diff graal/com.oracle.truffle.api/src/com/oracle/truffle/api/frame/Frame.java @ 9330:e162d9e32830

Added a clazz parameter to Frame.getArguments in order to allow unsafe access to the arguments object (i.e., avoiding the null check and the type cast).
author Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas.wuerthinger@oracle.com>
date Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:15:10 +0200
parents 07f8d136a05e
children 0fccad3ce40d
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--- a/graal/com.oracle.truffle.api/src/com/oracle/truffle/api/frame/Frame.java	Fri Apr 26 15:58:41 2013 +0200
+++ b/graal/com.oracle.truffle.api/src/com/oracle/truffle/api/frame/Frame.java	Fri Apr 26 17:15:10 2013 +0200
@@ -36,9 +36,16 @@
     FrameDescriptor getFrameDescriptor();
 
     /**
+     * Retrieves the arguments object from this frame. The runtime assumes that the arguments object
+     * is never null. Additionally, the runtime may assume that the given parameter indicating the
+     * class of the arguments object is correct. The runtime is not required to actually check the
+     * type of the arguments object. The parameter must be a value that can be reduced to a compile
+     * time constant.
+     * 
+     * @param clazz the known type of the arguments object as a compile time constant
      * @return the arguments used when calling this method
      */
-    Arguments getArguments();
+    <T extends Arguments> T getArguments(Class<T> clazz);
 
     /**
      * Read access to a local variable of type {@link Object}.