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//===-- SymbolContextScope.h ------------------------------------*- C++ -*-===//
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#ifndef LLDB_SYMBOL_SYMBOLCONTEXTSCOPE_H
#define LLDB_SYMBOL_SYMBOLCONTEXTSCOPE_H
#include "lldb/lldb-private.h"
namespace lldb_private {
/// \class SymbolContextScope SymbolContextScope.h
/// "lldb/Symbol/SymbolContextScope.h" Inherit from this if your object is
/// part of a symbol context
/// and can reconstruct its symbol context.
///
/// Many objects that are part of a symbol context that have pointers back to
/// parent objects that own them. Any members of a symbol context that, once
/// they are built, will not go away, can inherit from this pure virtual class
/// and can then reconstruct their symbol context without having to keep a
/// complete SymbolContext object in the object.
///
/// Examples of these objects include:
/// \li Module
/// \li CompileUnit
/// \li Function
/// \li Block
/// \li Symbol
///
/// Other objects can store a "SymbolContextScope *" using any pointers to one
/// of the above objects. This allows clients to hold onto a pointer that
/// uniquely will identify a symbol context. Those clients can then always
/// reconstruct the symbol context using the pointer, or use it to uniquely
/// identify a symbol context for an object.
///
/// Example objects include that currently use "SymbolContextScope *" objects
/// include:
/// \li Variable objects that can reconstruct where they are scoped
/// by making sure the SymbolContextScope * comes from the scope
/// in which the variable was declared. If a variable is a global,
/// the appropriate CompileUnit * will be used when creating the
/// variable. A static function variables, can the Block scope
/// in which the variable is defined. Function arguments can use
/// the Function object as their scope. The SymbolFile parsers
/// will set these correctly as the variables are parsed.
/// \li Type objects that know exactly in which scope they
/// originated much like the variables above.
/// \li StackID objects that are able to know that if the CFA
/// (stack pointer at the beginning of a function) and the
/// start PC for the function/symbol and the SymbolContextScope
/// pointer (a unique pointer that identifies a symbol context
/// location) match within the same thread, that the stack
/// frame is the same as the previous stack frame.
///
/// Objects that adhere to this protocol can reconstruct enough of a symbol
/// context to allow functions that take a symbol context to be called. Lists
/// can also be created using a SymbolContextScope* and and object pairs that
/// allow large collections of objects to be passed around with minimal
/// overhead.
class SymbolContextScope {
public:
virtual ~SymbolContextScope() = default;
/// Reconstruct the object's symbol context into \a sc.
///
/// The object should fill in as much of the SymbolContext as it can so
/// function calls that require a symbol context can be made for the given
/// object.
///
/// \param[out] sc
/// A symbol context object pointer that gets filled in.
virtual void CalculateSymbolContext(SymbolContext *sc) = 0;
virtual lldb::ModuleSP CalculateSymbolContextModule() {
return lldb::ModuleSP();
}
virtual CompileUnit *CalculateSymbolContextCompileUnit() { return nullptr; }
virtual Function *CalculateSymbolContextFunction() { return nullptr; }
virtual Block *CalculateSymbolContextBlock() { return nullptr; }
virtual Symbol *CalculateSymbolContextSymbol() { return nullptr; }
/// Dump the object's symbol context to the stream \a s.
///
/// The object should dump its symbol context to the stream \a s. This
/// function is widely used in the DumpDebug and verbose output for lldb
/// objects.
///
/// \param[in] s
/// The stream to which to dump the object's symbol context.
virtual void DumpSymbolContext(Stream *s) = 0;
};
} // namespace lldb_private
#endif // LLDB_SYMBOL_SYMBOLCONTEXTSCOPE_H