/*

  * Copyright (C) 2012 David Anderson

  *

  * This file is part of JITCraft.

  *

  * JITCraft 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 (at your option)

  * any later version.

  * 

  * Foobar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY

  * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS

  * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

  *

  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with

  * JITCraft. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

  */

 #ifndef _include_jitcraft_reference_h_

 #define _include_jitcraft_reference_h_

 #include "Heap.h"

 #include "Barriers.h"

 #include "Stack.h"

 namespace ke {

 class Array;

 class Struct;

 // A Reference is a typed pointer to another location in memory.

 class Reference : public Object

 {

     void *location_;

     Barriered<Object> base_;

     // We do not compute references to objects, so this does not need to be

     // traced.

     LocalSlot slot_;

   public:

     static Reference *NewStack(Zone *zone, void *location, Heap::Tenure tenure = Heap::Tenure_Default);

     static Reference *NewStack(Zone *zone, const LocalSlot &slot, Heap::Tenure tenure = Heap::Tenure_Default);

     int getInt() {

         return *reinterpret_cast<int *>(location_);

     }

     void setInt(int i) {

         *reinterpret_cast<int *>(location_) = i;

     }

     float getFloat() {

         return *reinterpret_cast<float *>(location_);

     }

     void setFloat(float f) {

         *reinterpret_cast<float *>(location_) = f;

     }

     // WARNING! This should only be for Native calls.

     void *location() {

         return location_;

     }

     // Begin GC Descriptor.

     static inline size_t offsetOfBase() {

         return offsetof(Reference, base_);

     }

     // End GC Descriptor.

     static inline Reference *cast(Object *obj) {

         assert(!obj || obj->is(MapKind_Reference));

         return reinterpret_cast<Reference *>(obj);

     }

 };

 }

 #endif // _include_jitcraft_reference_h_