113     // Layout path projections
 114 
 115     public long offset() {
 116         return offset;
 117     }
 118 
 119     public VarHandle dereferenceHandle(Class<?> carrier) {
 120         if (!(layout instanceof ValueLayout)) {
 121             throw badLayoutPath("layout path does not select a value layout");
 122         }
 123 
 124         if (!carrier.isPrimitive() || carrier == void.class || carrier == boolean.class // illegal carrier?
 125                 || Wrapper.forPrimitiveType(carrier).bitWidth() != layout.bitSize()) { // carrier has the right size?
 126             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid carrier: " + carrier + ", for layout " + layout);
 127         }
 128 
 129         checkAlignment(this);
 130 
 131         return JLI.memoryAddressViewVarHandle(
 132                 carrier,
 133                 layout.byteAlignment(),
 134                 ((ValueLayout) layout).order(),
 135                 Utils.bitsToBytesOrThrow(offset, IllegalStateException::new),
 136                 LongStream.of(scales).map(s -> Utils.bitsToBytesOrThrow(s, IllegalStateException::new)).toArray());
 137     }
 138 
 139     // Layout path construction
 140 
 141     public static LayoutPath rootPath(MemoryLayout layout) {
 142         return new LayoutPath(layout, 0L, EMPTY_SCALES, null);
 143     }
 144 
 145     private static LayoutPath nestedPath(MemoryLayout layout, long offset, long[] scales, LayoutPath encl) {
 146         return new LayoutPath(layout, offset, scales, encl);
 147     }
 148 
 149     // Helper methods
 150 
 151     private void check(Class<?> layoutClass, String msg) {
 152         if (!layoutClass.isAssignableFrom(layout.getClass())) {
 153             throw badLayoutPath(msg);

 113     // Layout path projections
 114 
 115     public long offset() {
 116         return offset;
 117     }
 118 
 119     public VarHandle dereferenceHandle(Class<?> carrier) {
 120         if (!(layout instanceof ValueLayout)) {
 121             throw badLayoutPath("layout path does not select a value layout");
 122         }
 123 
 124         if (!carrier.isPrimitive() || carrier == void.class || carrier == boolean.class // illegal carrier?
 125                 || Wrapper.forPrimitiveType(carrier).bitWidth() != layout.bitSize()) { // carrier has the right size?
 126             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid carrier: " + carrier + ", for layout " + layout);
 127         }
 128 
 129         checkAlignment(this);
 130 
 131         return JLI.memoryAddressViewVarHandle(
 132                 carrier,
 133                 layout.byteAlignment() - 1, //mask
 134                 ((ValueLayout) layout).order(),
 135                 Utils.bitsToBytesOrThrow(offset, IllegalStateException::new),
 136                 LongStream.of(scales).map(s -> Utils.bitsToBytesOrThrow(s, IllegalStateException::new)).toArray());
 137     }
 138 
 139     // Layout path construction
 140 
 141     public static LayoutPath rootPath(MemoryLayout layout) {
 142         return new LayoutPath(layout, 0L, EMPTY_SCALES, null);
 143     }
 144 
 145     private static LayoutPath nestedPath(MemoryLayout layout, long offset, long[] scales, LayoutPath encl) {
 146         return new LayoutPath(layout, offset, scales, encl);
 147     }
 148 
 149     // Helper methods
 150 
 151     private void check(Class<?> layoutClass, String msg) {
 152         if (!layoutClass.isAssignableFrom(layout.getClass())) {
 153             throw badLayoutPath(msg);