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package com.oracle.truffle.api.nodes;

import com.oracle.truffle.api.CallTarget;
import com.oracle.truffle.api.Truffle;
import com.oracle.truffle.api.frame.VirtualFrame;

/**
 * Represents an indirect call to a {@link CallTarget}. Indirect calls are calls for which the
 * {@link CallTarget} may change dynamically for each consecutive call. This part of the Truffle API
 * enables the runtime system to perform additional optimizations on indirect calls.
 *
 * Please note: This class is not intended to be sub classed by guest language implementations.
 *
 * @see DirectCallNode for faster calls with a constantly known {@link CallTarget}.
 */
public abstract class IndirectCallNode extends Node {

    /**
     * Performs an indirect call to the given {@link CallTarget} target with the provided arguments.
     *
     * @param frame the caller frame
     * @param target the {@link CallTarget} to call
     * @param arguments the arguments to provide
     * @return the return value of the call
     */
    public abstract Object call(VirtualFrame frame, CallTarget target, Object[] arguments);

    public static IndirectCallNode create() {
        return Truffle.getRuntime().createIndirectCallNode();
    }

}