include/llvm/IR/GVMaterializer.h

//===- GVMaterializer.h - Interface for GV materializers --------*- C++ -*-===//
//
//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
//
// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
//
// This file provides an abstract interface for loading a module from some
// place.  This interface allows incremental or random access loading of
// functions from the file.  This is useful for applications like JIT compilers
// or interprocedural optimizers that do not need the entire program in memory
// at the same time.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//

#ifndef LLVM_IR_GVMATERIALIZER_H
#define LLVM_IR_GVMATERIALIZER_H

#include <vector>

namespace llvm {

class Error;
class GlobalValue;
class StructType;

class GVMaterializer {
protected:
  GVMaterializer() = default;

public:
  virtual ~GVMaterializer();

  /// Make sure the given GlobalValue is fully read.
  ///
  virtual Error materialize(GlobalValue *GV) = 0;

  /// Make sure the entire Module has been completely read.
  ///
  virtual Error materializeModule() = 0;

  virtual Error materializeMetadata() = 0;
  virtual void setStripDebugInfo() = 0;

  virtual std::vector<StructType *> getIdentifiedStructTypes() const = 0;
};

} // end namespace llvm

#endif // LLVM_IR_GVMATERIALIZER_H