/* Soot - a J*va Optimization Framework
* Copyright (C) 2004 Ondrej Lhotak
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the
* Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
* Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*/
package soot;
import soot.jimple.*;
/** A generic interface to an escape analysis.
* @author Ondrej Lhotak
*/
public interface EscapeAnalysis {
/** Returns true if objects allocated at n may continue to be live
* after the method in which they are allocated returns. */
public boolean mayEscapeMethod( AnyNewExpr n );
/** Returns true if objects allocated at n in context c may
* continue to be live after the method in which they are allocated
* returns. */
public boolean mayEscapeMethod( Context c, AnyNewExpr n );
/** Returns true if objects allocated at n may be accessed in
* a thread other than the thread in which they were allocated. */
public boolean mayEscapeThread( AnyNewExpr n );
/** Returns true if objects allocated at n in context c may be
* accessed in a thread other than the thread in which they
* were allocated. */
public boolean mayEscapeThread( Context c, AnyNewExpr n );
}