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1 //===-- SymbolContextScope.h ------------------------------------*- C++ -*-===//
2 //
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5 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
6 //
7 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
8 
9 #ifndef LLDB_SYMBOL_SYMBOLCONTEXTSCOPE_H
10 #define LLDB_SYMBOL_SYMBOLCONTEXTSCOPE_H
11 
12 #include "lldb/lldb-private.h"
13 
14 namespace lldb_private {
15 
16 /// \class SymbolContextScope SymbolContextScope.h
17 /// "lldb/Symbol/SymbolContextScope.h" Inherit from this if your object is
18 /// part of a symbol context
19 ///        and can reconstruct its symbol context.
20 ///
21 /// Many objects that are part of a symbol context that have pointers back to
22 /// parent objects that own them. Any members of a symbol context that, once
23 /// they are built, will not go away, can inherit from this pure virtual class
24 /// and can then reconstruct their symbol context without having to keep a
25 /// complete SymbolContext object in the object.
26 ///
27 /// Examples of these objects include:
28 ///     \li Module
29 ///     \li CompileUnit
30 ///     \li Function
31 ///     \li Block
32 ///     \li Symbol
33 ///
34 /// Other objects can store a "SymbolContextScope *" using any pointers to one
35 /// of the above objects. This allows clients to hold onto a pointer that
36 /// uniquely will identify a symbol context. Those clients can then always
37 /// reconstruct the symbol context using the pointer, or use it to uniquely
38 /// identify a symbol context for an object.
39 ///
40 /// Example objects include that currently use "SymbolContextScope *" objects
41 /// include:
42 ///     \li Variable objects that can reconstruct where they are scoped
43 ///         by making sure the SymbolContextScope * comes from the scope
44 ///         in which the variable was declared. If a variable is a global,
45 ///         the appropriate CompileUnit * will be used when creating the
46 ///         variable. A static function variables, can the Block scope
47 ///         in which the variable is defined. Function arguments can use
48 ///         the Function object as their scope. The SymbolFile parsers
49 ///         will set these correctly as the variables are parsed.
50 ///     \li Type objects that know exactly in which scope they
51 ///         originated much like the variables above.
52 ///     \li StackID objects that are able to know that if the CFA
53 ///         (stack pointer at the beginning of a function) and the
54 ///         start PC for the function/symbol and the SymbolContextScope
55 ///         pointer (a unique pointer that identifies a symbol context
56 ///         location) match within the same thread, that the stack
57 ///         frame is the same as the previous stack frame.
58 ///
59 /// Objects that adhere to this protocol can reconstruct enough of a symbol
60 /// context to allow functions that take a symbol context to be called. Lists
61 /// can also be created using a SymbolContextScope* and and object pairs that
62 /// allow large collections of objects to be passed around with minimal
63 /// overhead.
64 class SymbolContextScope {
65 public:
66   virtual ~SymbolContextScope() = default;
67 
68   /// Reconstruct the object's symbol context into \a sc.
69   ///
70   /// The object should fill in as much of the SymbolContext as it can so
71   /// function calls that require a symbol context can be made for the given
72   /// object.
73   ///
74   /// \param[out] sc
75   ///     A symbol context object pointer that gets filled in.
76   virtual void CalculateSymbolContext(SymbolContext *sc) = 0;
77 
CalculateSymbolContextModule()78   virtual lldb::ModuleSP CalculateSymbolContextModule() {
79     return lldb::ModuleSP();
80   }
81 
CalculateSymbolContextCompileUnit()82   virtual CompileUnit *CalculateSymbolContextCompileUnit() { return nullptr; }
83 
CalculateSymbolContextFunction()84   virtual Function *CalculateSymbolContextFunction() { return nullptr; }
85 
CalculateSymbolContextBlock()86   virtual Block *CalculateSymbolContextBlock() { return nullptr; }
87 
CalculateSymbolContextSymbol()88   virtual Symbol *CalculateSymbolContextSymbol() { return nullptr; }
89 
90   /// Dump the object's symbol context to the stream \a s.
91   ///
92   /// The object should dump its symbol context to the stream \a s. This
93   /// function is widely used in the DumpDebug and verbose output for lldb
94   /// objects.
95   ///
96   /// \param[in] s
97   ///     The stream to which to dump the object's symbol context.
98   virtual void DumpSymbolContext(Stream *s) = 0;
99 };
100 
101 } // namespace lldb_private
102 
103 #endif // LLDB_SYMBOL_SYMBOLCONTEXTSCOPE_H
104