/* Soot - a J*va Optimization Framework
* Copyright (C) 1997-1999 Raja Vallee-Rai
*
* 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.
*/
/*
* Modified by the Sable Research Group and others 1997-1999.
* See the 'credits' file distributed with Soot for the complete list of
* contributors. (Soot is distributed at http://www.sable.mcgill.ca/soot)
*/
package soot;
import soot.util.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
/** Data used as, for instance, arguments to instructions; typical implementations are
* constants or expressions.
*
* Values are typed, clonable and must declare which other
* Values they use (contain). */
public interface Value extends Switchable, EquivTo, Serializable
{
/** Returns a List of boxes corresponding to Values
* which are used by (ie contained within) this Value. */
public List getUseBoxes();
/** Returns the Soot type of this Value. */
public Type getType();
/** Returns a clone of this Value. */
public Object clone();
public void toString( UnitPrinter up );
}