MethodHandleAccessProvider.java

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package jdk.vm.ci.meta;

import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle;

/**
 * Interface to access the internals of the {@link MethodHandle} implementation of the VM. An
 * implementation of this interface is usually required to access non-public classes, methods, and
 * fields of {@link MethodHandle}, i.e., data that is not standardized by the Java specification.
 */
public interface MethodHandleAccessProvider {

    /**
     * Identification for methods defined on the class {@link MethodHandle} that are processed by
     * the {@link MethodHandleAccessProvider}.
     */
    enum IntrinsicMethod {
        /** The method {@code MethodHandle.invokeBasic}. */
        INVOKE_BASIC,
        /** The method {@code MethodHandle.linkToStatic}. */
        LINK_TO_STATIC,
        /** The method {@code MethodHandle.linkToSpecial}. */
        LINK_TO_SPECIAL,
        /** The method {@code MethodHandle.linkToVirtual}. */
        LINK_TO_VIRTUAL,
        /** The method {@code MethodHandle.linkToInterface}. */
        LINK_TO_INTERFACE
    }

    /**
     * Returns the method handle method intrinsic identifier for the provided method, or
     * {@code null} if the method is not an intrinsic processed by this interface.
     *
     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code method} is null
     */
    IntrinsicMethod lookupMethodHandleIntrinsic(ResolvedJavaMethod method);

    /**
     * Resolves the invocation target for an invocation of {@link IntrinsicMethod#INVOKE_BASIC
     * MethodHandle.invokeBasic} with the given constant receiver {@link MethodHandle}. Returns
     * {@code null} if the invocation target is not available at this time.
     *
     * The first invocations of a method handle can use an interpreter to lookup the actual invoked
     * method; frequently executed method handles can use Java bytecode generation to avoid the
     * interpreter overhead. If the parameter forceBytecodeGeneration is set to true, the VM should
     * try to generate bytecodes before this method returns.
     *
     * @returns {@code null} if {@code methodHandle} is not a {@link MethodHandle} or the invocation
     *          target is not available at this time
     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code methodHandle} is null
     */
    ResolvedJavaMethod resolveInvokeBasicTarget(JavaConstant methodHandle, boolean forceBytecodeGeneration);

    /**
     * Resolves the invocation target for an invocation of a {@code MethodHandle.linkTo*} method
     * with the given constant member name. The member name is the last parameter of the
     * {@code linkTo*} method.
     *
     * @returns {@code null} if the invocation target is not available at this time
     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code memberName} is null
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code memberName} is not a
     *             {@code java.lang.invoke.MemberName}
     */
    ResolvedJavaMethod resolveLinkToTarget(JavaConstant memberName);
}