diff --git a/apis/c/operator/operator_api.h b/apis/c/operator/operator_api.h
index 9118e98d..37a106b2 100644
--- a/apis/c/operator/operator_api.h
+++ b/apis/c/operator/operator_api.h
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 
-int dora_init_operator(void **operator_context);
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#define EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
+#endif
+#ifdef __unix__
+#define EXPORT
+#endif
 
-void dora_drop_operator(void *operator_context);
+EXPORT int dora_init_operator(void **operator_context);
 
-int dora_on_input(
+EXPORT void dora_drop_operator(void *operator_context);
+
+EXPORT int dora_on_input(
     const char *id_start,
     size_t id_len,
     const char *data_start,
diff --git a/examples/c-dataflow/operator.c b/examples/c-dataflow/operator.c
index 0e8e2543..0ca98c91 100644
--- a/examples/c-dataflow/operator.c
+++ b/examples/c-dataflow/operator.c
@@ -4,14 +4,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
-#define EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
-#endif
-#ifdef __unix__
-#define EXPORT
-#endif
-
-EXPORT int dora_init_operator(void **operator_context)
+int dora_init_operator(void **operator_context)
 {
     void *context = malloc(1);
     char *context_char = (char *)context;
@@ -22,12 +15,12 @@ EXPORT int dora_init_operator(void **operator_context)
     return 0;
 }
 
-EXPORT void dora_drop_operator(void *operator_context)
+void dora_drop_operator(void *operator_context)
 {
     free(operator_context);
 }
 
-EXPORT int dora_on_input(
+int dora_on_input(
     const char *id_start,
     size_t id_len,
     const char *data_start,