foo -repository <directory>

To remove the library from the repository use

    $ klib remove foo [-repository <directory>]