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package com.oracle.graal.api.meta;

/**
 * Represents the runtime representation of the constant pool that is used by the compiler when
 * parsing bytecode. Provides methods to look up a constant pool entry without performing
 * resolution. They are used during compilation.
 */
public interface ConstantPool {

    /**
     * Ensures that the type referenced by the specified constant pool entry is loaded and
     * initialized. This can be used to compile time resolve a type. It works for field, method, or
     * type constant pool entries.
     * 
     * @param cpi the index of the constant pool entry that references the type
     * @param opcode the opcode of the instruction that references the type
     */
    void loadReferencedType(int cpi, int opcode);

    /**
     * Looks up a reference to a field. If {@code opcode} is non-negative, then resolution checks
     * specific to the bytecode it denotes are performed if the field is already resolved. Should
     * any of these checks fail, an unresolved field reference is returned.
     * 
     * @param cpi the constant pool index
     * @param opcode the opcode of the instruction for which the lookup is being performed or
     *            {@code -1}
     * @return a reference to the field at {@code cpi} in this pool
     * @throws ClassFormatError if the entry at {@code cpi} is not a field
     */
    JavaField lookupField(int cpi, int opcode);

    /**
     * Looks up a reference to a method. If {@code opcode} is non-negative, then resolution checks
     * specific to the bytecode it denotes are performed if the method is already resolved. Should
     * any of these checks fail, an unresolved method reference is returned.
     * 
     * @param cpi the constant pool index
     * @param opcode the opcode of the instruction for which the lookup is being performed or
     *            {@code -1}
     * @return a reference to the method at {@code cpi} in this pool
     * @throws ClassFormatError if the entry at {@code cpi} is not a method
     */
    JavaMethod lookupMethod(int cpi, int opcode);

    /**
     * Looks up a reference to a type. If {@code opcode} is non-negative, then resolution checks
     * specific to the bytecode it denotes are performed if the type is already resolved. Should any
     * of these checks fail, an unresolved type reference is returned.
     * 
     * @param cpi the constant pool index
     * @param opcode the opcode of the instruction for which the lookup is being performed or
     *            {@code -1}
     * @return a reference to the compiler interface type
     */
    JavaType lookupType(int cpi, int opcode);

    /**
     * Looks up a method signature.
     * 
     * @param cpi the constant pool index
     * @return the method signature at index {@code cpi} in this constant pool
     */
    Signature lookupSignature(int cpi);

    /**
     * Looks up a constant at the specified index.
     * 
     * @param cpi the constant pool index
     * @return the {@code Constant} or {@code JavaType} instance representing the constant pool
     *         entry
     */
    Object lookupConstant(int cpi);
}