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| |
| package sun.jvm.hotspot.debugger; |
| |
| import java.io.Serializable; |
| |
| /** Encapsulates machine-specific information that currently must be |
| exported up to the Java level. Implementations must be |
| serializable. */ |
| |
| public interface MachineDescription extends Serializable { |
| /** Returns the size of an address in bytes. Currently needed to be |
| able to traverse arrays of pointers or oops. */ |
| public long getAddressSize(); |
| |
| /** Returns the maximum value of the C integer type with the given |
| size in bytes and signedness. Throws IllegalArgumentException if |
| the size in bytes is not legal for a C type (or can not be |
| handled by this system). Note that the current implementation |
| does not currently handle unsigned 8-byte longs properly. */ |
| public long cIntegerTypeMaxValue(long sizeInBytes, boolean isUnsigned); |
| |
| /** Returns the minimum value of the C integer type with the given |
| size in bytes and signedness. Throws IllegalArgumentException if |
| the size in bytes is not legal for a C type (or can not be |
| handled by this system). */ |
| public long cIntegerTypeMinValue(long sizeInBytes, boolean isUnsigned); |
| |
| /** Indicates whether the CPU is big- or little-endian. This |
| information is typically only needed by the Debugger |
| implementation. */ |
| public boolean isBigEndian(); |
| |
| /** Indicates whether the underlying machine supports the LP64 data |
| model (currently only SPARC/64). */ |
| public boolean isLP64(); |
| } |