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view graal/com.oracle.graal.api.meta/src/com/oracle/graal/api/meta/ConstantReflectionProvider.java @ 12052:0afe7370260c
refactored constantEquals(), lookupArrayLength() and readUnsafeConstant() out of MetaAccessProvider into ConstantReflectionProvider (GRAAL-511)
author | Doug Simon <doug.simon@oracle.com> |
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date | Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:19:09 +0200 |
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/* * 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.graal.api.meta; /** * Reflection operations on values represented as {@linkplain Constant constants}. */ public interface ConstantReflectionProvider { /** * Compares two constants for equality. The equality relationship is symmetric. * * @return {@code true} if the two parameters represent the same runtime object, {@code false} * otherwise */ boolean constantEquals(Constant x, Constant y); /** * Returns the length of an array that is wrapped in a {@link Constant} object. If {@code array} * is not an array, or the array length is not available at this point, the return value is * {@code null}. */ Integer lookupArrayLength(Constant array); /** * Reads a value of this kind using a base address and a displacement. * * @param base the base address from which the value is read * @param displacement the displacement within the object in bytes * @param compressible whether this is a read of a compressed or an uncompressed pointer * @return the read value encapsulated in a {@link Constant} object, or {@code null} if the * value cannot be read. */ Constant readUnsafeConstant(Kind kind, Object base, long displacement, boolean compressible); }