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package com.oracle.graal.api.code;

import com.oracle.graal.api.code.CallingConvention.Type;
import com.oracle.graal.api.meta.*;

/**
 * A register configuration binds roles and {@linkplain RegisterAttributes attributes} to physical
 * registers.
 */
public interface RegisterConfig {

    /**
     * Gets the register to be used for returning a value of a given kind.
     */
    Register getReturnRegister(Kind kind);

    /**
     * Gets the register to which {@link Register#Frame} and {@link Register#CallerFrame} are bound.
     */
    Register getFrameRegister();

    /**
     * Gets the calling convention describing how arguments are passed.
     * 
     * @param type the type of calling convention being requested
     * @param returnType the return type (can be null for methods returning {@code void})
     * @param parameterTypes the types of the arguments of the call
     * @param target the target platform
     * @param stackOnly ignore registers
     */
    CallingConvention getCallingConvention(Type type, JavaType returnType, JavaType[] parameterTypes, TargetDescription target, boolean stackOnly);

    /**
     * Gets the ordered set of registers that are can be used to pass parameters according to a
     * given calling convention.
     * 
     * @param type the type of calling convention
     * @param kind specifies what kind of registers is being requested
     * @return the ordered set of registers that may be used to pass parameters in a call conforming
     *         to {@code type}
     */
    Register[] getCallingConventionRegisters(Type type, Kind kind);

    /**
     * Gets the set of registers that can be used by the register allocator.
     */
    Register[] getAllocatableRegisters();

    /**
     * Gets the set of registers that can be used by the register allocator for a value of a
     * particular kind.
     */
    Register[] getAllocatableRegisters(PlatformKind kind);

    /**
     * Gets the registers whose values must be preserved by a method across any call it makes.
     */
    Register[] getCallerSaveRegisters();

    /**
     * Gets the layout of the callee save area of this register configuration.
     * 
     * @return {@code null} if there is no callee save area
     */
    CalleeSaveLayout getCalleeSaveLayout();

    /**
     * Gets a map from register {@linkplain Register#number numbers} to register
     * {@linkplain RegisterAttributes attributes} for this register configuration.
     * 
     * @return an array where an element at index i holds the attributes of the register whose
     *         number is i
     */
    RegisterAttributes[] getAttributesMap();

    /**
     * Gets the register corresponding to a runtime-defined role.
     * 
     * @param id the identifier of a runtime-defined register role
     * @return the register playing the role specified by {@code id}
     */
    Register getRegisterForRole(int id);
}