comparison jvmci/jdk.vm.ci.meta/src/jdk/vm/ci/meta/MemoryAccessProvider.java @ 22672:1bbd4a7c274b

Rename jdk.internal.jvmci to jdk.vm.ci
author Tom Rodriguez <tom.rodriguez@oracle.com>
date Thu, 08 Oct 2015 17:28:41 -0700
parents jvmci/jdk.internal.jvmci.meta/src/jdk/internal/jvmci/meta/MemoryAccessProvider.java@dc1aeef79e7e
children 67c84a8b19cc
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1 /*
2 * Copyright (c) 2012, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
3 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
4 *
5 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
6 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
7 * published by the Free Software Foundation.
8 *
9 * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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13 * accompanied this code).
14 *
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21 * questions.
22 */
23 package jdk.vm.ci.meta;
24
25 /**
26 * Provides memory access operations for the target VM.
27 */
28 public interface MemoryAccessProvider {
29
30 /**
31 * Reads a value of this kind using a base address and a displacement. No bounds checking or
32 * type checking is performed. Returns {@code null} if the value is not available at this point.
33 *
34 * @param base the base address from which the value is read.
35 * @param displacement the displacement within the object in bytes
36 * @return the read value encapsulated in a {@link JavaConstant} object, or {@code null} if the
37 * value cannot be read.
38 */
39 JavaConstant readUnsafeConstant(JavaKind kind, JavaConstant base, long displacement);
40
41 /**
42 * Reads a primitive value using a base address and a displacement.
43 *
44 * @param kind the {@link JavaKind} of the returned {@link JavaConstant} object
45 * @param base the base address from which the value is read
46 * @param displacement the displacement within the object in bytes
47 * @param bits the number of bits to read from memory
48 * @return the read value encapsulated in a {@link JavaConstant} object of {@link JavaKind} kind
49 */
50 JavaConstant readPrimitiveConstant(JavaKind kind, Constant base, long displacement, int bits);
51
52 /**
53 * Reads a Java {@link Object} value using a base address and a displacement.
54 *
55 * @param base the base address from which the value is read
56 * @param displacement the displacement within the object in bytes
57 * @return the read value encapsulated in a {@link Constant} object
58 */
59 JavaConstant readObjectConstant(Constant base, long displacement);
60 }