NativeFunctionInterface.java

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package com.oracle.nfi.api;

/**
 * Interface to get a {@linkplain NativeFunctionHandle handle} or {@linkplain NativeFunctionPointer
 * pointer} to a native function or a {@linkplain NativeLibraryHandle handle} to an open native
 * library.
 */
public interface NativeFunctionInterface {

    /**
     * Resolves and returns a handle to an open native library. This method will open the library
     * only if it is not already open.
     *
     * @param libPath the absolute path to the library
     * @return the resolved library handle
     * @throws UnsatisfiedLinkError if the library could not be found or opened
     */
    NativeLibraryHandle getLibraryHandle(String libPath);

    /**
     * Determines if the underlying platform/runtime supports the notion of a default library search
     * path. For example, on *nix systems, this is typically defined by the {@code LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
     * environment variable.
     */
    boolean isDefaultLibrarySearchSupported();

    /**
     * Resolves the function pointer {@code NativeFunctionPointer} of a native function.
     *
     * @param libraries the ordered list of libraries to search for the function
     * @param name the name of the function to be resolved
     * @return a pointer to the native function, or <code>null</code> if the function pointer could
     *         not be resolved
     */
    NativeFunctionPointer getFunctionPointer(NativeLibraryHandle[] libraries, String name);

    /**
     * Resolves a function name to a {@linkplain NativeFunctionHandle handle} that can be called
     * with a given signature. The signature contains the types of the arguments that will be passed
     * to the handle when it is {@linkplain NativeFunctionHandle#call(Object...) called}.
     *
     * @param library the handle to a resolved library
     * @param name the name of the function to be resolved
     * @param returnType the type of the return value
     * @param argumentTypes the types of the arguments
     * @return the function handle of the native function, or <code>null</code> if the function
     *         handle could not be resolved
     */
    NativeFunctionHandle getFunctionHandle(NativeLibraryHandle library, String name, Class<?> returnType, Class<?>... argumentTypes);

    /**
     * Resolves a function pointer to a {@linkplain NativeFunctionHandle handle} that can be called
     * with a given signature. The signature contains the types of the arguments that will be passed
     * to the handle when it is {@linkplain NativeFunctionHandle#call(Object...) called}.
     *
     * @param functionPointer a function pointer
     * @param returnType the type of the return value
     * @param argumentTypes the types of the arguments
     * @return the function handle of the native function, or <code>null</code> if the function
     *         handle could not be resolved
     */
    NativeFunctionHandle getFunctionHandle(NativeFunctionPointer functionPointer, Class<?> returnType, Class<?>... argumentTypes);

    /**
     * Resolves a function name to a {@linkplain NativeFunctionHandle handle} that can be called
     * with a given signature. The signature contains the types of the arguments that will be passed
     * to the handle when it is {@linkplain NativeFunctionHandle#call(Object...) called}.
     *
     * @param libraries the ordered list of libraries to search for the function
     * @param name the name of the function to be resolved
     * @param returnType the type of the return value
     * @param argumentTypes the types of the arguments
     * @return the function handle of the native function, or <code>null</code> if the function
     *         handle could not be resolved
     */
    NativeFunctionHandle getFunctionHandle(NativeLibraryHandle[] libraries, String name, Class<?> returnType, Class<?>... argumentTypes);

    /**
     * Resolves a function name to a {@linkplain NativeFunctionHandle handle} that can be called
     * with a given signature. The signature contains the types of the arguments that will be passed
     * to the handle when it is {@linkplain NativeFunctionHandle#call(Object...) called}.
     *
     * @param name the name of the function to be resolved
     * @param returnType the type of the return value
     * @param argumentTypes the types of the arguments
     * @return the function handle of the native function, or <code>null</code> if default library
     *         searching is not {@linkplain #isDefaultLibrarySearchSupported() supported} or if the
     *         function could not be resolved
     */
    NativeFunctionHandle getFunctionHandle(String name, Class<?> returnType, Class<?>... argumentTypes);

    /**
     * Creates a {@link NativeFunctionPointer} from a raw value.
     *
     * @param rawValue raw function pointer
     * @return {@code NativeFunctionPointer} for {@code rawValue}
     */
    NativeFunctionPointer getNativeFunctionPointerFromRawValue(long rawValue);
}