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Truffle-DSL: API-change: Renamed truffle.api.codegen to truffle.api.dsl for all projects and packages.
author | Christian Humer <christian.humer@gmail.com> |
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date | Mon, 01 Jul 2013 20:58:32 +0200 |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/graal/com.oracle.truffle.api.dsl/src/com/oracle/truffle/api/dsl/NodeFactory.java Mon Jul 01 20:58:32 2013 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +/* + * Copyright (c) 2012, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. + * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. + * + * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it + * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as + * published by the Free Software Foundation. + * + * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT + * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or + * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License + * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that + * accompanied this code). + * + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version + * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, + * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. + * + * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA + * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any + * questions. + */ +package com.oracle.truffle.api.dsl; + +import java.util.*; + +import com.oracle.truffle.api.nodes.*; + +/** + * Enables the dynamic creation of generated nodes. It provides an convenient way to instantiate + * generated node classes without using reflection. + */ +public interface NodeFactory<T> { + + /** + * Instantiates the node using the arguments array. The arguments length and types must suffice + * one of the returned signatures in {@link #getNodeSignatures()}. If the arguments array does + * not suffice one of the node signatures an {@link IllegalArgumentException} is thrown. + * + * @param arguments the argument values + * @return the instantiated node + * @throws IllegalArgumentException + */ + T createNode(Object... arguments); + + /** + * Instantiates a new generic variant of the node. This is an optional method and throws an + * {@link UnsupportedOperationException} if not supported. + * + * @param thisNode the current node + * @return the specialized node + */ + T createNodeGeneric(T thisNode); + + /** + * Returns the node class that will get created by {@link #createNode(Object...)}. The node + * class does not match exactly to the instantiated object but they are guaranteed to be + * assignable. + */ + Class<T> getNodeClass(); + + /** + * Returns a list of signatures that can be used to invoke {@link #createNode(Object...)}. + */ + List<List<Class<?>>> getNodeSignatures(); + + /** + * Returns a list of children that will be executed by the created node. This is useful for base + * nodes that can execute a variable amount of nodes. + */ + List<Class<? extends Node>> getExecutionSignature(); + +}