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Therefore, all methods can return {@code null} at any 32 * time, to indicate that the result is not available at this point. The caller is responsible to 33 * check for {@code null} results and handle them properly, e.g., not perform an optimization. 34 */ 35 public interface ConstantReflectionProvider { 36 37 /** 38 * Compares two constants for equality. The equality relationship is symmetric. Returns 39 * {@link Boolean#TRUE true} if the two constants represent the same run time value, 40 * {@link Boolean#FALSE false} if they are different. Returns {@code null} if the constants 41 * cannot be compared at this point. 42 */ 43 Boolean constantEquals(Constant x, Constant y); 44 45 /** 46 * Returns the length of the array constant. Returns {@code null} if the constant is not an 47 * array, or if the array length is not available at this point. 48 */ 49 Integer readArrayLength(JavaConstant array); 50 51 /** 52 * Reads a value from the given array at the given index. Returns {@code null} if the constant 53 * is not an array, if the index is out of bounds, or if the value is not available at this 54 * point. 55 */ 56 JavaConstant readArrayElement(JavaConstant array, int index); 57 58 /** 59 * Gets the current value of this field for a given object, if available. 60 * 61 * There is no guarantee that the same value will be returned by this method for a field unless 62 * the field is considered to be constant by the runtime. 63 * 64 * @param receiver object from which this field's value is to be read. This value is ignored if 65 * this field is static. 66 * @return the value of this field or {@code null} if the value is not available (e.g., because 67 * the field holder is not yet initialized). 68 */ 69 JavaConstant readFieldValue(ResolvedJavaField field, JavaConstant receiver); 70 71 /** 72 * Converts the given {@link JavaKind#isPrimitive() primitive} constant to a boxed 73 * {@link JavaKind#Object object} constant, according to the Java boxing rules. Returns 74 * {@code null} if the source is is not a primitive constant, or the boxed value is not 75 * available at this point. 76 */ 77 JavaConstant boxPrimitive(JavaConstant source); 78 79 /** 80 * Converts the given {@link JavaKind#Object object} constant to a {@link JavaKind#isPrimitive() 81 * primitive} constant, according to the Java unboxing rules. Returns {@code null} if the source 82 * is is not an object constant that can be unboxed, or the unboxed value is not available at 83 * this point. 84 */ 85 JavaConstant unboxPrimitive(JavaConstant source); 86 87 /** 88 * Gets a string as a {@link JavaConstant}. 89 */ 90 JavaConstant forString(String value); 91 92 /** 93 * Returns the {@link ResolvedJavaType} for a {@link Class} object (or any other object regarded 94 * as a class by the VM) encapsulated in the given constant. Returns {@code null} if the 95 * constant does not encapsulate a class, or if the type is not available at this point. 96 */ 97 ResolvedJavaType asJavaType(Constant constant); 98 99 /** 100 * Gets access to the internals of {@link MethodHandle}. 101 */ 102 MethodHandleAccessProvider getMethodHandleAccess(); 103 104 /** 105 * Gets raw memory access. 106 */ 107 MemoryAccessProvider getMemoryAccessProvider(); 108 109 /** 110 * Gets the runtime representation of the {@link Class} object of this type. 111 */ 112 JavaConstant asJavaClass(ResolvedJavaType type); 113 114 /** 115 * Gets the runtime representation of the "hub" of this type--that is, the closest part of the 116 * type representation which is typically stored in the object header. 117 */ 118 Constant asObjectHub(ResolvedJavaType type); 119 }