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Adding "Classpath" exception to the classes in the com.oracle.truffle.api and the com.oracle.truffle.api.dsl package.
author Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas.wuerthinger@oracle.com>
date Fri, 09 Aug 2013 11:55:20 +0200
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package com.oracle.truffle.api;

import java.lang.annotation.*;
import java.util.concurrent.*;

/**
 * Directives that influence the optimizations of the Truffle compiler. All of the operations have
 * no effect when executed in the Truffle interpreter.
 */
public class CompilerDirectives {

    public static final double LIKELY_PROBABILITY = 0.75;
    public static final double UNLIKELY_PROBABILITY = 1.0 - LIKELY_PROBABILITY;

    public static final double SLOWPATH_PROBABILITY = 0.0001;
    public static final double FASTPATH_PROBABILITY = 1.0 - SLOWPATH_PROBABILITY;

    /**
     * Directive for the compiler to discontinue compilation at this code position and instead
     * insert a transfer to the interpreter.
     */
    public static void transferToInterpreter() {
    }

    /**
     * Returns a boolean value indicating whether the method is executed in the interpreter.
     * 
     * @return {@code true} when executed in the interpreter, {@code false} in compiled code.
     */
    public static boolean inInterpreter() {
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Directive for the compiler that the given runnable should only be executed in the interpreter
     * and ignored in the compiled code.
     * 
     * @param runnable the closure that should only be executed in the interpreter
     */
    public static void interpreterOnly(Runnable runnable) {
        runnable.run();
    }

    /**
     * Directive for the compiler that the given callable should only be executed in the
     * interpreter.
     * 
     * @param callable the closure that should only be executed in the interpreter
     * @return the result of executing the closure in the interpreter and null in the compiled code
     * @throws Exception If the closure throws an exception when executed in the interpreter.
     */
    public static <T> T interpreterOnly(Callable<T> callable) throws Exception {
        return callable.call();
    }

    /**
     * Injects a probability for the given condition into the probability information of the
     * immediately succeeding branch instruction for the condition. The probability must be a value
     * between 0.0 and 1.0 (inclusive). The condition should not be a combined condition.
     * 
     * Example usage immediately before an if statement (it specifies that the likelihood for a to
     * be greater than b is 90%):
     * 
     * <code>
     * if (injectBranchProbability(0.9, a > b)) {
     *    // ...
     * }
     * </code>
     * 
     * Example usage for a combined condition (it specifies that the likelihood for a to be greater
     * than b is 90% and under the assumption that this is true, the likelihood for a being 0 is
     * 10%):
     * 
     * <code>
     * if (injectBranchProbability(0.9, a > b) && injectBranchProbability(0.1, a == 0)) {
     *    // ...
     * }
     * </code>
     * 
     * There are predefined constants for commonly used probabilities (see
     * {@link #LIKELY_PROBABILITY} , {@link #UNLIKELY_PROBABILITY}, {@link #SLOWPATH_PROBABILITY},
     * {@link #FASTPATH_PROBABILITY} ).
     * 
     * @param probability the probability value between 0.0 and 1.0 that should be injected
     */
    public static boolean injectBranchProbability(double probability, boolean condition) {
        assert probability >= 0.0 && probability <= 1.0;
        return condition;
    }

    /**
     * Bails out of a compilation (e.g., for guest language features that should never be compiled).
     * 
     * @param reason the reason for the bailout
     */
    public static void bailout(String reason) {
    }

    /**
     * Marks fields that should be considered final for a Truffle compilation although they are not
     * final while executing in the interpreter.
     */
    @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
    @Target({ElementType.FIELD})
    public @interface CompilationFinal {
    }

    /**
     * Marks methods that are considered unsafe. Wrong usage of those methods can lead to unexpected
     * behavior including a crash of the runtime. Therefore, special care should be taken.
     */
    @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
    @Target({ElementType.METHOD})
    public @interface Unsafe {
    }

    /**
     * Treats the given value as a value of the given class. The class must evaluate to a constant.
     * 
     * @param value the value that is known to have the specified type
     * @param clazz the specified type of the value
     * @return the value
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    @Unsafe
    public static <T> T unsafeCast(Object value, Class<T> clazz) {
        return (T) value;
    }

    /**
     * Marks methods that are considered slowpath and should therefore not be inlined by default.
     */
    @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
    @Target({ElementType.METHOD})
    public @interface SlowPath {
    }
}