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      1 //===--- MemoryBuffer.h - Memory Buffer Interface ---------------*- C++ -*-===//
      2 //
      3 //                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
      4 //
      5 // This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
      6 // License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
      7 //
      8 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
      9 //
     10 //  This file defines the MemoryBuffer interface.
     11 //
     12 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
     13 
     14 #ifndef LLVM_SUPPORT_MEMORYBUFFER_H
     15 #define LLVM_SUPPORT_MEMORYBUFFER_H
     16 
     17 #include "llvm/ADT/StringRef.h"
     18 #include "llvm/Support/DataTypes.h"
     19 
     20 namespace llvm {
     21 
     22 class error_code;
     23 template<class T> class OwningPtr;
     24 
     25 /// MemoryBuffer - This interface provides simple read-only access to a block
     26 /// of memory, and provides simple methods for reading files and standard input
     27 /// into a memory buffer.  In addition to basic access to the characters in the
     28 /// file, this interface guarantees you can read one character past the end of
     29 /// the file, and that this character will read as '\0'.
     30 ///
     31 /// The '\0' guarantee is needed to support an optimization -- it's intended to
     32 /// be more efficient for clients which are reading all the data to stop
     33 /// reading when they encounter a '\0' than to continually check the file
     34 /// position to see if it has reached the end of the file.
     35 class MemoryBuffer {
     36   const char *BufferStart; // Start of the buffer.
     37   const char *BufferEnd;   // End of the buffer.
     38 
     39   MemoryBuffer(const MemoryBuffer &); // DO NOT IMPLEMENT
     40   MemoryBuffer &operator=(const MemoryBuffer &); // DO NOT IMPLEMENT
     41 protected:
     42   MemoryBuffer() {}
     43   void init(const char *BufStart, const char *BufEnd,
     44             bool RequiresNullTerminator);
     45 public:
     46   virtual ~MemoryBuffer();
     47 
     48   const char *getBufferStart() const { return BufferStart; }
     49   const char *getBufferEnd() const   { return BufferEnd; }
     50   size_t getBufferSize() const { return BufferEnd-BufferStart; }
     51 
     52   StringRef getBuffer() const {
     53     return StringRef(BufferStart, getBufferSize());
     54   }
     55 
     56   /// getBufferIdentifier - Return an identifier for this buffer, typically the
     57   /// filename it was read from.
     58   virtual const char *getBufferIdentifier() const {
     59     return "Unknown buffer";
     60   }
     61 
     62   /// getFile - Open the specified file as a MemoryBuffer, returning a new
     63   /// MemoryBuffer if successful, otherwise returning null.  If FileSize is
     64   /// specified, this means that the client knows that the file exists and that
     65   /// it has the specified size.
     66   static error_code getFile(StringRef Filename, OwningPtr<MemoryBuffer> &result,
     67                             int64_t FileSize = -1,
     68                             bool RequiresNullTerminator = true);
     69   static error_code getFile(const char *Filename,
     70                             OwningPtr<MemoryBuffer> &result,
     71                             int64_t FileSize = -1,
     72                             bool RequiresNullTerminator = true);
     73 
     74   /// getOpenFile - Given an already-open file descriptor, read the file and
     75   /// return a MemoryBuffer.
     76   static error_code getOpenFile(int FD, const char *Filename,
     77                                 OwningPtr<MemoryBuffer> &result,
     78                                 size_t FileSize = -1,
     79                                 size_t MapSize = -1,
     80                                 off_t Offset = 0,
     81                                 bool RequiresNullTerminator = true);
     82 
     83   /// getMemBuffer - Open the specified memory range as a MemoryBuffer.  Note
     84   /// that InputData must be null terminated if RequiresNullTerminator is true.
     85   static MemoryBuffer *getMemBuffer(StringRef InputData,
     86                                     StringRef BufferName = "",
     87                                     bool RequiresNullTerminator = true);
     88 
     89   /// getMemBufferCopy - Open the specified memory range as a MemoryBuffer,
     90   /// copying the contents and taking ownership of it.  InputData does not
     91   /// have to be null terminated.
     92   static MemoryBuffer *getMemBufferCopy(StringRef InputData,
     93                                         StringRef BufferName = "");
     94 
     95   /// getNewMemBuffer - Allocate a new MemoryBuffer of the specified size that
     96   /// is completely initialized to zeros.  Note that the caller should
     97   /// initialize the memory allocated by this method.  The memory is owned by
     98   /// the MemoryBuffer object.
     99   static MemoryBuffer *getNewMemBuffer(size_t Size, StringRef BufferName = "");
    100 
    101   /// getNewUninitMemBuffer - Allocate a new MemoryBuffer of the specified size
    102   /// that is not initialized.  Note that the caller should initialize the
    103   /// memory allocated by this method.  The memory is owned by the MemoryBuffer
    104   /// object.
    105   static MemoryBuffer *getNewUninitMemBuffer(size_t Size,
    106                                              StringRef BufferName = "");
    107 
    108   /// getSTDIN - Read all of stdin into a file buffer, and return it.
    109   /// If an error occurs, this returns null and sets ec.
    110   static error_code getSTDIN(OwningPtr<MemoryBuffer> &result);
    111 
    112 
    113   /// getFileOrSTDIN - Open the specified file as a MemoryBuffer, or open stdin
    114   /// if the Filename is "-".  If an error occurs, this returns null and sets
    115   /// ec.
    116   static error_code getFileOrSTDIN(StringRef Filename,
    117                                    OwningPtr<MemoryBuffer> &result,
    118                                    int64_t FileSize = -1);
    119   static error_code getFileOrSTDIN(const char *Filename,
    120                                    OwningPtr<MemoryBuffer> &result,
    121                                    int64_t FileSize = -1);
    122 
    123 
    124   //===--------------------------------------------------------------------===//
    125   // Provided for performance analysis.
    126   //===--------------------------------------------------------------------===//
    127 
    128   /// The kind of memory backing used to support the MemoryBuffer.
    129   enum BufferKind {
    130     MemoryBuffer_Malloc,
    131     MemoryBuffer_MMap
    132   };
    133 
    134   /// Return information on the memory mechanism used to support the
    135   /// MemoryBuffer.
    136   virtual BufferKind getBufferKind() const = 0;
    137 };
    138 
    139 } // end namespace llvm
    140 
    141 #endif
    142