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package com.oracle.graal.api.code;

import com.oracle.graal.api.code.CompilationResult.DataPatch;
import com.oracle.graal.api.meta.*;

/**
 * Access to code cache related details and requirements.
 */
public interface CodeCacheProvider {

    /**
     * Adds the given compilation result as an implementation of the given method without making it
     * the default implementation.
     * 
     * @param method a method to which the executable code is begin added
     * @param compResult the compilation result to be added
     * @return a reference to the compiled and ready-to-run code or null if the code installation
     *         failed
     */
    InstalledCode addMethod(ResolvedJavaMethod method, CompilationResult compResult);

    /**
     * Sets the given compilation result as the default implementation of the given method.
     * 
     * @param method a method to which the executable code is begin added
     * @param compResult the compilation result to be added
     * @return a reference to the compiled and ready-to-run code or null if the code installation
     *         failed
     */
    InstalledCode setDefaultMethod(ResolvedJavaMethod method, CompilationResult compResult);

    /**
     * Returns a disassembly of some compiled code.
     * 
     * @param compResult some compiled code
     * @param installedCode the result of installing the code in {@code compResult} or null if the
     *            code has not yet been installed
     * 
     * @return a disassembly. This will be of length 0 if the runtime does not support
     *         disassembling.
     */
    String disassemble(CompilationResult compResult, InstalledCode installedCode);

    /**
     * Gets the register configuration to use when compiling a given method.
     */
    RegisterConfig getRegisterConfig();

    /**
     * Minimum size of the stack area reserved for outgoing parameters. This area is reserved in all
     * cases, even when the compiled method has no regular call instructions.
     * 
     * @return the minimum size of the outgoing parameter area in bytes
     */
    int getMinimumOutgoingSize();

    /**
     * Determines if a {@link DataPatch} should be created for a given
     * {@linkplain Constant#getPrimitiveAnnotation() annotated} primitive constant that part of a
     * {@link CompilationResult}. A data patch is always created for an object constant.
     */
    boolean needsDataPatch(Constant constant);

    /**
     * Gets a description of the target architecture.
     */
    TargetDescription getTarget();
}