/*
This file is part of jpcsp.
Jpcsp is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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Jpcsp is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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*/
package jpcsp.memory;
/**
* @author gid15
*
*/
public interface IMemoryWriter {
/**
* Writes the next value to memory.
* The MemoryWriter can buffer the values before actually writing to the
* Memory.
*
* MemoryWriters are created by calling the factory
* MemoryWriter.getMemoryWriter(...)
*
* When writing 8-bit values, only the lowest 8-bits of value are used.
* When writing 16-bit values, only the lowest 16-bits of value are used.
*
* When the last value has been written, the flush()
* method has to be called in order to write any value buffered by the
* MemoryWriter.
*
* @param value the value to be written.
*/
public void writeNext(int value);
/**
* Skip n values when writing to memory.
*
* When writing 32-bit values, the next 4*n bytes are skipped and left unchanged.
* When writing 16-bit values, the next 2*n bytes are skipped and left unchanged.
* When writing 8-bit values, the next n bytes are skipped and left unchanged.
*
* @param n the number of values to be skipped.
*/
public void skip(int n);
/**
* Write any value buffered by the MemoryWriter.
* This method has to be called when all the values has been written,
* as the last call to the MemoryWriter.
* After calling flush(), it is no longer allowed to call writeNext().
*/
public void flush();
public int getCurrentAddress();
}