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Truffle: API-change: renamed CallNode to DirectCallNode and added IndirectCallNode.
author Christian Humer <christian.humer@gmail.com>
date Mon, 14 Apr 2014 20:32:25 +0200
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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+package com.oracle.truffle.api.nodes;
+
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.*;
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.frame.*;
+
+/**
+ * Represents an indirect call to a {@link CallTarget}. Indirect calls are calls for which the
+ * {@link CallTarget} may change dynamically for each consecutive call. This part of the Truffle API
+ * enables the runtime system to perform additional optimizations on indirect calls.
+ *
+ * Please note: This class is not intended to be sub classed by guest language implementations.
+ *
+ * @see DirectCallNode for faster calls with a constantly known {@link CallTarget}.
+ */
+public abstract class IndirectCallNode extends Node {
+
+    /**
+     * Performs an indirect call to the given {@link CallTarget} target with the provided arguments.
+     *
+     * @param frame the caller frame
+     * @param target the {@link CallTarget} to call
+     * @param arguments the arguments to provide
+     * @return the return value of the call
+     */
+    public abstract Object call(VirtualFrame frame, CallTarget target, Object[] arguments);
+
+}