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author Jaroslav Tulach <jaroslav.tulach@oracle.com>
date Wed, 17 Jun 2015 10:58:08 +0200
parents graal/com.oracle.truffle.api/src/com/oracle/truffle/api/nodes/IndirectCallNode.java@57f3498a51a4
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1 /*
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24 */
25 package com.oracle.truffle.api.nodes;
26
27 import com.oracle.truffle.api.*;
28 import com.oracle.truffle.api.frame.*;
29
30 /**
31 * Represents an indirect call to a {@link CallTarget}. Indirect calls are calls for which the
32 * {@link CallTarget} may change dynamically for each consecutive call. This part of the Truffle API
33 * enables the runtime system to perform additional optimizations on indirect calls.
34 *
35 * Please note: This class is not intended to be sub classed by guest language implementations.
36 *
37 * @see DirectCallNode for faster calls with a constantly known {@link CallTarget}.
38 */
39 public abstract class IndirectCallNode extends Node {
40
41 /**
42 * Performs an indirect call to the given {@link CallTarget} target with the provided arguments.
43 *
44 * @param frame the caller frame
45 * @param target the {@link CallTarget} to call
46 * @param arguments the arguments to provide
47 * @return the return value of the call
48 */
49 public abstract Object call(VirtualFrame frame, CallTarget target, Object[] arguments);
50
51 public static IndirectCallNode create() {
52 return Truffle.getRuntime().createIndirectCallNode();
53 }
54
55 }