include/llvm/IR/GVMaterializer.h

//===- GVMaterializer.h - Interface for GV materializers --------*- C++ -*-===//
//
//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
//
// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
//
// This file provides an abstract interface for loading a module from some
// place.  This interface allows incremental or random access loading of
// functions from the file.  This is useful for applications like JIT compilers
// or interprocedural optimizers that do not need the entire program in memory
// at the same time.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//

#ifndef LLVM_IR_GVMATERIALIZER_H
#define LLVM_IR_GVMATERIALIZER_H

#include "llvm/ADT/DenseMap.h"
#include <system_error>
#include <vector>

namespace llvm {
class Function;
class GlobalValue;
class Metadata;
class Module;
class StructType;

class GVMaterializer {
protected:
  GVMaterializer() {}

public:
  virtual ~GVMaterializer();

  /// Make sure the given GlobalValue is fully read.
  ///
  virtual std::error_code materialize(GlobalValue *GV) = 0;

  /// Make sure the entire Module has been completely read.
  ///
  virtual std::error_code materializeModule() = 0;

  virtual std::error_code materializeMetadata() = 0;
  virtual void setStripDebugInfo() = 0;

  /// Client should define this interface if the mapping between metadata
  /// values and value ids needs to be preserved, e.g. across materializer
  /// instantiations. If OnlyTempMD is true, only those that have remained
  /// temporary metadata are recorded in the map.
  virtual void
  saveMDValueList(DenseMap<const Metadata *, unsigned> &MDValueToValIDMap,
                  bool OnlyTempMD) {}

  virtual std::vector<StructType *> getIdentifiedStructTypes() const = 0;
};

} // End llvm namespace

#endif