WALA/com.ibm.wala.core/src/com/ibm/wala/ipa/callgraph/propagation/PointerKeyFactory.java

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/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2002 - 2006 IBM Corporation.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package com.ibm.wala.ipa.callgraph.propagation;
import com.ibm.wala.classLoader.IField;
import com.ibm.wala.ipa.callgraph.CGNode;
/**
* An object that abstracts how to model pointers in the heap.
*/
public interface PointerKeyFactory {
/**
* @return the PointerKey that acts as a representative for the class of pointers that includes the local variable identified by
* the value number parameter.
*
*/
PointerKey getPointerKeyForLocal(CGNode node, int valueNumber);
/**
* @return the PointerKey that acts as a representative for the class of pointers that includes the local variable identified by
* the value number parameter.
*
*/
FilteredPointerKey getFilteredPointerKeyForLocal(CGNode node, int valueNumber, FilteredPointerKey.TypeFilter filter);
/**
* @param node
* @return the PointerKey that acts as a representative for the class of pointers that includes the return value for a node
*/
PointerKey getPointerKeyForReturnValue(CGNode node);
/**
* @return the PointerKey that acts as a representative for the class of pointers that includes the exceptional return value
*/
PointerKey getPointerKeyForExceptionalReturnValue(CGNode node);
/**
* @return the PointerKey that acts as a representative for the class of pointers that includes the contents of the static field
*/
PointerKey getPointerKeyForStaticField(IField f);
/**
* @return the PointerKey that acts as a representation for the class of pointers that includes the given instance field.
*/
PointerKey getPointerKeyForInstanceField(InstanceKey I, IField field);
/**
* TODO: expand this API to differentiate between different array indices
*
* @param I an InstanceKey representing an abstract array
* @return the PointerKey that acts as a representation for the class of pointers that includes the given array contents.
*/
PointerKey getPointerKeyForArrayContents(InstanceKey I);
}