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package com.oracle.jvmci.meta;

/**
 * Provides memory access operations for the target VM.
 */
public interface MemoryAccessProvider {

    /**
     * Reads a value of this kind using a base address and a displacement. No bounds checking or
     * type checking is performed. Returns {@code null} if the value is not available at this point.
     *
     * @param base the base address from which the value is read.
     * @param displacement the displacement within the object in bytes
     * @return the read value encapsulated in a {@link JavaConstant} object, or {@code null} if the
     *         value cannot be read.
     */
    JavaConstant readUnsafeConstant(Kind kind, JavaConstant base, long displacement);

    /**
     * Reads a primitive value using a base address and a displacement.
     *
     * @param kind the {@link Kind} of the returned {@link JavaConstant} object
     * @param base the base address from which the value is read
     * @param displacement the displacement within the object in bytes
     * @param bits the number of bits to read from memory
     * @return the read value encapsulated in a {@link JavaConstant} object of {@link Kind} kind
     */
    JavaConstant readPrimitiveConstant(Kind kind, Constant base, long displacement, int bits);

    /**
     * Reads a Java {@link Object} value using a base address and a displacement.
     *
     * @param base the base address from which the value is read
     * @param displacement the displacement within the object in bytes
     * @return the read value encapsulated in a {@link Constant} object
     */
    JavaConstant readObjectConstant(Constant base, long displacement);
}